Sexual Harassment Training Courses
In our Sexual Harassment Awareness
training courses your employees will learn and apply
the important skills of handling sexual harassment issues
and complaints. This hands on course thoroughly addresses
the elements of how to
prevent unacceptable
behavior. The course includes a detailed
overview of what sexual
harassment is, explains legal definitions, discusses sexual
harassment prevention, and shows how to handle sexual
harassment complaints and maintain a positive work
environment.
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Jan Werff knew the boss was trouble. "She had a thing about forcing people to do what she wanted, whether it was work-related or not," he says. "She liked to touch you and back you into a corner." Once the woman grabbed an employee by the shirt "and gave her a shake,"
Werff says. Another time, she grabbed a different employee by the neck "and throttled her."
And he wasn't exempt. "She'd get right in my face and say, 'How does it feel for a big man like you to be bossed by a little lady like me?' " he says. Just like their counterparts on the playground, hostile work environment bullies don't have to resort to physical violence to flex their aggression muscles: Workplace harassment tactics include spreading rumors about their targets, "freezing" them out of seminars and initiatives or isolating the victim socially or physically.
Werff, 49, of Latonia, Ky., has filed a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission against his former boss and their employer, which he says failed to respond to his and co-workers' complaints. Now on administrative leave, he's set up his own business.
Dean McFarlin, a professor of global leadership development at the University of Dayton and co-author of "House of Mirrors: The Untold Truth About Narcissistic Leaders and How to Survive Them" (Kogan Page; $24.95), estimates about 10 percent of managers think they can get away with bullying their subordinates.
While researching his book, McFarlin collected horror stories from workers who'd been bullied by their bosses. One man's boss pulled a gun on him and threatened to kill him. It wasn't until the second time it happened that the man realized the gun was fake, McFarlin says.
Estimates differ on how widespread workplace sex harassment and bullying is and who the perpetrators are. A July study from the National Institute on Occupational Safety and Health shows that nearly a quarter of workplaces surveyed reported some degree of bullying had been reported in the previous year. The study also found that 39 percent of the most recent bullying incidents reported were worker-to-worker, while 24.5 percent involved a customer as the aggressor. A supervisor was the aggressor in 14.7 percent of the incidents.
The good news is that more employers are paying attention to it and trying to resolve the issue by providing a workplace harassment training class or course, experts say.
The key, says Cincinnati sex harassment workshop therapist Judie Garvin, is to establish policies that define bullying and sexual harassment and spell out clear procedures on dealing with incidents. Providing new employees with harassment training program courses or workshops on behaviors that will and won't be tolerated can go a long way toward preventing sex harassment and bullying, Garvin says.
Source: Peggy O’Farrell
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