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Sexual Harassment at Work: Redefining Management’s Responsibilities

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What will be discussed? It is critical for every workplace to recognize what is sexual harassment and take appropriate measures to prevent it. Our upcoming webinar discusses how to determine if the workplace behavior is appropriate and how to address sexual harassment at work . What you’ll learn? ·          Discuss the effective elements in your organization’s prevention strategy ·          Identify the effects of sexual harassment on the target, the work unit, and the organization ·          Discuss the steps to take if an employee complains about an “old” incident of sexual harassment LEARNING OBJECTIVES It is critical for every workplace to recognize what is sexual harassment. Are there actual times when an employer is responsible for sexual harassment outside of work—the webinar will discuss those possibilities. This webinar will provide men (a...

A Leer, A Pat, A Joke, A Gesture, An Innuendo, A Kiss: Are You Prepared To Be the Next Social Media Blitz, Identified on #MeToo, or a Headline in the Newspaper?

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OVERVIEW Harvey Weinstein, Matt Lauer, Charlie Rose, Al Franken, Garrison Keillor, members of Congress, and various State law makers have been accused of sexual harassment and/or sexual assault. But there is a difference between pulling one’s pants down in front of a female colleague at work and touching a woman on her buttocks during a photo op—isn’t there? What is that difference? Are both examples considered sexual harassment? What is sexual harassment? Sexual bullying? Questions and confusion abound with the current seismic national—and international—tsunami of women coming forward to disclose their victimization. The #MeToo movement is providing a platform for women’s voices to be shared as they tell their stories. But it is not only famous powerful men, such as celebrities and law makers, who sexually harass women (and sometimes men), powerful men (and occasionally women) in every industry may find they either have in the past, or are currently guilty of aggressive pr...