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Prevent Workplace Bullying Before It Starts

Civility Partners

Fun fact: Catherine is a subject matter expert in workplace bullying, and has been researching, publishing, and speaking since 2005 when she began studying it in graduate school – due to her personal experience dealing with a person with bullying behaviors! However, reality often falls short of this ideal. What is workplace bullying?

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October Month of Conflict Resolution Kickoff: Featuring 4 Mediation Organizations Across the World

Pollack Peacebuilding

Conceived by The Association for Conflict Resolution (ACR) in 2005, October is observed as the month of Conflict Resolution each year. Started in 1992, ACCORD offers services in mediation, negotiation, training activities, research, and conflict analysis in primarily political contexts. For this week, these are: Africa: ACCORD.

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Weinstein case highlights problem of “ostriching” harassment

Ohio Employer's Law

It’s been a busy few days in employment-law land, with the Harvey Weinstein sexual harassment case dominating the headlines. What have we learned? serial harasser, maybe one of the worst in history. His misconduct was the worst kept secret in Hollywood, with even Courtney Love discussing it all the way back in 2005.

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Do Love Contracts Actually Work?

Namely

Some teams are turning to controversial legal agreements to ward off compliance risks. Some teams are turning to controversial legal agreements to ward off compliance risks. Their purpose is to mitigate risk by affirming that a romance is consensual—in theory, staving off harassment claims. Rules of Attraction .

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It’s another “when a hostile work environment isn’t a hostile work environment” post

The Employer Handbook

The Court must look at the totality of the circumstances, and view the harassing conduct in context, not as isolated acts. The Court must look at the totality of the circumstances, and view the harassing conduct in context, not as isolated acts. 2005), aff’d, 170 F. Second verse, same as the first. Duie Pyle, Inc.,

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3 Actionable Ways to Support Your LGBTQ+ Employees During Pride Month

Bonusly

Happy Pride Month—the sunniest, most colorful of months! ?? ?? ??. We’ve long been a fan of encouraging employees to bring their full selves to work, and celebrating it! This very much includes gender, sexuality, and other alternative lifestyles that don’t fit into our. heteronormative worldview. Let’s get started! Let’s get started!

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6 Resources for Your Transgender and Transitioning Employees

Workology

Your employer should be committed to providing a pleasant work environment that is free from toxicity, sexual harassment and fear. I used my EAP in 2005 when I was going through a rough time in my life. The Trevor Project offers 24/7 support by phone, online or by web chat. It doesn’t matter what your beliefs are.