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EEOC Busy: Focus on Sexual Harassment

HRWatchdog

The EEOC continues to collect money from employers in lawsuits and settlements for sexual harassment. One day later, the EEOC announced seven sexual harassment lawsuits filed against employers located throughout the U.S., Employers in California have an affirmative duty to prevent harassment in the workplace.

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NY Sets Up Workplace Sexual Harassment Hotline, Forbids Release of Personnel Files

Zenefits

New York workers will have access to a free, state-run sexual harassment hotline on July 14. Mario Cuomo’s resignation because of sexual harassment allegations. The hotline is part of a package of legislation approved by the governor and aimed at addressing workplace harassment and discrimination.

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Importance of Prevention of Sexual Harassment (POSH) Training in Your Organization

PSB

POSH Training for your Employees and Management- Know the Basics What, Why and How. Prevention of Sexual Harassment (POSH)Training has gained companies’ attention, whether big or small, due to the recent increase in the number of sexual harassment cases. What is POSH Training?

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Is Hiring Teens a Good Alternative to a Tight Labor Market?

Stratus

If your business doesn’t shut down at 5pm, teens may be the perfect solution to add a few extra hours of productivity without overworking your full-time staff. While there may be a learning curve for your more seasoned workers to catch on to technology advancements, teens are digital natives. Could teens be the solution? Lower wages.

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Charting Your Course Through Changing Regulations

Speaker: Bonnie Treichel, Senior Consultant & CCO, Multnomah Group

At the same time, it comes with challenges, including compliance with a variety of rules and regulations across different states and municipalities – some of which may conflict with federal law – and failure to comply could be quite costly. The world of work is changing. October 10, 2018 11 AM PST, 2 PM EST, 7 PM BST

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Training Employees to Recognize and Prevent Sexual Harassment

Zenefits

Sexual harassment diminishes your company’s culture and effectiveness. When workers experience sexual harassment, engagement, productivity and morale suffer. Training employees to recognize and prevent sexual harassment is critical to maintaining a professional, respectful environment.

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Mandatory Training for Employees to Maintain Workplace Compliance

EverFi - HR

Main Takeaways: Compliance training is mandatory for businesses because of the wide range of requirements at the federal, state, and local level, as well as industry-specific standards, and internal company policies. There is a distinction between state-mandated and workplace-mandated training.