Knowledge Base

This course covers the following information:

Workplace Harassment in Industrial Facilities: What Is Harassment?

• That each person is the judge of what words or actions they feel are offensive
  
• The different types of behavior that could be considered harassment
  
• The negative effects that harassment can have on employees and companies
  
• The problems that can be created if harassment escalates into violence.
  

Workplace Harassment in Industrial Facilities: Discrimination, Sexual Harassment and the Law

• That workplace harassment is considered to be a type of discrimination
  
• Different types of discrimination that are illegal in a workplace
  
• How sexual harassment can occur in a workplace
  
• The types of behavior that are considered to be sexually harassing.
  

Workplace Harassment in Industrial Facilities: Responding to Harassment

• The need to take action to end workplace harassment whenever it appears
  
• Why you should always tell someone when something they say or do offends you
  
• When you should report harassing behavior to your supervisor or Human Resources Department
  
• What details to include in a report about harassment.
  

Workplace Harassment in Industrial Facilities: Preventing Workplace Violence

• Understand how you can be hurt both physically and professionally if harassment escalates into violence
  
• Know procedures you can follow to help prevent an incident from becoming violent
  
• Know how you should respond if someone attacks you
  
• Know why you should not allow yourself to be drawn into a fight.
  

Workplace Harassment in Industrial Facilities: Dealing with a Stalker

• Understand what the harassing behavior known as "stalking" is
  
• Know how to respond if someone is stalking you
  
• Know the information that you should include when you report a stalking incident
  
• Understand the steps that you may need to take to get a stalker to stop harassing you.