Maintaining a Safe and Healthy Workplace
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Overview
Your business can’t afford to ignore the risks of workplace violence any longer. There is much more to workplace violence than mass shootings. Maintaining a Healthy & Safe Workplace debunks the notion that these things could never happen in your office, and explains that violence at work occurs in many different forms. And most of them don’t make the national news.
Prevention of and responses to domestic violence at work takes a coordinated approach across all levels of your organization. This training will provide practical knowledge on multiple forms of gender-based violence - domestic violence, dating violence, stalking, and sexual harassment. Included will be information on why gender-based violence is a workplace issue, how to address workplace violence and increase safety for all employees, how to limit liability for employers, and guidance on adopting workplace violence policies.
Learning Outcomes
- Gain a deeper understanding of gender-based violence and its effects in the workplace
- Identify strategies and a prevention model to create a supportive and healthy workplace culture that is free of violence/harassment. As part of this, we will receive and review multiple resources for potential use
- Understand organizational responsibilities in addressing workplace violence