The SoR is urging managers to attend a study day, aimed at raising awareness of new legislation on harassment and discrimination.
“This legislation has grave implications for employers and managers who do not deal with discrimination in the workplace,” said Richard Pembridge, SoR’s equalities officer. “If they are found to have breached their duty of care, they could be held legally responsible.”
Richard gives an example of an employee with a known history of depression who made a successful claim against her Trust after she was bullied and harassed by a number of colleagues and management failed to take adequate steps to deal with the problem.
“Employers are aware of the laws against discrimination on the grounds of race/ gender, etc, but many do not realise that they are also required to prevent discrimination against employees who require extra support in the workplace, for example, those with a mental illness who may need their working conditions adjusted,” he said.
“This one day training event will help managers to understand the meaning of discrimination under the law, ways to determine if there is discrimination in their department, the extent of their responsibility and how to deal with discrimination if they do discover cases where they work.”
The study day will take place on Wednesday 23 September at SoR HQ in London.
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