Creating a Safe & Compliant Workplace in 2025: Preventing Harassment, Bullying & Violence including New FCA Conduct Rules

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SHRM & HRCI Approved Webinar | CEUs = 1.0 Credit Hours

Overview:

Workplaces Thrive on Respect—Let's Make It Standard Creating a safe and inclusive workplace isn't optional—it's essential. This webinar equips managers, HR leaders, and employees with knowledge and tools to prevent harassment, bullying, and workplace violence. Learn how professionalism goes beyond behavior. Understand how discrimination laws apply to harassment. Recognize threats before they escalate. And most importantly, foster a culture of trust that respects every individual's identity, beliefs, and safety.

Also, the FCA is expanding the scope of its Conduct of Business sourcebook (COCON) to include non-financial misconduct, such as bullying and harassment, in both banks and non-banks.

Build policies that reinforce your values and legal obligations. Prevent hostile environments and protect employees; Strengthen your company culture through clarity and compassion.

What will You Learn:

  • New FCA Rule Update for 2025
    • What will now be treated as formal conduct issues
    • how to integrate these requirements into your HR policies, performance management processes, and investigation protocols to ensure compliance
  • Professionalism, Respect & Trust 
    • Beyond behavior: building a culture of civility and inclusion
    • Respecting individual choices—lifestyle, politics, and religion
    • The role of each employee in maintaining a safe environment
  • Harassment is Illegal Discrimination 
    • Federal and state laws: what employers must know
    • Preventing illegal harassment before it escalates
    • High-risk scenarios and how to avoid them
  • Recognizing & Responding to Violence 
    • Warning signs and workplace violence prevention
    • Understanding state protections for domestic violence victims
    • Employer responsibilities in safety planning
  • Policy & Culture Alignment
    • Designing clear, compliant policies that reflect your values
    • Reinforcing trust with training and communication

Why You Should Attend:

A safe, respectful, and compliant workplace is essential for both employee well-being and organizational protection. This webinar will show you how to build a culture of civility and inclusion, prevent illegal harassment, recognize and address warning signs of violence, and design clear, values-driven policies. You’ll also learn how to meet new FCA requirements that classify bullying, harassment, and workplace violence as formal conduct issues for banks and non-banks — ensuring your workplace remains both culturally healthy and regulatory compliant.

Who should Attend:

  • Compliance Officers & Legal Counsel – to interpret and implement FCA requirements.
  • HR Directors, Managers & Employee Relations Specialists – to align HR policies and training with conduct rules.
  • Senior Executives & Board Members – to set the tone at the top and ensure cultural accountability.
  • Risk & Governance Officers – to integrate non-financial misconduct into enterprise risk frameworks.
  • Line Managers & Supervisors – to identify early warning signs and respond appropriately.

SHRM -

CEU Services is recognized by SHRM to offer Professional Development Credits (PDCs) for the SHRM-CPSM or SHRM-SCPSM. This program is valid for 1.0 PDCs for the SHRM-CPSM or SHRM-SCPSM. For more information about certification or recertification, please visit - portal.shrm.org.

HRCI -

This webinar has been approved for 1.0 HR (General) re-certification credit hours toward California, GPHR, HRBP, HRMP, PHR, and SPHR recertification through the HR Certification Institute.

The use of this seal is not an endorsement by the HR Certification Institute of the quality of the activity. It means that this activity has met the HR Certification Institute’s criteria to be pre-approved for re-certification credit.

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Wendy Sellers
The HR Lady

Wendy Sellers “The HR Lady®,” is an HR consultant, conference speaker, educator, author, and podcast host specializing in attracting and retaining talent by educating and developing managers, business owners and employees too. Her approach will help revolutionize hiring and retention, hold your team accountable, deliver effective feedback, and elevate employee performance and behavior. 

With over 25 years of experience, Wendy has worked in many areas of HR, such as operations, downsizing, change management, corporate culture, coaching, training, education, and leadership development. She has served businesses of all sizes, from local startups to global enterprises. Wendy has worked in and across diverse industries, including healthcare, dental, professional services, technology, manufacturing, construction, engineering, non-profit, higher education (college & universities), federal contractors, public safety, and government agencies – to name a few.