Sexual Harassment
Prevention and Training

INTRODUCTION

Building a Respectful Workplace

• A fundamental right
• Defining respect
• Respect is in the eye of the beholder
• What does a respectful workplace look like?
• The benefits of a respectful workplace
• Building a respectful workplace in four steps

RECOGNIZING HARASSMENT AND DISCRIMINATION

Understanding Harassment and Discrimination

• A healthy environment
• What is discrimination?
• Intention vs. Impact
• Limited exceptions to the rule
• What is harassment?
• 4 types of harassment
• A self-assessment

4 Workplace Anti-Discrimination Laws

• A discrimination-free workplace
• An employer’s obligation 
• 4 workplace anti-discrimination laws
• The Equal Pay Act
  • Is There an Illegal Pay Gap?
• Title VII of the Civil Rights Act
  • Protected characteristics
  • Ensuring compliance
• The Age Discrimination in Employment Act
  • Ensuring compliance
• The Americans With Disabilities Act
  • Ensuring compliance
• State and city anti-discrimination laws
• Is it illegal discrimination?
• The right to a discrimination-free workplace

What Is Sexual Harassment?

• A terrible reality
• What is sexual harassment?
• Unlawful sexual harassment
• What sexual harassment isn’t
• Sexual harassment examples
• 2 types of illegal sexual harassment
• Quid Pro Quo
  • An exchange
• Hostile Work Environment
  • An abusive workplace
  • What makes a workplace hostile?
• Apply your understanding
• The psychological and professional impact of sexual harassment
  • The impact of Lilia’s experience 

4 Forms of Sexual Harassment and Their Consequences

• A serious issue with serious consequences
• 4 forms of sexual harassment
• The bottom line
• Sexual harassment is bad for business
• Consider this
• Potential consequences for the harasser
• Increase your self-awareness
• Have I ever?
• What do you do?

PREVENTING AND RESPONDING TO SEXUAL HARASSMENT

What To Do if You’re Being Sexually Harassed at Work

• The dreaded question
• What is retaliation? 
• What retaliation looks like
• What can you do if you’re harassed?
• Documenting harassment
• Check your understanding
• Recovering from harassment

Bystander Intervention

• What should you do?
• What is bystander intervention—and why is it important?
• Reasons people don’t intervene
• 3 stages of intervention
• How to intervene safely and effectively
• What do you do?
• A unique responsibility

Next Steps

• Progress check

ADDITIONAL SUPERVISOR TRAINING

Preventing Sexual Harassment as a Supervisor

• Start at the beginning
• The importance of prevention
• 5 tips to prevent sexual harassment
• A supervisor’s role

Responding to Sexual Harassment Complaints

• Your legal responsibility
• Imagine this
• What’s considered a complaint?
• The dos and don’ts of responding to complaints
  • Do this:
  • Don’t do that:
• Dealing with the alleged harasser
• A final note on personal liability

CONCLUSION

Summary

• Key takeaways
• It doesn’t stop here

FINAL QUIZ