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Prevention of Sexual Harassment

Course summary

One of the best practices at work is to create a safe working environment for all employees. Knowledge of the regulations pertaining to this will enable create and ensure prevention of sexual harassment in workplaces. This course on 'POSH for all' imparts understanding the workplace sexual harassment, types and impact of sexual harassment, responsibilities of managers, HR and leadership teams and the role and responsibilities of the Internal compliance committee to prevent and address sexual harassment in workplaces.

Learning outcome

By taking up this course, learners will be able to:

  • Learner will become aware of what constitutes sexual harassment in a workplace and will be aware of the ways to prevent any form of sexual harassment from happening.
  • The module will given sound knowledge in making the learner capable of handling any situations that might pose them to become a victim or as a witness to a sexual harassment.
  • The module guides the learner for addressing the issue and to create a harassment-free workplace.
  • Whether for a general employee group, or a manager leading team or a HR personnel or a leadership team or an ICC member, this course has detailed information provisioned for each of them and each module will help the learner to adopt the right practices to ensure safety of employees and create a safe workplace for all.

Modules

This course helps the learner understand the POSH law. The module showcases different instances of typical sexual harassment happening in the workplace and gives an understanding on what has to be done during such instances by the victim or a witness to such instances.

This course explains the roles and responsibilities of a manager to ensure POSH compliance and practices being rightfully followed in the team in order to ensure safety of employees in the workplace. The Managers will be made to become aware of the procedures to handle when such incidents occurs or when an employee come up for support when subject to such behaviors.

"This course will serve as a guide for HR professionals and the leadership team who are responsible to create a healthy workplace. This module will also cover their responsibilities, action points and best practices that can be put to use in workplace to prevent sexual harassment from taking place. "

"For every organisation to be harassment-free, it is important to redress the complaints as quickly as possible. This module deals with the responsibilities of Internal Compliance Committee and Local Committee, what is expected of them while handling cases of sexual harassment. "