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Why Corporate Transparency is a Win-Win for Business, Consumers, Top Talent

Visier

As we’ve come to learn, people and corporations do not always see eye to eye. For the first time in a long time, businesses are embracing transparency. Trust is also an important factor, with a 2021 Edelman report finding that 68% of people consider it “more important” for them to trust a brand than it had been in the past. What’s the saying?

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Sexual Harassment: The Workplace’s Dirty Little Secret

HR Daily Advisor

Recent headlines have been littered with numerous stories of sexual harassment, gender discrimination, and rape. Sexual harassment text on cardboard. Sadly, sexual harassment is so pervasive that we sometimes don’t see it. Harvey Weinstein. Silicon Valley. Bill O’Reilly and Roger Ailes of Fox News.

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EEOC FY 2021 Charge Data, Mediation Program Studies

HRWatchdog

Retaliation was, once again, the number one filed charge in the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC) Fiscal Year 2021 charge data; it was included in 56 percent of 61,331 charges (a charge may include multiple types of discrimination). Then, between FY 2018 and FY 2021, sexual harassment charges accounted for 27.7

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Office Romance, Valentine’s Day in the COVID Era

HRWatchdog

Since then, however, that number has been in rapid decline, as outlined in research showing that as of 2017, only 11 percent of couples met through or as coworkers. Believe it or not, from the 1980s to the 1990s, meeting a romantic partner through work was at its peak, with nearly 20 percent of couples having met that way.

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From bystander to upstander

Chief Learning Officer - Talent Management

We’ve mandated sexual harassment prevention training. Up until a couple years ago, anti-harassment training was usually organized in response to a specific incident or public moment. Then, in late 2017, #MeToo happened, and preventing inappropriate interactions at work became a front-and-center priority.

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From Amazon To Buffer: 8 Company Culture Examples To Learn From

Analytics in HR

As an HR professional, you’ve often heard about company culture examples in meetings or company strategy sessions. But why is company culture so influential in how we build businesses? First, company culture plays a crucial role in shaping the success and longevity of an organization. Contents: What is company culture? Attracting talent.

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Should this employer have been able to predict future sexual harassment?

The Employer Handbook

On August 16, 2019, an employee reported for the first time that a supervisor had made sexual comments to her that made her feel uncomfortable. The next day, management met with the alleged harasser about the allegations, and he resigned. Later, in February 2019, another employee complained about the plaintiff’s alleged harasser.