Workshops for the private sector and local government
Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Training Workshops July to December 2009 What's fair and how do we get there? - Human rights and equal opportunity training workshops
- Register on-line
- Email registration form to education@veohrc.vic.gov.au
- Call (03) 9281 7122
- Fax completed registration form to (03) 9281 7171
- Post completed registration form to: Education - Level 3/380 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne VIC 3000
- Recognising and preventing inappropriate workplace behaviour
- Understanding and responding to workplace conflict
- Implementing complaint handling mechanisms
- Developing skills and knowledge to deal with workplace grievance
About the Commission. Why choose us?
The Commission has extensive knowledge about discrimination and harassment in Victoria. One of our functions is to handle complaints of discrimination and harassment in Victoria, giving us a unique perspective on the experiences of complainants and respondents. We also understand the implications and costs associated with discrimination and harassment for organisations. Our training and education on equal opportunity, harassment prevention, grievance handling and human rights is up to date, effective and based on current trends in Victorian workplaces.
We work with businesses across all sectors and industries, assisting with the design and implementation of sustainable strategies to prevent discrimination and harassment and to effectively manage complaints.
Access & other needs
Please advise us at the time of your enrolment if you have any needs such as interpreters, attendant carers, dietary requirements or alternative formats for materials.
Cancellation information
If you are unable to attend you can transfer your enrolment to someone else. Please let us know so correct certificates of registration can be printed. Where places are available in a later session, we can transfer your registration to a different date at no extra cost.
If you cancel up to seven days before the workshop and do not reschedule, we will refund your registration fee in full. However, non-attendance or cancellation with less than one-week's notice may incur a cancellation fee of up to the full cost of the workshop.
Your place or ours?
You can enrol in any of the workshops outlined in this brochure. We can also tailor and deliver them at your workplace. We can also run a range of other workshops at your workplace, for example:
- Human Rights & Equal Opportunity for Unions,
- Same Sex Couples' Rights: How to make your workplace family friendly, and
- Equal Opportunity for volunteer organisations.
Our consultancy service
We also offer professional consultancy services that can assist you to assess the culture of your workplace, revise and implement effective EO and complaint handling policies and procedures for your workplace, and monitor your progress towards sustainable fairness and equality in the workplace.
Special Offers
- Register one person for a one-day workshop at full price and each additional person attending the same workshop will receive a 10% discount.
- Register one person for a one-day workshop at full price and receive a 10% discount off the cost of that person attending additional workshops.
Enquiries
For booking enquiries please telephone (03) 9281 7122 or 1800 134 142 (country callers).
Training for community organisationsThe Commission also runs a regular calendar of introductory and advanced training on human rights and equal opportunity for community organisations, advocates, schools and sporting organisations. For dates and details, please call 03 9281 7122 or email: education@veohrc.vic.gov.au or visit www.humanrightscommission.vic.gov.au |
Family Responsibilities and Work - How to make your workplace family-friendly
Dates:
- Friday 14 August, 9.30am - 12.30pm
- Friday 6 November, 2pm - 5pm
This workshop will:
- Assist you to understand the benefits of making your workplace family-friendly
- Outline the obligations arising from the new family responsibilities provisions of the equal opportunity law and consider how they affect employers and employees
- Explore the factors to consider in responding to requests for flexible arrangements
- Explore the options for meeting requests
Cost: $ 231
Preparing Job Services Australia providers for managing diversity in the contemporary workplace
Dates:
- Thursday 5 November, 9.30am - 1pm
Objectives:
- Learn about the real benefits to business of harnessing the talents and capabilities of our diverse community, using best practice case examples
- Explore the incidence and causes of race and religious discrimination in employment and strategies to avoid such discrimination
- Outline strategies business can use to harness and embrace diversity to enhance their reputation as an employer of choice
Cost: $231.00
Train the trainer: Conduct your own EO awareness program
Dates:
- Thursday 15 and Friday 16 October 9.30am to 4.00pm
This workshop will:
- Discuss the key messages of equal opportunity training
- Explore the best methods for delivering those key messages
- Enable you to practice skills and methods for conducting equal opportunity training at your workplace
- Assist you to develop skills to deal with resistant participants and difficult questions
- Explore useful resources and supports to enhance your equal opportunity training
Cost: $650.00
The rights of injured workers returning to work
Dates:
- Friday 7 August, 1.00pm - 4.30pm
The process of returning to work after illness or injury is an important step towards recovery. However, it can sometimes give rise to real or perceived discrimination.
This workshop will:
- Provide a brief overview of the return to work process
- Explore how to negotiate a Return to Work Plan
- Explore what to do if an injured or sick worker returning to work feels that they are being treated differently because of their injury or ill health
Cost: $ 231.00
Equal opportunity and human rights law - an information session on the Victorian Equal Opportunity Act 1995 and the Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities 2006
Dates:
- Friday 24 July 2pm to 4pm
- Friday 21 August 10am to 12pm
- Monday 21 September 2pm to 4pm
- Tuesday 20 October 10am to 12pm
- Friday 20 November 2pm to 4pm
- Thursday 10 December 10am-12pm
This workshop will:
- Provide a brief overview on the Victorian Equal Opportunity Act, including definitions of discrimination, harassment, sexual harassment, victimisation and bullying
- Provide a brief overview of the Victorian Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities
- Outline how the Commission works, including its complaint handling process
Cost: Free
Prerequisites: none
This workshop is not a substitute for workplace training for your managers or general staff. Attendance is limited to two staff from the same workplace per session.
Skills training for managers, team leaders and supervisors: Preventing complaints of discrimination and harassment getting out of hand
Dates:
- Tuesday 11 August 9am to1pm
- Friday 13 November 1pm to 5pm
This workshop will:
- Provide an update on equal opportunity law, and how it intersects with other workplace laws and your organisation's policies and procedures
- Help you to identify high risk behaviours that may lead to harassment, discrimination and bullying
- Explore effective strategies to prevent discrimination, bullying, harassment and sexual harassment
- Provide you with skills and strategies to effectively manage and resolve workplace conflict as simply and as quickly as possible
Cost: $ 297
Prerequisites: Participants are required to bring a copy of their organisation's equal opportunity/ discrimination/ bullying/ sexual harassment policies
Contact Officers - An introduction to the role
Dates:
- Friday 17 July 9.30am to 4.30pm
- Monday 17 August 9.30am to 4.30pm
- Thursday 17 September 9.30am to 4.30pm
- Monday 19 October 9.30am to 4.30pm
- Thursday 12 November 9.30am to 4.30pm
- Tuesday 8 December 9.30am to 4.30pm
This workshop will:
- Provide an outline of equal opportunity law, and how it intersects with other workplace laws and your organisation's policies and procedures
- Assist you to define inappropriate workplace behaviour
- Explore the parameters of the Contact Officer role and the knowledge and skills required to fulfil this role effectively
- Explore the steps involved in a complaint handling process and the place of a Contact Officer within this process.
Participants will receive a 70 page resource manual and guide to the role.
Cost: $407
Prerequisites: Participants are required to bring a copy of their organisation's equal opportunity/ discrimination/ bullying/ sexual harassment policies
Contact Officers - Refresher
Dates:
Tuesday 24 November, 9.30am to 12.30pm
This workshop will:
- Provide an update on equal opportunity law
- Discuss common dilemmas experienced by Contact Officers
- Provide participants with an opportunity to practice the skills required to fulfil this role effectively
Cost: $231
Prerequisites: Completion of "Contact Officer - An introduction to the role" or prior experience as a Contact Officer
Equal opportunity update
Dates:
- Thursday 10 September, 9.30am to 1pm
- Tuesday 10 November, 1pm to 4.30pm
This workshop will:
- Outline recent changes and directions in equal opportunity law, in particular, the new provisions on family responsibilities and employment activity
- Outline developments in equal opportunity case law and what this might mean for your organisation
Cost: $231
Best practice in recruitment and selection
Dates:
- Thursday 6 August, 9.30am to 1pm
This workshop will:
- Ensure you get the best person for the job every time, using equal opportunity principles
- Help you understand what you can include in job ads and how to use recruitment and selection tools, such as pre-employment medical testing and aptitude testing, in a non discriminatory way
- Explore concepts such as psychological profiling and ‘cultural fit' in relation to recruitment and selection
- Explore the concept of ‘inherent requirement of the job'
- Clarify the responsibility of recruitment agencies under equal opportunity law
Prerequisites: Participants will receive a copy of A fair go for job seekers - best practice guidelines for the recruitment industry and employers.
Cost: $297
Investigating workplace complaints
Dates:
- Friday 28 August, 9.30am - 4.30pm
This workshop will:
- Assist you to understand the principles of effectively investigating workplace complaints, including procedural and substantive fairness, confidentiality and timeliness
- Assist you to understand the steps of an effective investigation process
- Provide you with the opportunity to practice the skills required in conducting investigations
- Examine the considerations involved in making findings and recommendations following an investigation
Cost: $407
Mediation of workplace complaints
Date:
- Tuesday 6 October, 9.30am - 4.30pm
This workshop will:
- Outline when and how mediation can be used in the resolution of workplace complaints
- Help you understand the principles of successful mediation
- Provide you with the opportunity to practice the skills required for effective mediation
Cost: $407
Human Rights for Local Government
Dates:
- Tuesday 8 September 9.30am to 4.30pm
- Thursday 3 December 9.30am to 4.30pm
Cost: $407
This workshop is specifically for local government.
This workshop will:
- Provide an introduction to key human rights concepts and the operation of the Charter
- Outline the obligations of local government as public authorities
- Identify strategies to integrate human rights into the culture, values and leadership of your organisation
- Examine legal and non-legal advocacy opportunities contained within the Charter
Prerequisites: Participants will receive a 57 page Human Rights implementation resource and a 34 page guide to civil and political rights.
