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EEOC Busy: Focus on Sexual Harassment

HRWatchdog

The EEOC continues to collect money from employers in lawsuits and settlements for sexual harassment. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has been busy! The employer must pay $3.2 The employer must pay $3.2 Employers in California have an affirmative duty to prevent harassment in the workplace.

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On the Road: Employment Law Updates Seminars

HRWatchdog

The New Year brings many things — resolutions, cold weather and CalChamber’s annual Employment Law Updates seminars. Our seminars are sell-out shows and currently seats are only available for the San Francisco seminar on January 28. Numerous new laws, cases and pending regulations entertained attendees.

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New California Required Harassment Prevention Training FAQs White Paper

HRWatchdog

Our latest white paper answers all your questions about the new harassment prevention training requirements. You’ve all heard the news that California employers with five or more employees located anywhere must now provide sexual harassment prevention training to all employees — not just supervisors, as was the previous law.

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Your HR Recommendations Being Dismissed? Helpful Tips on What to Do

HRWatchdog

Whether they need to mediate workplace conflict or craft policies that comply with state and federal laws, the advice HR professionals provide can be an invaluable asset to businesses. HR professionals are responsible for staying up to date with labor laws and applying them to a workplace, but they also need help from the top, she says.

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EEOC Claims Spike One Year After #MeToo Movement Takes Off

HRWatchdog

With the influence of the #MeToo movement, the EEOC saw a 12 percent increase in the number of sexual harassment charges filed this year. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) demonstrates a heightened awareness in the workplace about sexual harassment since the #MeToo movement took off last year.

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Can an Individual Supervisor Be Liable Under the FMLA?

HR Daily Advisor

Most supervisors know that they risk personal liability under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Chapter 151B if they sexually harass a subordinate employee. Supervisor = ‘Employer’ Under FMLA. But that isn’t the only way supervisors may be held individually liable in Massachusetts. Because the U.S.

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July 2018 HR Events For Your Diary Ireland & UK

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Graphite HRM – Dealing with complaints of bullying & sexual harassment in the workplace. This workshop is designed to inform managers and HR professionals on how to respond to a complaint of bullying or sexual harassment and what to do to manage the work environment should an investigation take place.