Blackadders: September Employment Law Webinars 2024

From October 2024, a new law places a proactive duty on employers to prevent the sexual harassment of their employees in the course of their employment.

Many employers are not ready or are perceived by their employees not to be ready. For instance:

• 58% of mid and large-sized companies in the UK do not have an anti-sexual harassment policy
• Over a third of employees do not think touching someone’s breasts, slapping a colleagues bum or making sexual comments about someone’s appearance is wrong
• One in 10 employees strongly distrust their organisations’ leadership
• 30% of employees believe more would be achieved if they went to the media about workplace misconduct, rather than to their own management team. 

Whether your preparations are underway and you simply need a little reassurance that you’re doing the right things, or you’ve yet to get started and don’t know where to begin, we can help.

Join Donna Reynolds for our series of ‘how to’ training where she’ll take you through, step by step, the four key actions, that employers should take to meet their new obligation:

1. How to conduct a risk assessment, including how to identify, access and control risks and how to tackle leadership and cultural issues
   Tuesday 3 September, 9.30 – 10.30
    
2. How to draft a prevention of sexual harassment policy, including how to tailor the policy for your workplace and workforce and how to involve employees
   Tuesday 10 September, 9.30 – 10.30
    
3. How to draft a reporting procedure and deal with complaints, including how to deal with confidentiality and how to decide on a range of response options
   Tuesday 17 September, 9.30 – 10.30
    
4. How to monitor and evaluate prevention work, including how to record data and how to identify if strategies are effective
   Tuesday 24 September, 9.30 – 10.30

Outcomes                                                                                                                                           
Practical, tangible policies, process and practices                                                         
Confidence in measures to prevent sexual harassment            

Aimed at                    
Directors                  
HR Managers
Managers

Cost                                                                            
£50 plus VAT per webinar or all 4 for £150 plus VAT

Donna has 20 years’ experience as an Employment Lawyer and is accredited by the Law Society of Scotland in both Discrimination Law and Employment Law. Donna is experienced in both representing claimants in cases of sexual harassment and defending employers against sexual harassment claims. Her knowledge and experience makes these trainings sessions an invaluable opportunity for employers.