Dignity at Work Toolkit

Law Society Psychological Services has created a Dignity at Work Toolkit in response to the Law Society Dignity Matters Report findings. This Toolkit offers legal organisations practical information on the prevention, intervention and resolution of dignity at work issues. It details best practice approaches to creating safe, healthy and respectful workplaces. The Toolkit also provides step-by-step guidance for creating dignity at work policies for all sized teams and legal organisations.

• Download the Dignity at Work Toolkit

Dignity Matters video

The Law Society has created a Dignity Matters Video to raise awareness of Dignity at Work issues in the solicitors' profession. The video was created to generate reflection on the underlying psychology of behaviours such as bullying, harassment, and sexual harassment in the workplace. It examines the impact of these behaviours on an individual or team, and shares ideas about how to build positive work environments.

• Watch the full video 

Dignity Matters Video One: How can we understand harmful behaviours in the workplace?

Dignity Matters Video Two: What is the impact of harmful behaviours in the workplace?

Dignity Matters Video Three: How can we create workplaces that are free from harmful behaviours?

Irish resources

• Dublin Rape Crisis Centre: Discussion Paper Workplace Sexual Harassment & Abuse (2021)

• Health and Safety Authority: Bullying at Work

• Health and Safety Authority:Code of Practice for Employers and Employees on the Prevention and Resolution of Bullying at Work (2020)

• HSE: Dignity at Work Policy

• Irish Statute Book: Code of Practice on Sexual Harassment and Harassment (2012)

• Irish Theatre Institute: Towards a code of behaviour

• Law Society of Ireland: Employment Law Legal Guides (Bullying)

• Law Society of Ireland: Updated employment and equality law precedents

• Lewis Silkin: Ireland – New code of practice on preventing workplace bullying

• McCann Fitzgerald: New guidance on workplace bullying published

• McCann Fitzgerald: Sexual harassment takes centre stage in the workplace

• Ronan Daly Jermyn: New Code of Practice overhauls workplace bullying

International resources

• Australian Human Rights Commission:  Bystander Action Fact Sheet

• Bar Council UK:  Equality and Diversity Guides - Discrimination, Harassment, Bullying and Inappropriate Behaviours (2019)

• Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development:  Managing conflict in the modern workplace (2020)

• Deloitte: Prevention of Sexual Harassment at the Workplace - FAQ (2018)

• Deloitte: Anti-sexual harassment advisory - Helping build a safer work environment (2017)

• Law Society of New South Wales: Workplace Guide & Model Discrimination and Harassment Policies (2021)

• Law Society of Scotland:  Model Bullying and Harassment Policies

• New Zealand Law Society: Guidance on professional standards and reporting obligations (2021)

• Victorian Bar: Internal conduct policies and reports (2021)

Training

IBA Us Too? – Bullying and Sexual Harassment in the Legal Profession Training

Dignity at Work research and resources

• Dignity Matters Report (2021); The Law Society of Ireland

• The value of lost productivity from workplace bullying in Ireland (2020); Occupational Medicine

• UsToo? Bullying and Sexual Harassment in the Legal Profession (2019); The International Bar Association (IBA)

• The Economic Cost of Sexual Harassment in the Workplace (2019); Deloitte

• Paying Today and Tomorrow - Charting the Financial Costs of Workplace Sexual Harassment (2021); Institute for Women’s Policy and Research

• DCU Anti-Bullying Centre; National university-designated research centre in the DCU Institute of Education 

If you have been affected by bullying, harassment, or sexual harassment, you can call LegalMind

• Email: legalmind@clanwilliam.ie

• Phone: 01 2055010 (Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm)

• Find out more: www.lawsociety.ie/LegalMind

Contact us

If you would like to find out more about the Dignity Matters Project, please contact ps@lawsociety.ie