Understanding and Managing Sexual Harassment at the Workplace

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Course Information

Sexual harassment is a common occurrence at the workplace. However many instances of sexual harassment is not detected or recognised by the management. In view of the lack of legal provisions, many employers failed or are reluctant to take disciplinary against the perpetrators of sexual harassment. The government viewed sexual harassment seriously and in 2012 the Employment Act was gazetted and employers are required to comply with the law as well as the Code of Practice on Prevention and Eradication of sexual harassment at the Workplace. Employers have the responsibility of implementing the relevant sexual harassment law and its policies and procedures to ensure compliance in the event of a complaint of sexual harassment from their employees.

Course Objectives

• Understand the provisions of the law
• Identify sexual harassment at the workplace
• Learn how to handle sexual harassment complaints
• Learn how to take appropriate disciplinary action

Who Should Attend?

Leaders, Heads of Department, Managers, Executives, Supervisors, and anyone who need to implement and manage the provisions of the law, policy and procedures on sexual harassment at the workplace.

Course Trainer: Mr Heng Poh Suan

Mr Heng Poh Suan started his career as a Labour Officer in Kuala Kangsar in 1975. At the Labour Department, he was enforcing the various Labour Legislations. In 1983 he was transferred to the Industrial Relations Department. He was the Assistant Director of Industrial Relations from 1983 to 2001. He left the Industrial Relations Department in 2002 to join the Malaysian Employers Federation as their Industrial Relations Consultant. In 2005 he joined the Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers as their Human Resource/Industrial Relations Advisor. He had been conducting public as well as in-house training programmes relating to employment laws, discipline and misconduct and domestic inquiry procedures for member companies. In his capacity as the HR/IR Advisor in the Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers (FMM), he advised member companies on the compliance and implementation of the various labour legislations, disciplinary issues as well as issues arising out of their collective agreements with their unions. He left FMM at the end of June 2021 and is currently a freelance Training Facilitator and Industrial Relations Consultant.