Research has shown that workplace bullying and harassment costs UK organisations around £2b per year.  Around 19 million days are lost because of abuse that results in accidents and mistakes, increased sick leave, lost productivity and higher recruitment costs.  Harrassment and bullying has extended from the playground to the workplace, making the lives of many workers intolerable. These destructive behaviours can lead to feelings of stress and fear and can seriously affect some people’s physical and mental health.  For free advice on bullying for both managers and staff please click on the picture.

AIM: 

To raise employee's awareness of potential workplace bullying and harassment in the workplace.  This can be run as a 1 day or half a days training.

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SAMPLE CONTENT

• Defining workplace bullying and harassment - the difference between bullying and aggressive management
  
  
• Recognising bullying behaviour in yourself and others
  
  
• Organisational culture and its impact on bullying and harassment
  
  
• The effects of bullying and harassment on the individual and the organisation
  
  
• The legal position, harassment bullying and the law
  
  
• Your workplace bullying and harassment policy
   
• Tackling the problem - identifying roles and responsibilities of employees and management
  
  
• How to prevent bullying - communication skills, assertiveness, forms of denial, prejudice, dignity and tolerance, conflict management
  
  
• What to do if you think you are being bullied
  
  
• What to do if you are accused of bullying

This course can be delivered over a half a day or a full 1 day course courses are run in an interactive student-centred style with all assurances given to create a safe learning environment. Wherever possible the delegate’s attention will be directed towards the organisations' workplace Bullying and Harassment Policy to ensure accurate knowledge of their roles and responsibilities towards creating a safe working environment free from bullying and harassment.

The Health & Safety Act 1974 states clearly that an organisation has to create a safe working environment for its employees.  This includes freedom from the problems of the workplace bully. The workforce must be protected from these destructive behaviours.  Managers have a vital role to play in this and can be held vicariously liable if they allow it to flourish in their teams. 

This training aims to give an understanding of workplace bullying and harassment for those with managerial responsibility and to explore the practicalities and problems involved in implementing local policy.

SAMPLE CONTENT

• Defining and recognising workplace bullying and harassment
  
  
• Identifying the forms of bullying, what it is and what it isn't
  
  
• Exploring the'costs' of workplace bullying; to the organisation, to the victim and their colleagues
  
  
• The links beteen workplace bullying and stress
  
  
• How to tackle workplace bullying and harassment
  
  
• Bullying, harassment and the law - current legislation
  
  
• How to implement the organisations policy on bullying - the managers role in tackling workplace bullying 

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