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Creating Safe & Respectful Workplace: Dealing with Misconduct

EmployeeConnect

From sexual harassment to bullying and discrimination, misconduct not only harms the victims, but also creates a toxic work environment that can lead to decreased productivity, increased turnover, and damage to the company’s reputation. But it doesn’t have to be this way.

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Workplace Compliance: Clarify The Hot-Button Issues You Can’t Ignore Anymore

SwipeClock

Update your company policies and employee handbook with legal guidance. Train managers, HR, executives, and employees. Here are 12 policies to review. Training materials. When crafting your policy, address the following: Good faith estimate of employee schedules. Preventing Sexual Harassment and Discrimination.

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Conducting an HR Audit – Review, Identify, Improve

CCI Consulting

Conducting an HR audit is a proactive step that organizations take to identify the function’s strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities. Consider an HR audit like a report card, this process allows an organization to evaluate the effectiveness of the policies and procedures conducted by the human resources department.

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How to Prevent Retaliation in the Workplace: An HR’s Guide

Analytics in HR

Under the EEO laws, it is prohibited to punish job candidates or employees “for asserting their rights to be free from employment discrimination, including harassment.” resisting sexual advances or intervening to protect others. resisting sexual advances or intervening to protect others.

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Employer’s guide to setting company policies

Business Management Daily

Having clear written policies sets your business and your employees up for success. Even the most mundane policies can cause confusion or misunderstandings if they are not made readily available to employees in a clear format. By having clearly laid out policies, you can stave off some potential future problems.

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Can Human Resources Reverse A Termination?

Hppy

They can happen for various reasons, including but not limited to poor performance, violations of company policies, economic or structural changes, or mutual agreement. Such behaviors include stealing, sexual harassment, fraud, or gross insubordination. One of the hardest news to break to any employee is their termination.

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How to Encourage Employees to Report Issues

HR Shelf

Sure, organizations make their best efforts to cleanse the company of wrongdoings by employing tools such as codes of conduct and audits. A study by California Law Review revealed that 82% of whistleblowers had to suffer harassment, about 60% had their jobs taken away, and about 17% lost their homes. Read on to understand. .

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