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Preventing and Correcting Workplace
Harassment (Course for Employees)
Preventing and Correcting Workplace Harassment (Course
for Managers)
These courses explain what constitutes
“harassment” in violation of the law and your
organization’s policy. The courses cover all forms of
prohibited harassment, including harassment based on sex,
race, religion, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation,
and retaliatory harassment.
The course for managers addresses
in detail what managers should do to prevent and correct workplace
harassment, and the course for non-managers focuses on the
steps employees should take if they are subjected to workplace
harassment. Courses can also be designed for managers and
non-managers combined.
Issues covered include the following:
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Data showing extent of workplace
harassment
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Reasons why workplace harassment
persists
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Why people often do not complain
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The effectiveness of saying “stop!”
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Tips on identifying workplace
harassment
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Tips on gauging the offensiveness
of your own behavior
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Jokes in the workplace: what
is and what is not appropriate
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E-mail and Internet issues
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Avoiding problems caused by workplace
romance
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The extent to which harassment
complaints can be kept confidential
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Prohibition of retaliation
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How to use the employer’s
policy to report alleged workplace harassment
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What employees can expect if
they report harassment
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