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Which States Require Sexual Harassment Training?

EverFi - HR

Do you need to know how sexual harassment prevention legislation will affect your business? A new legislative landscape and a desire to stay out of a potential harassment spotlight are forcing employers to rethink their sexual harassment prevention strategy. What is Sexual Harassment at Work?

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Sexual Harassment Training for Your Whole Workplace

EverFi - HR

Online Workplace Harassment Training for Employees. Teach and train employees through immersive interactive online scenarios. Enable employees to practice the skills of what they should do to contribute to a harassment-free culture versus a more traditional focus on what not to do.

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Price tag for training policy that led to sex discrimination in hiring: $3.1 million

HR Morning

A new lesson in hiring from the EEOC: You can’t get away with discriminating against a specific group of applicants by improperly structuring your training program. . million and will make job offers to women who were victims of the employer’s discriminatory hiring policy, the EEOC announced.

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Did You Fire for Cause or Out of Retaliation?

Zenefits

Still, if a court finds that you fired or demoted an employee out of retaliation rather than for cause, you violated the law by obstructing the employee’s “ protected activity ,” or the right to speak out about a problem or concern. How employers retaliate. Threatening, intimidating, or harassing workers. Cases in point.

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#MeToo Takeaways from the Case of Bikram Choudhury

HR Daily Advisor

As an occasional practitioner of Choudhury’s method of yoga, I was somewhat familiar with the accusations of sexual misconduct made against him that ultimately resulted in his downfall. Sexual Assault and Harassment. In addition, Choudhury also held nine-week intensive training courses for prospective Bikram Yoga instructors.

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Asia Argento: The Other Side of #MeToo

HR Daily Advisor

According to a recent New York Times report, just months after accusing Weinstein of rape, Argento agreed to pay $380,000 to Jimmy Bennett, an actor and musician, after he accused Argento of sexually assaulting him when he was underage. The Times reports that it also received a selfie photograph of the two lying in bed and dated May 9, 2013.

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Harvey Weinstein Affair Offers Few Surprises

HR Daily Advisor

What happens when an industry has a culture of ignoring sexual harassment? The sexual harassment scandals rocking Hollywood paint a vivid picture. The public is currently fixated on our business, sexual harassment in employment. Seth, was joking about your friend being harassed the best you could do?