Encourage positive behaviours - reduce liability risk

Office Party Dos and Don'ts

Manager Edition

Equips leaders and managers with the knowledge and skills to navigate workplace events, enforce behaviour policies, address harassment & misconduct and respond to colleague concerns.  Foster a safe and respectful work environment.
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Help your managers understand the new standards and avoid unnecessary risks.

Training on ...
  • When and why these standards apply
  • The policies & procedures that apply
  • How to behave - special focus on managers
  • How not to behave - special focus on managers
  • Misconduct and its consequences
  • Alcohol & making sensible choices - special focus on managers
  • How to respond to inappropriate colleague behaviour
  • The responsibilities of a manager to take action
  • How to respond to inappropriate 3rd party behaviour
  • Social media and reputation issues
  • Post party attendance

Course contents

Course Author

Julia Gidney

Julia is uniquely placed to offer expert training on complex employee complaints and claims utilising her own career-wide knowledge base and by drawing from her extensive network of expert colleagues. 

Initially a leading UK employment law Partner at top UK law firms for 15 years, Julia was then Head of People and Compliance at two major international Aerospace Groups of companies for the same amount of time, before turning to complex workplace investigations work through her business Independent Reports Limited.  Julia created Wdidi to demystify, simplify and bring well-informed practical common sense solutions to the tricky, costly problems encountered by employers and employees every day.

She remains on the Solicitor’s Roll of England & Wales as a non-Practising Solicitor.

Reduce your legal risk today

Our Office Party Dos & Don'ts courses will help your organisation to...

Reduce the size of  potential claims

 
Demonstrate that you have met your 'preventative duty' to prevent sex harassment.

Avoid demands for compensation uplift from sex harassment claimants in  settlement negotiations.

Avoid uplifted uncapped compensation awards by up to 25% by Employment Tribunals in sex harassment cases. 

Demonstrate you take your duties seriously


Demonstrate your organisation doesn't just have policy 'words on a page' but publicises them and actively helps employees to bring concerns to your attention so action can be taken.

Demonstrate that enforcement is a management responsibility. 

Specifically address the new legal emphasis on third party harassment.

Reduce the risk of criminal offences taking place


Reduce the risk of offences such as criminal assault, criminal damage, sexual assault for employees.

Reduce the risk of vicarious liability for criminal harassment as well as unlawful harassment for the employer.  

Avoid reputation damaging publicity.
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