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Sexual Harassment: The Workplace’s Dirty Little Secret

HR Daily Advisor

Recent headlines have been littered with numerous stories of sexual harassment, gender discrimination, and rape. Sexual harassment text on cardboard. Sadly, sexual harassment is so pervasive that we sometimes don’t see it. Harvey Weinstein. Silicon Valley. Bill O’Reilly and Roger Ailes of Fox News.

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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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Honesty at work: Why it’s important and what it looks like

Business Management Daily

Baseball fans remember the team’s 2017 cheating scandal. Job candidates may run in the other direction when they learn about a potential employer’s questionable practices through social media or their own LinkedIn network. We’ve all heard the saying “Honesty is the best policy.” Let’s take a look. They believe ads and claims.

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5 HR Trends and Best Practices

Tandem HR

It is your chance to highlight your organization’s culture and stress the benefits of working for your organization, in addition to learning about the candidate. Human resources (HR) encompass a broad range of topics, everything from recruiting through retirement that has to do with your employees. Recruiting. Best Practices.

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3 Steps to Protect Information While Leveraging Social Media

HR Daily Advisor

Garrison, who presented a session at BLR’s 2017 Advanced Employment Issues Symposium (AEIS) titled #Protecting Information Systems , noted that social media is a powerful marketing and public relations tool for companies. Garrison advises that the guidelines or policies should not just be stuck in the employee handbook.

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Sexual Harassment Compliance Mandates: Everything You Need to Know in 2021

Zenefits

Preventing sexual harassment has been on the agenda for most companies since Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 , which prohibits sexual harassment and discrimination in the workplace. According to a Stop Street Harassment survey , 81% of women and 43% of men reported suffering from harassment in the workplace.

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The Importance of Providing Sexual Harassment Training

Tandem HR

We’ve seen over a dozen high profile sexual harassment cases in the media over the past year. Victims began the #metoo movement in late 2017, a hashtag used on social media to demonstrate the widespread prevalence of sexual assault and harassment, especially in the workplace. Identifying sexual harassment.