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Can Sexual-Harassment Training Backfire?

HRExecutive

An article in the British newspaper The Guardian has sparked new debate in HR circles over whether sexual-harassment training can cause more harm than good. The article recounts research suggesting that training may make some men less sensitive, not more, to appropriate boundaries in the workplace.

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Mentor Sued for Sexual Harassment Points to Lack of Training as Excuse

HR Daily Advisor

A male scientist allegedly expressed his interest in having a sexual relationship with a female graduate student on numerous occasions while mentoring her on remote research excursions deep in the woods of Alaska. Cameron did not tell any sexual jokes or express his interest in a romantic relationship with Riley during that time.

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Denying an employee’s attempt to rescind her resignation may be…retaliation?!?!

The Employer Handbook

She offered her resignation in June of 2012, but before finishing her employment, she testified against the Executive Director, Wayne Thibodeaux, claiming sexual harassment. When Porter attempted to rescind her resignation at the urging of other superiors at work, Thibodeaux rejected her rescission.

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Top Nine Blog Posts of 2019

HRWatchdog

Although we are a few days into the new decade, let’s look back at the top HRWatchdog blog posts of 2019. Harassment Training Deadline Extended, Clarified. Emergency “clean-up” legislation clarified the sexual harassment prevention training deadlines. Stay tuned to HRWatchdog in 2020! Power Outage Today?

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The Boston Globe Names Globoforce a Top Place to Work for 2018

WorkHuman

Globoforce was ranked 39 in the medium-sized company category for the fourth consecutive year and honored for the sixth time since 2012. Globoforce was ranked 39 in the medium-sized company category for the fourth consecutive year and honored for the sixth time since 2012. Magazine honors the best employers in Massachusetts .

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The Boston Globe Names Globoforce a Top Place to Work for 2018

WorkHuman

Globoforce was ranked 39 in the medium-sized company category for the fourth consecutive year and honored for the sixth time since 2012. Globoforce was ranked 39 in the medium-sized company category for the fourth consecutive year and honored for the sixth time since 2012. Magazine honors the best employers in Massachusetts .

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And here are 3.5 million more reasons not to enforce a 100%-healed ADA policy

The Employer Handbook

Some folks just don’t learn. On a completely unrelated note, I was thinking about blogging about whether a victim of egregious sexual harassment could resort to self-help by effecting a citizen’s arrest of the harasser. Like a Nevada employer that just settled with the U.S. I’d love to hear from you.