Safeguarding Employing: Preventing Sexual Harassment & Creating Alcohol-Safe Workplaces this Christmas

Facilitated by Janet Hadley

In October 2024, the Worker Protection Bill placed a new duty on employers to take ‘reasonable steps’ to prevent sexual harassment. Given the strong correlation between sexual harassment claims and alcohol consumption, employers need to evaluate the risks around excessive alcohol consumption at workplace events and put ‘reasonable steps’ in place to ensure workers are not put at additional risk during these events. So does that mean the HR team have to be the fun police? Absolutely not!  Janet Hadley will be tackling this sensitive topic with a sense of humour, taking a pragmatic approach on offering tips and advice on how to create an Alcohol Safe Workplace* – without killing the buzz!

 Delegates will leave the webinar with:

• An understanding of the latest changes to the Worker Protection Bill
• An understanding of why alcohol increases the risk of sexual harassment
• Some tips on carrying out your own risk assessment
• Ideas to mitigate the risks to you as an employer
• Best practice from other employers who are going above and beyond the minimum legal requirements.

About the facilitator

Janet Hadley had it all – the happy marriage, the successful career, the nice house, the kids doing well at school, the gym subscription… but she was regularly used to wake up at 3am, dry mouth, head banging and promising herself she’d learn to moderate her drinking. In June 2020 she sent the Wine Witch packing for the first time and opened her mind to the possibility of living alcohol-free. She hasn’t looked back.

Janet went on to become the founder of Choose Sunrise Limited, whose mission is to eliminate the stigma associated with alcohol addiction. Janet has developed a reputation as the standout speaker any wellbeing event, combining her 25 years of senior management roles with her insight into ‘coming out’ as sober in the workplace. A subject matter on all things sobriety, Janet is the keynote speaker that everyone is talking about.