Gender Matters

It’s more than thirty years since the Sex Discrimination Act outlawed discrimination on the grounds of gender. Yet it does still exist, costing British businesses millions each year in tribunal cases, low staff morale and sickness absence.

This course not only helps you to ensure that your business complies with the law, but also enables you to take full advantage of the skills women bring to the workplace by building a workforce based on ability, not gender.

Featuring dramatised case studies, the course explores a comprehensive range of gender issues, from your responsibilities under the Sex Discrimination Act to the practical steps you can take to make family-friendly, flexible working a reality.
As you work through the course, you’ll be presented with simple exercises and a quiz at the end of the course helps to ensure you have understood all the issues.

You'll learn how to:

When you have completed this course, you will be able to:
• Understand your obligations under the Sex Discrimination Act and other gender-related legislation
• Identify the sorts of behaviours that could be deemed to be harassment and discrimination
• Know what is meant by ‘occupational segregation’, why it happens and how to prevent it
• Outline the business, legal and moral cases for gender diversity at work
• Understand how people can experience prejudice when working in a team that is mainly made up of the opposite sex
• Take appropriate action if you or a member of your team are subject to unfair treatment on the basis of gender

How this course can help your business:

• Recruit the right people with the right skills
• Build a strong team, and boost business performance
• Benefit from a diverse workforce with a wide range of skills and experiences
• Improve staff retention, motivation and morale
• Reduce absenteeism
• Protect your business by complying with legislation
• Enhance the professional image and reputation of your business

Course Code: 104207BT004