harassment training

Is training a wise investment?

January 9, 2012 Andrew Lawson Employee Relations, Human Resources, Human Rights, Training and Development

Valuable information can come from diverse sources. Consider this case I uncovered via the daily commuter newspaper: a female employee complained that a third-party service provider harassed her. The incident took place on the employer’s premises, but the alleged harasser was not employed directly by the employer. He was employed by the company that serviced the company’s office photocopiers…

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Training: Are you engaging your employees?

May 11, 2010 Andrew Lawson Health and Safety, Human Resources

There is training, and then there is engaging training…

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Now is the time to arrange training

January 29, 2010 Andrew Lawson Health and Safety, Human Resources

I have been busy at the HRPA Annual Conference and Tradeshow this week where I had the pleasure of presenting, “Protecting Your Organization from the Workplace Bully.” I can report that, based on the buzz among HR Professionals and decision makers I have talked to, employers are really aware of their obligations and challenges under the amended Occupational Health & Safety Act. Employers, for the most part, also have a renewed interest in reaching up and pulling down from the shelf, those plans for training in the areas of harassment prevention!

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