Anti-Harassment Workshop
for HR teams

The dawn of the Worker Protection Act has placed new requirements on HR teams to put in place measures to prevent workplace harassment. HR teams are alive to the importance of creating a safe, respectful, fair and inclusive working environment and adept at managing complaints. But meeting the preventative duty requires a new approach, and places additional pressures and expectations on HR teams. It’s crucial that HR teams are equipped to identify risk areas and to incorporate anti-harassment strategies across both policy and practice.

 

This workshop acknowledges the challenging and highly sensitive issues HR practitioners can be confronted with through the course of their work. Leading grievance processes and supporting employees who report instances of harassment can bring immense challenges. For many HR practitioners, such situations may be triggering, or could lead to vicarious trauma.

 

This workshop is relevant to HR practitioners at all levels, and complements Inclusive Group’s all-colleague and leader and manager anti-harassment workshops. Please note, this workshop focuses on UK employment legislation and is most suitable to UK audiences.

 

Key Objectives

 

Participants will:

• Understand relevant employment legislation including the Equality Act 2010 and the Worker Protection Act 2023;

• Understand how harassment and sexual harassment and victimisation show up in the workplace, including a clear summary of the different forms of harassment;

• Consider the role of HR in meeting the preventative duty and what this means at an individual practitioner level;

• Discuss strategies to identify risk areas, where additional intervention is required;

• Understand the barriers to speaking up experienced by staff and discuss strategies to overcome the issues;

• Consider the realities and challenges of managing complaints of workplace harassment, particularly in relation to triggers and vicarious trauma. Identify steps to prioritise self-care and peer-support.

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Content

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• Workplace harassment and Sexual Harassment: the legal backdrop

• Sexual harassment and victimisation, the workplace reality and the conditions that allow harassment and sexual harassment to go unchecked and unchallenged

• Group discussion: The role of HR in assessing risk and coordinating action to prevent workplace harassment

• Case study discussions: Handling reports of sexual harassment

• Bystander intervention and HR’s role in overcoming barriers to psychological safety

• The vulnerability of HR teams to Vicarious Trauma

• Self-care: Setting boundaries and coping during triggering situations

• Commitments and taking the learning forward: our role as HR practitioners

 

Working with Inclusive Group

Inclusive Group will work with you to understand the context for your workshop.
This involves a 30-minute discovery call where we explore:

• The background and ‘cultural norms’ of this topic in your organisation

• An overview of the participant group(s)

• Scenarios or examples relevant to your organisation that we can use during the workshop

• Anything else pertaining to the successful delivery of the workshop

 

Our approach is highly engaging and gets to the heart of the issues quickly, creating space for reflection and discussion, and leaving participants with clear, practical actions.

• Virtual delivery via Inclusive Group Zoom or your own platform

• In-person delivery at your office or offsite venue (travel expenses will apply)

• Highly interactive, incorporating relatable case studies

• Suitable for mandatory roll-outs or as part of new staff induction programme

 

Follow up

 

Inclusive Group offers a dedicated 2-hour workshop for HR teams exploring the concepts of trauma, triggering situations and burnout in more detail. We also offer coaching packages for HR practitioners, creating a space to discuss effective approaches, and strategies to prioritise self-care.

 

Talk to us about our additional workplace anti-harassment support, including employee surveys, policy review and wider anti-harassment interventions.