The ETI supervisor training programme: Promoting equal treatment of workers

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The ETI supervisor training programmePromoting
equal treatment of workers

• Course for managers

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Session 1 Introduction

• Session aims
• To introduce the course and its objectives
• To clarify the learning outcomes of the course
• Learning outcomes
• Managers understand and support the aims of the
  supervisor training programme
• Managers understand the business benefits of the
  programme

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Aims and objectives of the managers training
course

• Aim of the course
• To provide managers with the skills to help
  supervisors uphold workers rights, and gain
  managers commitment to work with supervisors to
  implement actions from the training.
• Objectives of the course
• To introduce the supervisor training programme,
  and to raise awareness of the business benefits
  of the programme
• To deepen managers understanding of
  discrimination and sexual harassment, and how
  they relate to workers rights
• To clarify managers roles and responsibilities
  in promoting equal treatment of workers in the
  workplace
• To provide managers with the understanding and
  knowledge to help supervisors uphold workers
  rights in the workplace, and to support
  implementation of action plans from the training.

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Session 1 Questions

• What impact will supervisor training have on the
  business?
• How could the business benefit?
• Think about motivation, productivity or
  management time

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Session 2 Managers and supervisors roles in
people management

• Session aims
• To explore managers and supervisors people
  management responsibilities, the challenges
  supervisors face in carrying these out, and how
  managers can support them
• Learning outcomes
• Managers fully understand their main HR
  responsibilities
• Managers are aware of the challenges supervisors
  face in protecting workers rights on
  discrimination and sexual harassment
• Managers can identify what support supervisors
  need from them

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Session 2 Questions

• What are the main people-related roles of
  managers?
• What are the key challenges faced by supervisors?

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Session 3 Workers rights in the workplace

• Session aims
• To consider the legal framework for workers
  rights and how this can be implemented in the
  workplace
• Learning outcomes
• Managers understand the legal framework behind
  workers rights
• Managers can identify the links between
  codes/national legal requirements and existing
  company policies/procedures
• Managers understand how preventing discrimination
  and harassment relates to workers rights, and to
  managers and supervisors responsibilities

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Session 3 Question

• What policies do you have for staff management
  that could meet code or legal requirements?

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Session 4 Discrimination in the workplace

• Session aims
• To explore the definition and different forms of
  discrimination in the workplace
• Learning outcomes
• Managers are familiar with formal definitions of
  discrimination in the workplace
• Managers understand the different forms of
  discrimination that exist in the workplace

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Session 4 Questions

• What is your understanding of discrimination in
  the workplace? Give examples
• How does your workplace handle issues like these?

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Session 5 Sexual harassment in the workplace

• Session aims
• To explore the definition and forms of sexual
  harassment in the workplace and its link to
  discrimination
• Learning outcomes
• Managers are familiar with formal definitions of
  sexual harassment in the workplace
• Managers understand how sexual harassment is
  manifested in the workplace
• Managers understand the relationship between
  discrimination and sexual harassment

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Session 5 Questions

• What do you think sexual harassment in the
  workplace is? Give examples
• How does your workplace deal with issues like
  this?

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Session 6 Developing and implementing best
practice policies and systems

• Session aims
• To identify how to assess and implement model
  workplace policies on sexual harassment and
  discrimination
• To clarify next steps on working with supervisors
• Learning outcomes
• Managers understand the role of policies in
  helping to address discrimination and sexual
  harassment
• Managers know how to assess workplace
  policies/systems against best practice, and use
  this to inform action planning
• Managers are clear about next steps in the
  supervisor training programme

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Session 6 Question

• What steps could you take to address sexual
  harassment and discrimination at your sites?

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Session 7 Summary and evaluation

• Session aims
• To conclude the training and get feedback from
  participants
• Learning outcomes
• Managers can assess how well the training met
  their expectations
• Managers are fully informed about next steps

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