11/11/2024 16:52:42

Sexual Harassment in the Workplace eLearning Course for Health and Social Care

Blue Stream Academy

Blue Stream Academy is pleased to announce the release of a new Sexual Harassment in the Workplace eLearning course, out now on:

The new Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) Act came into effect in the UK in October 2024, placing a duty on employers to take reasonable steps to prevent sexual harassment of their employees in the workplace.
The Sexual Harassment in the Workplace course is based primarily on the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (Acas) Sexual Harassment guidance. The course explores:
  • the implications of the amendment to the Equality Act 2010
  • how an employer could implement a preventative approach to tackling sexual harassment
  • examples and advice on what reasonable steps are.
Click here to request further information on this eLearning course for health and social care professionals.

What Is Harassment?

It is important that employers understand what sexual harassment is in order to educate the wider workforce.
‘Harassment’ covers unwanted conduct related to a protected characteristic which has the purpose or effect of violating a person's dignity or creating an intimidating, hostile, degrading, humiliating or offensive environment for them.
The protected characteristics are:
  • age
  • disability
  • gender reassignment
  • race
  • religion or belief
  • sex
  • sexual orientation.
Sexual harassment is unwanted conduct of a sexual nature that has the effect of creating an intimidating, hostile, degrading, humiliating or offensive environment for them. (Equality Act 2010, Section 26).
The law (Equality Act 2010) offers protection at work for the following people against sexual harassment and harassment related to ‘protected characteristics’:
  • employees and workers
  • contractors and self-employed people hired to personally do the work
  • job applicants.
Sexual harassment is different to harassment related to a person’s protected characteristic. For example, sex, sexual orientation or gender reassignment. Someone could experience both types of harassment at the same time, or separately.
To be sexual harassment, the unwanted behaviour must have either:
  • violated someone’s dignity, whether it was intended or not
  • created an intimidating, hostile, degrading, humiliating or offensive environment for them, whether it was intended or not.

What Does This Healthcare Training Course Cover?

This sexual harassment training course explores the implications of the amendment to the Equality Act, looking at the ways in which an employer could implement a preventative approach to tackling sexual harassment at work. The course also provides examples and advice on what reasonable steps are.
This sexual harassment eLearning content has been primarily based on the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (Acas) Sexual Harassment guidance. This eLearning for healthcare professionals is suitable for employers and staff members in managerial and supervisory roles. However, the information may also be helpful for any staff member wanting to learn more about sexual harassment in the workplace.

How Do I Access This eLearning for Healthcare Professionals?

Existing Blue Stream Academy users with system administration rights can add this eLearning course to their users profiles by going to the Manage Profiles area of the Management Platform.
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