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Has the #MeToo Movement Actually Changed Sexual Harassment Policies?

EverFi - HR

While most people likely believe that the “Me Too” movement is something that emerged over the last few years, it’s a movement that was actually started in 2006 by a woman named Tarana Burke, a survivor of sexual assault. Awareness is the First Step in Sexual Harassment Prevention. Garrison Keillor, and Al Franken. .

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Data Show New Trends in Workplace Sexual Harassment Reports

Zenefits

Employers have a legal obligation to maintain a workplace that is free of sexual harassment. Many states also have their own specific workplace sexual harassment laws as well. Companies with high rates of workplace sexual harassment often suffer from low morale, poor productivity, and expensive lawsuits.

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Employee Relationships is a Serious Employer Responsibility

HR Digest

Resources indicate that the term “employee relations” started to gain popularity around 2006 when, according to CIDP , the meaning began to shift from the industrial relations understanding of employees as a collective whole , and instead emphasize the focus on individual employees. What is Employee Relations?

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Laws And Regulations Every HR Professional Should Know In 2023

Empuls

HR departments must promptly revise company policies to reflect these changes and should also engage in comprehensive training programs to ensure that staff are educated about these shifts in policy. The role of Human Resources (HR) is becoming more complex and multifaceted. Changes in labor laws 1.

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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. Second verse, same as the first. But read it anyway to pad my blog stats, would ya?).

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Sandra Cooze: “Perfectionism may be the only way for us to keep our sanity”

Thrive Global

Within the span of a decade, starting at age twelve, I was molested, sexually harassed, bullied, sexually assaulted, and raped. When we have been deeply traumatized, perfectionism may be the only way for us to keep our sanity. And I know of many people for whom this is the reality. But that is the farthest from the truth.

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Why Employers Should Lead the Way in Women’s Rights

Zenefits

As it turns out, another study showed that “companies with consistent, inclusive workplace cultures—especially as experienced by historically underrepresented groups—also outperformed the S&P 500 in average annual stock returns during the Great Recession (measured from 2006-2014).” These barriers continue to be broken in the workplace.