What an utter and complete waste of time and life

Doubleme

So I had to complete a sexual haressment training course at work, no I was not in trouble everyone has to because the company decided so. I can stress how I learned some profound things that I never knew before and found the course purposful useful engaging and a heavily productive use of my time. I could stress that or claim that, but that would be a complete lie.

It is utter obvious condscending drival that everyone already knows and a total waste of mine and anyone elses time. The only possible utility such a thing could have is if somehow extra terristials did make contact with earth and were unfamiliar with humans and human culture but were getting jobs within human corporations, however we all know if that ever happened (it wont) that there would be large protest groups expressing hatred of the aliens and demonising them anyway.

MISTY4ME

I'm sure it is just a Box ticking necessity for your Company..... and if anyone was to claim Sexual Harrassment, they could say that they did what they could to avoid it.

I'm sure what was a BIGGER 'Waste of Time and Life' was the Mike Tyson v Jake Paul fight on NETFLIX last week

Bean81

There are still a lot of (mostly) men who need reminding of what sexual harassment is on a regular basis. That means the rest of us have to go through box ticking exercises like you did.

You do wonder why sometimes. Did somebody once successfully appeal against their dismissal because they claimed their employer didn't make them aware of what constitutes sexual harassment?

Essexphil

Bean81 said:

There are still a lot of (mostly) men who need reminding of what sexual harassment is on a regular basis. That means the rest of us have to go through box ticking exercises like you did.

You do wonder why sometimes. Did somebody once successfully appeal against their dismissal because they claimed their employer didn't make them aware of what constitutes sexual harassment?

The reason is simpler than that. It is due to a change in the Law. Under the Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) Act 2023, which came into effect on 26 October 2024 (so both a Tory and Labour creation), creates a new pro-active, preventative duty on employers and provides for enhanced compensation for employees if their employer is found by an employment tribunal to have breached this duty. Employers should now take steps to ensure that they can comply with this preventative duty.

Does it give rise to some box-ticking? Yes.
Will it reduce (not remove) workplace sexual harassment? Yes

Price worth paying.

Tikay10

@Doubleme has not really thought this through properly.

Apart from the obvious need to educate some people on various matters, the fact is that in an increasingly litigious society, Employers are obliged to both a) educate & inform, & perhaps more pertinently, b) protect themselves from potential legal claims.

As you know, I have a very minor & menial role here at Sky Poker, but I'm obliged to sit through Courses almost every week, most all of which have no bearing on my role whatsoever. Each of them takes 30 to 45 minutes, & there are Test questions which mean if you get any wrong you have to re-sit the Course.

Any employees or Contractor who does not complete the Courses faces severe penalties & even, I would assume, ultimately dismissal.

It is a bit of a pain I suppose, but only in an entitled society. I would imagine 95% of the world's population would swap with us in the UK in a heartbeat, given half a chance.

madprof

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