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Liability
Prevention and Management
Appropriate
Workplace Behavior: A Harassment/Discrimination
Course
(AB 1825 compliant) (Available in English and Spanish)
Welcome to our award-winning Appropriate Workplace Behavior
class, a harassment/discrimination prevention course that simultaneously
improves work relationships and productivity while addressing all
of your compliance needs.
Why
Train on This Topic?
In addition to the requirements of AB 1825, the California Fair
Employment and Housing Act ("FEHA") requires employers
to take "all reasonable steps to prevent harassment from occurring."
According to the California Department of Fair Housing, a sexual
harassment training program for all employees "is not only
required by law, but it is the most practical way to avoid or limit
damages if harassment should occur despite preventative efforts."
In addition, under federal law, EEOC guidelines indicate that employers
periodically "should provide training to all employees to ensure
they understand their rights and responsibilities" relating
to workplace harassment. Employers who fail to provide harassment
prevention training to all employees may be unable to raise an affirmative
defense to a harassment lawsuit.
From a
relationship standpoint, training your employees with appropriate
workplace behavior guidelines ensures that all your employees are
on the same page in terms of reducing liability. It also reassures
managers that, even though they have the legal responsibility and
potential personal liability, you as an employer are going the extra
mile to help their employees take responsibility for monitoring
their own behavior.romrelationshidpoint,
training your employees with appropriate workplace
Why
Use Us?
Our
signature Appropriate Workplace Behavior training course
received HRExecutive Magazine's Top Ten Training products
of the year in 2002 and has been receiving rave reviews since 1991.
That's because we don't compliance training as a burden - we see
it as an opportunity. Developed by a clinical psychologist and labor
law attorney, this unique course meets CA AB 1825 requirements for
mandatory sexual harassment prevention training and goes much further.
While we're teaching you what to avoid and what your legal responsibilities
are, we're also teaching what to do and how to be a more effective
communicator. We're also helping your managers and supervisors understand
the spirit as well as the letter of the law.
As a psychologist,
I know it's much easier to give up something when you have something
better to replace it with. That's why we teach managers and employees
what behavior is most effective at work, what humor they can use
to establish rapport and relieve tension, the do's and don'ts of
office romance, and how to analyze the costs and benefits of personal
behavior choices.
Length
of Training: 2 to 4 hours, depending upon the training needs
of the organization.
Do
your employees need this training? Consider the following scenarios
and the questions that follow it.
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Course Scenario: You sit at a cubicle close to Samantha
and Sam so it's not unusual for you to overhear conversations
between the two of them. On at least three occasions, you've
heard Sam ask Samantha out for a date. Samantha has politely
declined all three times, telling Sam that she has a boyfriend
and that their relationship is monogamous. However, Sam continues
to try to talk Samantha into saying "yes" and often
makes teasing remarks about her boyfriend by saying things like
"He can't be as fun in the sack as I am." As a coworker
to both Samantha and Sam, what should you do? |
- What
do I do if I unintentionally offend someone?
- What
is sexual harassment?
- I just
started dating a coworker. How can I do it without hurting my
career?
- Hey,
I'm a woman and I like female bashing jokes. Isn't it okay if
I tell them?
- Where
does joking cross the line?
- How
do I let someone know that I've been offended by something s/he
has said or done?
- What
do I do if I want to file a complaint?
- What
kinds of things are most likely to get me in trouble at work?
Do
your employees know the answers to the above questions? Call us
at 858-481-8625 and we'll guarantee your employees:
- Know
the risks and realities of workplace dating
- Have
a clear understanding of high-risk verbal, visual and physical
behavior
- Develop
clear guidelines for evaluating personal behavior
- Understand
how to handle social situations and work-related, off-site events
- Learn
your organization's harassment/discrimination policies and reporting
procedures
- Understand
the spirit behind harassment/discrimination laws
- Apply
safe and effective humor guidelines
- Know
how to tell another employee "knock it off" in a way
that keeps the relationship intact and still gets the message
across
Do your
human resource professionals need training on how
to conduct an internal investigation? Are you looking for a harassment/discrimination
train-the-trainer? We can help. Call us at 858-481-8625.
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