Registration has begun for the “Equal Opportunities vs. Discrimination, Unequal Treatment, and Mobbing – Recognition, Prevention, and Elimination” training for medium-sized businesses.
Upcoming dates: November 23-24, Gdańsk; December 6-7, Warsaw Equal opportunities vs. discrimination, unequal treatment, mobbing – recognition, prevention, elimination
The aim of this training is to prepare your company to implement solutions that will enable it to meet its obligations under the Labor Code regarding equal treatment. In practice, this means introducing solutions that prevent phenomena such as mobbing, sexual harassment, and gender discrimination, allowing you to avoid or eliminate such violations. Implementing these solutions will also strengthen your company’s image as an employee-friendly company.
WHO IS THIS TRAINING FOR?
This training is for you if:
You own a medium-sized enterprise (50 to 249 employees under employment contracts) – which is important because the best practices and recommendations presented during the training are tailored to the needs of medium-sized companies and their organizational and financial capabilities.
You work in the HR department of a medium-sized enterprise.
You are responsible for internal communications within the organization.
You are a manager or leader in a medium-sized enterprise.
You witness behavior that violates the principle of equal treatment, but you’re unsure whether it constitutes a crime and don’t know what to do.
You care about your company’s image.
You care about the comfort, job satisfaction, and engagement of your employees.
You want to establish a reputation as a friendly workplace with a low turnover rate.
If you have any questions, please call or email us at 692 487 524 (8:00 AM – 7:00 PM), rownosc@cofund.org.pl
The training is practical in nature. It is conducted in an interactive, workshop-style format, and the presented content is supported by numerous practical examples. The trainers have extensive experience and knowledge gained from working with businesses and business support institutions. The training partners are the Cooperation Fund Foundation, the Lewiatan Confederation, the Institute of Public Affairs, and the Good Practice Factory, and the commissioned event is the Ministry of Family, Labor and Social Policy.
Participation in the training is free of charge, as it is implemented as part of the “Equality in Business” project, co-financed by the EU under the Operational Programme Knowledge, Education, and Development. The training lasts two days, during which you will receive concrete solutions for equal treatment and the prevention of violations in this area. After completing the training, you will have access to e-learning, which will contain extensive material on the training topics (including downloadable materials). It is crucial that 2-4 people from your company participate in the training. A larger representation allows you to design your own organizational solutions tailored to your company’s needs and that they can actually be implemented.
BENEFITS of participating in the training:
1. Minimize the risk of legal cases related to discrimination and mobbing in the workplace.
In Poland, the number of cases reported by employees concerning discrimination and mobbing is growing rapidly. Furthermore, many companies are unaware of the obligations imposed by the Labor Code in this regard. The training will outline employers’ obligations to create an equal-opportunity workplace. The regulations will be discussed in user-friendly language and supported by numerous examples of court cases. Simple and cost-free solutions will be presented that will enable your company to reduce the risk of potential complaints or lawsuits.
2. Develop your own solutions tailored to the needs of meeting the obligations imposed by the Labor Code. During the training, companies will have the opportunity to identify their best practices for equal opportunities in the workplace. They will also be able to identify areas of the company’s operations that require changes in this area. Based on this knowledge, companies will be able to design their own equal opportunities solutions in the workplace, with the support of trainers, that will be tailored to their needs, the specifics of their industry, and address a specific problem.
3. Building the image of an employee-friendly company.
Job seekers are increasingly paying attention to whether a prospective employer is employee-friendly and what employment conditions they offer. The training will present good business practices and free solutions for companies to use.
4. Promoting companies that implement solutions for equal opportunities for women and men.
Companies participating in the training will receive a certificate confirming their commitment to corporate social responsibility. These companies will also be invited to participate in a best practices competition, open exclusively to medium-sized enterprises. Participation is free. Companies recognized in the competition will have the opportunity to benefit from specialized consulting in their chosen field and will be promoted in mass media (social media, press, radio). They will also be included in a catalog of best practices as a best practice.
TRAINERS:
AGNIESZKA SZNAJDER
Trainer and consultant in the area of diversity management and counteracting discrimination in the workplace. As a trainer in this area, she has completed over 1,000 hours of training. She has experience collaborating with businesses to support them in developing and implementing business solutions that take into account the diversity of their workforces, particularly those related to gender, age, and (dis)ability. These solutions encompass strategic management of the company, building organizational culture, and human resources management within the company. She served as an expert for the Ministry of Labor and Social Policy as part of the “Equality in Business” project (2014-2015), which aimed to promote equal opportunities for women and men in large companies. Diversity management expert for the Lewiatan Confederation as part of the “Diversity Index” project (2013-2014). Co-author of the “Diversity Index,” a tool for assessing workplace diversity management. Author and co-author of publications on equality and diversity, including:
• “Guide for Companies: More Women in Management – It Pays Off” (Ministry of Labor and Social Policy, Warsaw 2014).
• “Guide to Diversity Management” (Lewiatan Confederation, Warsaw 2013).
• “Diversity Management in the Workplace. Report from the 2nd Edition of the Diversity Barometer” (Lewiatan Confederation, Warsaw 2014).
• “Diversity Management in the Workplace. Report from the 1st Edition of the Diversity Barometer” (Lewiatan Confederation, Warsaw 2013). • “A Coaching Handbook for Supporting Work-Family Balance” (Association of European Advisors PLinEU, Kraków 2013).
KAROLINA KĘDZIORA
A legal advisor, a graduate of the Faculty of Law and Administration at the University of Warsaw, the School of American Law at the University of Warsaw, and the School of Human Rights at the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights. President of the Polish Society of Anti-Discrimination Law (www.ptpa.org.pl). From 2003 to 2006, she was a lawyer for the “Legal Actions in the Public Interest” program of the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights. Certified anti-discrimination trainer (by the British organization Interights (2006), the Anti-Discrimination Training Academy at Villa Decius (2009) and the Specialist School of Social Facilitation for Counteracting Discrimination – advanced level (2014). Certified trainer of the HELP Program (Human Rights Education for Legal Professionals) of the Council of Europe (2015). In the years 2009-2017, lecturer at the postgraduate studies “Gender mainstreaming” of the Polish Academy of Sciences. Author of publications on various aspects of discrimination, including the book “Discrimination and mobbing in employment” (2nd edition) by C.H. Beck, 2010 and co-author of the Commentary to the Act on the implementation of certain EU provisions on equal treatment, Wolters Kluwer, 2016. Nominated for the Forbes Professionals award. 2013, in the legal counsel category. Since 2016, she has been a member of the Human Rights Commission of the National Council of Legal Counsels.
DAGMARA KANIK
A graduate of management psychology and innovation at the Jagiellonian University. Since 2002, she has been designing and implementing diagnostic and development programs for individual and business clients.
As a trainer and coach, she specializes in working with management staff and most frequently supports her clients in developing leadership and managerial skills, change management, conflict management, communication, the use of coaching tools in team management, team collaboration, and personal development.
She has implemented development projects for companies such as Amica SA, Żywiec Zdrój S.A., Ericpol Telecom, Scanmed S.A., Saint Gobain Glass Polska, Accenture, Black Red White, Statoil, Moto Profil, Polska Grupa Materiałów Budowlanych, Laboratoires Expanscience, Gothaer, Mercer, Budimex, Sandvik Mining and Constructions, Vetoquinol Biowet, Luquam Quality Service Group, Re Sources, Green Project Development, the PLinEU Association of European Advisors, and the Austrian Institute in Warsaw and Krakow. She has also conducted lectures and training projects in the field of management psychology, the psychology of change, and work for students at universities (including the Jagiellonian University, Tischner European University in Krakow, SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities in Warsaw, and Kozminski University). She collaborates as a trainer and lecturer with IBD Business School in Warsaw.
