Prevention of psychosocial risks for managers

• Understanding the legal and technical framework of workplace harassment.
• Raising awareness among managers about the psychosocial risks caused by different forms of harassment.
• Integrating harassment prevention into one's managerial role.

Legal concepts

• Definition of psychological harassment and the risks or pitfalls to avoid.
• Definition of sexual harassment and sexist behavior.
• To understand the contributions of the law of August 3, 2018 strengthening the fight against sexual and gender-based violence and of the Occupational Health law of August 2, 2021.
• What is discrimination?
• To clarify and define the different forms of moral or sexual harassment.

Knowing how to practically identify a situation of harassment in the workplace

• Distinguishing between managerial practices, professional relationships, harassment, and prohibited discrimination.
• Clearly distinguish the constituent elements of psychological harassment in the face of stress and professional pressure.
• To prevent sexist behavior.
• Knowing how to identify false victims and false culprits.
• Profile of potential victims, types of potential harassers and harasser techniques.
• A look back at the best practices and attitudes to adopt or prioritize in business.
• Understanding the risks for the harasser: the investigation, possible criminal or civil sanctions, discipline for the employer: how?

Additional information on the legal framework of harassment

• The different obligations of the employer and the responsible manager.
• The burden of proof.
• The role of employee representative bodies.
• Protection of witnesses and victims.
• The principle of the right to alert and withdraw.
• Possible criminal and civil penalties against the harasser and for the company.

Taking concrete action in cases of harassment: prevention and action

• The mediation procedure.
• Conduct an interview with the victim/harasser/witnesses.
• Suggestions for interview methods and techniques and action plans.

Finding and implementing solutions to raise awareness
employees

A questionnaire is given out at the end of the training. Passing this questionnaire (score above 16/20) is required to validate the training and receive a certificate of completion.