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Handling Sexual Harassment Allegations with Remote Teams

Zenefits

Keeping the company culture and professional code of conduct continues to be necessary even from home. They only acclimated themselves to the online environment. They began sending sexually explicit emails and comments and taking screenshots without consent. Prevention of harassment.

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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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Top 10 Blog Posts: Workplace Training Edition

EverFi - HR

Types of Workplace Harassment to Watch Out For: Even the sharpest of HR professionals can miss the signs of workplace harassment. Read on to test yourself on several types of workplace harassment, along with solutions to help prevent it. Learn how wage bumps can affect all employees, plus best practices to help navigate them.

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Promoting a Safer Workplace: NSW’s Respect at Work Strategy for Preventing Sexual Harassment

Workplace Mediation Blog

The NSW government recently released SafeWork’s NSW Respect at Work Strategy: preventing sexual harassment. It’s a comprehensive four-year plan to prevent and address sexual harassment in workplaces across NSW. Sexual harassment occurs in every industry and at every level, regardless of business size.

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

SwipeClock

Train managers, HR, executives, and employees. Training materials. Preventing Sexual Harassment and Discrimination. In the ‘Me Too’ era, both awareness and reports of violations have increased. An easy to understand description of prohibited conduct, including examples. Interviewing questions.

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Addressing Workplace Relationships When Romance Is in the Air

HRWatchdog

Generally, employers should not regulate their employees’ lawful off-duty conduct, so employers should not include blanket prohibitions against coworkers entering into consensual romantic relationships. Both federal and California law require employers to take reasonably prudent steps to prevent harassment in the workplace.

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Should you include freelancers in your talent development program?

Fast Company The Future of Work

The “2018 Future Workforce” report from freelancing website Upwork, released in February, found that 59% of hiring managers are using flexible talent–freelancers, temporary, and agency workers–which is more than double the 2017 percentage (24%). million more people began freelancing between 2014 and 2018.