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Bullying and Harassment for Employees eLearning
Online bullying and harassment training written for employees rather than managers: recognising it, recording it, and the routes available when it happens to you.
Who it is for
Who this bullying and harassment for employees course is for
This is the employee-facing version. It is about knowing what bullying and harassment actually are, what your employer must do, and how to raise something without feeling you are making a fuss.
- All employees, as part of induction or refresher training
- New starters
- Employee and union representatives
- Anyone experiencing or witnessing behaviour that concerns them
- Teams where a complaint has been raised
- Staff in high-turnover or high-pressure roles
Course content
What the bullying and harassment for employees course covers
Six short modules on recognising it, recording it and raising it, from the perspective of the person on the receiving end.
What counts
Bullying and harassment defined, and how they differ in law.
Harassment and protected characteristics
Where harassment becomes unlawful under the Equality Act 2010.
What is not bullying
Firm management, performance conversations and reasonable instructions.
Recognising a pattern
Behaviours that seem minor alone but form a pattern over time.
Recording and raising it
Keeping a record, informal routes, and how to raise it formally.
Support and protection
Support available, and protection against being treated badly for complaining
Outcomes
What you will be able to do afterwards
- Recognise bullying and harassment when it happens to you
- Understand when harassment is unlawful under the Equality Act
- Tell firm management from bullying
- Keep a useful record of what happened and when
- Raise a concern informally or formally
- Explain what victimisation is and why you are protected from it
Your legal duty
The law behind bullying and harassment for employees training
There is no free-standing law against bullying at work. Harassment related to a protected characteristic is unlawful under the Equality Act 2010, which defines it as unwanted conduct that violates dignity or creates an intimidating, hostile, degrading, humiliating or offensive environment.
The Equality Act also protects against victimisation: being treated badly because you raised a complaint or supported someone else's. HSE is not the primary authority for bullying and harassment. Acas is the usual reference point.
- Equality Act 2010 - harassment related to a protected characteristic
- No free-standing statutory offence of workplace bullying
- Protection against victimisation after raising a complaint
- Acas is the usual reference point rather than HSE
Practicalities
How the course works
For employers
Bullying and Harassment for Employees training for a team
Employers usually run this alongside the manager version, so both sides of a complaint understand the same process.
- One invoice instead of a card payment per person
- Licences allocated as people join, so induction is covered
- Completion and expiry reporting for your records
- Renewal reminders before certificates lapse
- Bespoke versions built around your own procedures
The manager-facing course covers handling complaints and preventing it. See the manager version →
Bullying and Harassment for Employees eLearning: common questions
This one is written for employees: recognising it, recording it and raising it. The other version is written for managers handling complaints and preventing it.
Not in itself. Setting standards and managing performance are legitimate. It becomes bullying through how it is done and whether it forms a pattern. The course covers the difference.
Victimisation is being treated badly for raising a complaint or supporting someone else's. It's unlawful under the Equality Act 2010. The course covers that protection.
Yes, and the course explains what a useful record looks like. It should include dates, what was said or done, who was present, and how it affected you.
About 30 minutes, with no time limit. Start it, pause it, and come back whenever suits. The certificate is issued the moment you finish.
Yes. It runs in a browser on any modern phone, tablet or computer, with nothing to install.
Yes. Open a business account and we invoice you for the licences, which you allocate as people need them. Completion reporting is included.
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