Preventing and Managing Sexual Harassment and Workplace Bullying

Harassment and bullying destroy trust, drive good people out and expose employers to serious risk. This programme helps HR teams build a prevention culture and handle complaints with fairness and care. Using African workplace scenarios, delegates practise receiving disclosures, running sensitive investigations and applying appropriate outcomes while protecting complainants from retaliation.

What you will be able to do

Define sexual harassment and bullying and recognise the warning signs.
Build a prevention policy, reporting channels and awareness campaign.
Receive a disclosure with sensitivity and confidentiality.
Conduct a fair and thorough harassment investigation.
Apply proportionate outcomes and support measures.
Protect complainants and witnesses from victimisation.

Course outline

01Understanding harassment and bullying
02Building a prevention culture
03Policy, reporting channels and awareness
04Receiving and recording disclosures
05Conducting sensitive investigations
06Deciding outcomes and sanctions
07Support, counselling and referral
08Preventing retaliation and follow up

Who should attend

HR practitioners, employee relations officers, wellness practitioners and managers responsible for handling harassment and bullying complaints.

Dates, venues and fees

Dates	Venue	Days	Fee
17 to 18 Aug 2026	Harare	2	US$1,100
24 to 25 Aug 2026	Kampala	2	US$1,100
31 Aug to 1 Sep 2026	Dar es Salaam	2	US$1,100
7 to 8 Sep 2026	Pretoria	2	R10,000
14 to 15 Sep 2026	Cape Town	2	R10,000
28 to 29 Sep 2026	Online	2	US$900
5 to 6 Oct 2026	Mozambique	2	US$1,100
12 to 13 Oct 2026	Cairo	2	US$1,100
19 to 20 Oct 2026	Accra	2	US$1,100
26 to 27 Oct 2026	Lusaka	2	US$1,100
2 to 3 Nov 2026	Kigali	2	US$1,100
9 to 10 Nov 2026	Nairobi	2	US$1,100
16 to 17 Nov 2026	Durban	2	R10,000
23 to 24 Nov 2026	Johannesburg	2	R10,000
7 to 8 Dec 2026	Mauritius	2	US$1,100
14 to 15 Dec 2026	Dubai	2	US$1,100
21 to 22 Dec 2026	Lagos	2	US$1,100

Fees are per delegate. South African venues are priced in rand; other locations and online in US dollars. Fees exclude 15% VAT where applicable. Group bookings of three or more delegates from the same organisation qualify for a reduced rate; contact us for a quotation.

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We can run Preventing and Managing Sexual Harassment and Workplace Bullying privately for your team, on your dates and built around your own systems. Group delivery is usually more cost effective from about six delegates.

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