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How Can HR Combat Workplace Bullying?

HR Daily Advisor

Learn more! Dealing with a bully, whether on the playground or the workplace, can be a traumatic, not to mention energy-sapping, experience. When a bully is present, everyone stays on edge, never knowing when—or who—the bully will strike next. What can you do when the workplace bully is in charge? Bully Types. Approval must be solicited.

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Learn How Autozone Avoided Liability in a Recent Sexual Harassment Case

HR Daily Advisor

Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit—which covers Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, and Tennessee—has held that liability cannot be imputed to an employer for a manager’s alleged sexual harassment when the manager lacked decision-making authority over the employee. In May 2012, “Paul” was transferred to the store and made store manager.

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DFEH Issues Important Guidance On Investigating Harassment Complaints

HR Daily Advisor

On May 2, 2017, the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) released its Workplace Harassment Guide, which advises employers how to develop an effective antiharassment program, respond to and investigate claims of harassment, and take appropriate remedial actions. Preventing Harassment. every 6 months).

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Substitute Custodian Vying for Clean Sweep on Harassment, Retaliation Claims

HR Daily Advisor

A substitute school custodian said she was pressured to have sex with a foreman in exchange for more hours and then retaliated against for refusing his advances and lodging a sexual harassment complaint. She was not guaranteed any work and, in fact, was rarely scheduled to work during the 2011–2012 school year. What Happened.

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Fired Learning Consultant with Performance Problems Points to Racial Bias

HR Daily Advisor

A recent case highlights the importance of making sure that supervisors and managers are properly trained on documenting performance problems and personnel decisions. Seeking a promotion, he applied for three internal learning solutions consultant (LSC) positions. On March 8, 2012, Turner received a written warning.

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Top Nine Blog Posts of 2019

HRWatchdog

Harassment Training Deadline Extended, Clarified. Emergency “clean-up” legislation clarified the sexual harassment prevention training deadlines. New California Required Harassment Prevention Training FAQs White Paper. Stay tuned to HRWatchdog in 2020! Power Outage Today? 2020 is starting strong.

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The Impact of Trust on Corporate Culture

Culture University

” Telling quite a different “trust” story is the online employee reviews from that same company: Upper management gets a pass as the underlings get the scrutiny. Our FACTS ® Framework calculates the trustworthiness of US based public companies and we have issued an annual report of our findings since 2012.