Tag: managing inappropriate behaviour

With the season for office parties and client entertainment upon us, it is time to remind everyone of what behaviour is expected, to avoid incidents and complaints and to keep everyone safe. But if this is the only time of year you have this conversation with your people, there is likely to be a serious gap in your workplace culture….

The Worker Protection Act will introduce a new duty on employers to take reasonable steps to prevent sexual harassment. But who are you responsible for? Is it only your employees or people  outside your organisation too? Our facilitator and coach Will Baker has the answers and important guidance…

We discuss the latest changes in legislation around sexual harassment with Valerie Merrill of Merrill consultants  – her questions are likely the ones on everyone’s mind so take a look for some practical answers

As the implementation of the Worker Protection Act draws nearer, Wera Hobhouse’s (MP and architect of the new sexual harassment legislation) comment will strike a chord with many “What one also finds again and again is that the employer does not really know what to do.”

Here we help with clear practical steps.

We are delighted that Stella will be speaking at the PPMA conference on Friday 26th April at 11.00

The session will be tailored to the HR community and asking “HR; are we handling the “bad banter”?”

The stand out comment from all the commentary about the new sexual harassment bill becoming law was from Wera Hobhouse – the liberal democrat MP who first introduced the bill –

“What one also finds again and again is that the employer does not really know what to do.”

Read more to find out two specific things you can do now.