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

Bonusly

Of course, connecting with employees about topics outside of work is essential to building peer relationships, and the solution is not banning or avoiding these topics (we’ve seen, time and time again , that this does not help nor work as intended). Happy Pride Month—the sunniest, most colorful of months! ?? ?? ??. heteronormative worldview.

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Risk Management for Venture Capital Firms

Embroker

Look no further than Facebook as a prime example of a VC investment gamble that paid off (and then some). In 2005, VC firm Accel Partners invested $12.7 Venture capital is synonymous with startups. It’s the reason we have some of the most innovative and successful companies of the last few decades – like Facebook, Uber, and SpaceX.

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Sexual Harassment Training Requirements in California for Employees and Employers

Zenefits

California lawmakers take allegations of workplace sexual harassment seriously. California’s mandate that employers provide sexual harassment prevention training is a longstanding requirement. The Golden State has required sexual harassment prevention training since 2005. Who has to comply?

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The Glass Cliff phenomenon: what it is and what orgs can do

Workable

Learn more But one thing grates at you – you’ve basically been handed a sinking ship. Ellen Pao, Reddit In 2014, Reddit was caught in turmoil both internally and externally over issues around free speech, harassment, and content policy. As it happens, VistaTech was making waves in IT services – but now it’s on the brink of irrelevance.

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NEW YORK CITY ISSUES GUIDELINES ON CREDIT RESTRICTION REGULATION

Aurico

It also prohibits discriminatory harassment and bias-based policing by law enforcement. New York City employers should review these guidelines : NOTE: Portions of this guide will be subject to future rulemaking pursuant to the City Administrative Procedure Act, N.Y. City Charter § 1041 et seq. Code §§ 8-102(29), 8-107(24).