By Lisa Bell, Tell Jane Founder | Bar Huberman, Brightmine Content Manager
This series of Leading practice guides looks at how to create a working environment free from all forms of harassment and why HR and the organisations they represent need to prioritise this issue.
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- What is harassment?
- Employers’ duties under the Equality Act 2010
- Harassment related to a protected characteristic
- The difference between bullying and harassment
- Most harassment and sexual harassment goes unreported
- The reasons why people are reluctant to report harassment
- Understanding what lies behind harassment and sexual harassment
- Why HR needs to be proactive in preventing harassment and sexual harassment
- The legal reasons
- The moral argument
- The commercial argument
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About the authors
Bar Huberman
Content manager, HR strategy and practice, Brightmine
Bar is a former solicitor with more than 18 years’ experience focused on serving the needs of businesses and HR professionals. She leads the HR strategy and practice team, which focuses on developing content that meets the priorities of HR professionals in strategic roles. Bar’s team works with leading experts in their field to shape practical content that helps organisations become an employer of choice, as well as guidance to train line managers in people skills.
Prior to joining Brightmine, Bar was a solicitor at a leading firm in Brighton, and she has an LLB in Law and French. Bar is also chair of the board of trustees of the charity Embracing Arts.
Connect with Bar on LinkedIn.
Lisa Bell
Founder, Tell Jane
Lisa is the founder of Tell Jane, a leading global HR Consultancy and training partner that specialises in preventing sexual harassment, discrimination and bullying in the workplace. Tell Jane also provides powerful change training when incidents do occur and helps build better cultures and challenges toxic behaviour in the workplace.
With over two decades of experience and an MA in Human Resources Management, Lisa founded her first HR consultancy in 2014. It was while working with organisations of different sizes and across a wide range of sectors that Lisa found that discrimination, harassment and toxic behaviour were systemic issues. They were widespread and deep-rooted; what’s more, leaders wanted change but were unaware of how to make it happen.
Connect with Lisa on LinkedIn