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Why We Talk About Culture Change When We Discuss Preventing Sexual Harassment in the Workplace.

EverFi - HR

This strategy has been recommended by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission as having, “the greatest impact on allowing harassment to flourish, or conversely, in preventing harassment.” And why would culture change prevent sexual harassment? Sexual harassment prevention efforts in the U.S.

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Flooded with sexual-harassment complaints, VICE publicly apologizes for its “detrimental ‘boy’s club’ culture”

The Employer Handbook

And that remorseful high-level manager voluntarily confessed to sexually harassing a subordinate — before the subordinate had even registered a complaint — with an apology so genuine and sincere that you got a little choked up. The report is behind a paywall. The Times is planning to run the story online shortly.

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Training in a Virtual World: The New Normal

HRExecutive

His boss, head coach Dave Shaw, realized Belch’s potential and didn’t want him to miss out on greater opportunities off the football field. At the time, Belch was also a graduate student who was working on a thesis that VR could improve football-player training. Research from Training magazine estimates that U.S.

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WIRTW #459 (the “weeps” edition)

Ohio Employer's Law

HR’s Stand in the Face of Fox News — via Rick Bell at Workforce Magazine. An Anonymous Sexual Harassment Hotline That Is Not Anonymous May Be Worse Than No Hotline — via FisherBroyles. Scott Van Pelt’s 1 Big Thing A Tribute To Laid-Off ESPNers — via Deadspin. How did I not know this was a thing? Technology. Probably. —

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Saying #MeToo Is Eye-Opening

Thrive Global

Thousands and thousands of sexual assault stories women who survived sexual violence would share would make society have more transparent conversations about assault and abuses of power than ever before in history. By the way, both men and women can be guilty of sexual misconduct. ” The Impact Around The World.

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How to shut down office bullies

HR Digest

Suppose the bullying situation leads to a “conflict”, violence and threats, or sexual harassment that concerns the worker/customer safety. Suppose the bullying situation leads to a “conflict”, violence and threats, or sexual harassment that concerns the worker/customer safety. Provide Training.

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Develop a plan to address negative publicity

Business Management Daily

When The Nation , a left-leaning magazine, first interviewed women who worked at McDonald’s restaurants, it heard tales of sexual harassment. When The Nation , a left-leaning magazine, first interviewed women who worked at McDonald’s restaurants, it heard tales of sexual harassment. Case in point.