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 risks or pitfalls to avoid
  • Definition of sexual harassment and sexist behavior
  • Understanding the contributions of the law of August 3, 2018 strengthening the fight against sexual and gender-based violence and 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 context of stress and professional pressure
  • Ensuring the prevention of sexist behavior
  • Knowing how to identify false victims and false perpetrators
  • 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
  • Witness and victim protection
  • 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 process
  • Conduct an interview with the victim/harasser/witnesses
  • Suggestions for interview methods and techniques, and action plans
• Finding and implementing solutions to raise employee awareness

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.