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Guarantee Your Company is Compliant with New York’s Mandated Sexual Harassment Training
As you may already know, it matters very little where your company is geographically located, or even if it has multiple sites; there are now sexual harassment-prevention laws that must be followed. While you might argue that your state, or the state in which the company is headquartered, has no set policies around the issue, […]
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How to Be Sure Your Company is in Line with Illinois Mandated Sexual Harassment Training
On a national basis, more and more companies are finding it necessary to implement workplace training designed to help supervisors and others recognize and halt sexual harassment. In many areas, it is not mandatory, but in some states, such as Illinois, harassment prevention has been voted into state law. And although sexual harassment training and […]
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Guarantee You are in Compliance with California Mandated Sexual Harassment Training
It does not matter where your company is located, or even if it is spread out over several different states; there are now harassment-prevention rules that must be followed. While you might say that your state or the state in which the company is headquartered has no specific harassment prevention policies, you are responsible for […]
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Handling Difficult Workplace Situations: Learning to Unhook
If you’re the kind of person who thinks of what you wished you would have said in a particular situation at work several hours or days after the confrontation, you’re not alone. It happens to more people than you think. When the interaction comes as a surprise or in the middle of a high-pressure time, […]
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Diversity and Respect Are Also Compliance Issues
Everyone is concerned about compliance. What some managers fail to realize is that diversity and respect in the workplace are also compliance issues. Indeed, if you want to ensure you’re in full compliance, it is important to also take diversity issues into account. From taking steps to prevent and address sexual and racial harassment to […]
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Required Sexual Harassment Training for New York Employees: What to Know
On April 12, 2018, Governor Andrew Cuomo signed into law the 2019 New York State budget. In this budget, a new law was created for all employers across the State regarding sexual harassment training. This law became effective on October 9, 2018. The new law requires, in short, that employers provide annual training on anti-harassment […]
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How to Proactively Protect Against Workplace Violence
What Is Workplace Violence? Workplace violence has become a huge topic of discussion in the U.S. When we think about workplace violence, we most often think about those high-profile incidents, many of which involve active shooters. While workplace shootings are a component of workplace violence, that’s not all that falls into this category. According to […]
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#MeToo, Executive Training, and Employment Practices Liability: What To Know
Changes In Insurance After #MeToo According to a recent article on Forbes.com, more CEOs and top company executives are being forced into corporate training programs following the #MeToo movement. The reason isn’t necessarily because they’re becoming more enlightened on topics of sexual harassment and hoping to better themselves. Instead, more carriers that offer Employment Practices […]
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Essential Training Courses for HR Staff
Earlier this week, Uber, the popular ride-sharing company that has recently been in the news for a series of high-profile HR errors, was once again making headlines. After news broke in early February that the company had routinely failed to respond to sexual harassment and gender discrimination incidents at its headquarters in California, former Google […]
