UK: Preventing sexual harassment at work
A ready-made course you customise for your organisation, with a live session deck and two surveys. You only add the 8 details that are specific to your organisation.
- Length
- 40 min
- Lessons
- 7 lessons
- Frequency
- At induction + annually
- Last reviewed
- 12 Oct 2026
Leeds call-centre: team leader Gareth makes sexual remarks about new starter Aisha in a team huddle; you're Priya at the next desk
Try it: this is one of 17 interactive activities in the course.
What's included
Three pieces that work together
Copy once, get everything. Learners prepare on their own, you answer questions live, and the surveys tell you what stuck.
Self-paced course
Short lessons with real workplace scenarios, not walls of text.
- 7 lessons, about 40 minutes
- 3 video slots (you add the videos)
- Scenario, accordion, process, tabs and quizzes
- 12-question final check, 80% to pass
Live session deck
An AhaSlides presentation to run after the course, in person or online.
- 10 slides
- Quiz, word cloud, poll, open-ended slides
- A closing slide for your contacts
Two surveys
Find out what landed, and whether people use it on the job.
- Post-course feedback, about 2 minutes
- 30-day check-in
- Anonymous by default
- Results feed your next refresher
Learning objectives
At the end of this course, learners can
Built to the law Each objective names the requirement it comes from and the lesson that covers it.
| ID | Objective | Required by | Where it's covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| TO 1.0 | Achieve ≥ 80% on the final assessment | - | Whole course |
| LO 85.1.1 | Explain why preventing sexual harassment is now a legal duty for every employer | EA 2010 s.40A | Lesson 1: Why this matters |
| LO 85.2.1 | Define harassment, sexual harassment and less favourable treatment for rejecting/submitting under the Equality Act | s.26(1)-(3) | Lesson 2: What the law says |
| LO 85.3.1 | Distinguish sexual harassment from acceptable workplace behaviour, including online and at social events | s.26(4); EHRC guidance | Lesson 3: Spot it |
| LO 85.4.1 | Act as an active bystander and respond as a target, including when the harasser is a customer or client | EHRC guidance; ERA 2025 | Lesson 4: What would you do? |
| LO 85.5.1 | Report through internal channels and know external routes (Acas, tribunal, EHRC) + your info | s.27; PIDA as amended | Lesson 5: Speak up |
| LO 85.6.1 | (Managers) Respond to a complaint promptly and fairly and take preventative steps + your info | s.40A; EHRC 8 steps | Lesson 6: Manager module |
Your part: what a template can't do for you
- Your workplace details: fill in the 8 highlighted fields so the course describes your own policies, contacts and locations.
- Records: record completion in your own LMS or record system.
- Length: 40 min (+15 min manager module).
Course outline
7 lessons, about 40 minutes
Minutes per lesson are an estimate, shared out by page count.
1Why this matters
3 pages
8 min
Why this matters
3 pages
2What the law says
3 pages
7 min
What the law says
3 pages
3Spot it
2 pages
5 min
Spot it
2 pages
4What would you do?
2 pages
5 min
What would you do?
2 pages
5Speak up
2 pages
5 min
Speak up
2 pages
6Manager module
2 pages
5 min
Manager module
2 pages
7Final assessment
Assessment
5 min
Final assessment
Assessment
Live deck and surveys
10 slides to run live, two surveys to close the loop
Pink slides are interactive. Both surveys are anonymous; pink questions are written for this course.
Post-course feedback: 11 questions, about 2 min
- Overall rating 5 stars
- Relevant, realistic, right length, helpful activities agree/disagree grid
- What was most useful? multi-select
- Confidence before this course, and now 1-5 scale
- Which of the 5 Ds would you feel comfortable using? multiple choice
- How well do you understand that customers and clients can harass staff too, and what we'll do about it? 1-5 scale
- Which would most help prevent harassment here? ranking
- I'm confident a complaint of sexual harassment here would be taken seriously and handled fairly. 1-5 scale
- One thing we should change or add open text
- Would you recommend this course? NPS
30-day check-in
- Have you used what you learned since the course? multiple choice
- How confident are you today? Compare with day 1 1-5 scale
- Do you know where to find our anti-harassment policy and reporting channels? yes / no / not sure
- A moment where the training helped, or where you weren't sure open text
- Which topics should the next refresher focus on? ranking
Results show whether people use the training on the job, not just whether they finished it.
Both surveys open with a notice that a survey is not a way to report an incident, and point people to your reporting channel.
Make it yours
8 fields to fill in, and you're ready
Everything else is done. These are the details only your organisation knows; each one is highlighted inside the course.
- Leader statement
{{LEADER_STATEMENT}} - Policy link
{{POLICY_LINK}} - Reporting channel
{{REPORTING_CHANNEL}} - Anonymous route
{{ANONYMOUS_ROUTE}} - EAP contact
{{EAP_CONTACT}} - Customer/client-facing risks and controls
{{RISK_ASSESSMENT_SUMMARY}}
Show all 8 fields
- Northern Ireland law
{{NI_VARIANT}} - LMS or record system
{{LMS_OR_RECORD_SYSTEM}}
FAQ
Common questions
Can I run UK: Preventing sexual harassment at work training online?
The course itself is self-paced and online, and the live deck lets you add a live session. Whether online delivery meets your local rules depends on the law that applies to you, so check Equality Act 2010 s.26 (harassment), s.27 or ask your own counsel.
How often is this training needed?
At induction + annually (EHRC guidance treats regular, refreshed training as a key reasonable step).
Who needs this training?
All workers in Great Britain; variant: line managers (adds handling complaints and the employer's preventative duty).
What records should I keep?
Record completion in your own LMS or record system, so you can show who finished the course and when. Check the retention period that applies to you in Equality Act 2010 s.26 (harassment), s.27.
Can I edit the content?
Yes, everything. Change the wording, swap scenarios for ones from your workplace, add your logo, or remove parts that don't apply. Keep anything your own law requires you to cover.
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Ready to run it?
Open the live deck to see how the session runs alongside the course and both surveys.