New guidance on tackling workplace harassment

Do you fully understand your legal responsibilities to protect staff from harassment? Do you know the 7 practical steps that every employer should take? Do you ensure that harassment by a third party, such as a visitor to a hairdressing salon, is taken just as seriously as harassment by a work colleague? Would new guidance help?

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Staff mental health – did you know?

Did you know that mental health difficulties is now the primary cause of long-term sickness absence for many UK organisations? Did you know that recent research shows that only 32% of organisations train line managers on how to support staff with mental health difficulties? Do your managers know how to support their staff experiencing stress and other mental health difficulties at work? Would new guidance and training help?

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Student awarded £16k in sexual harassment case

A 17-year-old student receptionist at a Pizza Hut Delivery branch in east London has been awarded £15,800 after winning a claim of sexual harassment. This case raises interesting challenges for education and training providers when organising for their students, work experience, work placements or apprenticeship programmes. For example, how do you carry out a robust E&D assessment of practice for new employers that you engage with, in the same way that you carry out a health and safety assessment of practice? How do you communicate your vision, values and expectations in relation to equality and diversity with employers? How do you get feedback from students on their experience in relation to E&D?

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Neurodiversity: Are you losing out on skills of people with autism?

Given that around 10% of the population is neurodivergent in some way, can HR afford to miss out on this important pool of talent? What are the implications for staff supporting neurodiverse learners in workplace learning? Interested in reading new guidance from CIPD?

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Religion and belief equality

Do you know the most common areas where religion or belief discrimination can happen in the workplace? And more importantly, do you know how to prevent it? Do you know the top ten myths on religion and belief discrimination? Would new guidance from Acas help?

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