Global Top 10 Law Firm - Harassement and Inclusion Training

Accredited by The Law Society of Hong Kong for Continuing Professional Development

Creating a respectful workplace: mitigating legal and reputational risk

the situation

• Legal firm identified the risk harassment could have on the business.

• Harassment is rife in law firms. The workshop was used to create awareness of the different types of harassment and how it is managed within the firm

• Opportunity for the firm to review its HR policies and ‘crowd-source’ solutions during the workshop

the solution

A bespoke workshop focused on harassment within law firms, {embrace} used relevant case studies to highlight the impact the incident had on the perpetrator, survivor and organisation.

The objective was to mitigate issues or prevent scenarios before they occurred by developing a corporate culture of support -- ensuring all employees felt psychologically safe.

In conjunction with our client, {embrace} reviewed the harassment policy reinforcing the company’s commitment, as well the proper channels to handle complaints or concerns.

the outcomes

• Approved by the Hong Kong Law Society and workshops contributed to credit development points

• Two workshops: Senior Management: 27 partners of the law firm were in attendance.

• General Staff: 70

• 71% of partners gave the workshop an “Overall” rating of “excellent to very good”.

• 76% of partners gave the course material a rating of “excellent to very good”.