PSB

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Corporate compliance training is an essential component for any organization that aims to adhere to regulatory standards, promote ethical practices, and protect itself from legal risks. With the complexity of laws and regulations constantly evolving, companies must be proactive in delivering relevant and engaging training to their employees.

Code of Conduct

Business Management Daily

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Your company could be sued for: Illegal discrimination Sexual harassment Retaliation Dating or being friends with a VP does not make someone a good candidate for promotion. It crosses a professional line by valuing an employee’s traits more than their contributions to the company. Let’s discuss how.

Hiring Software

HR Partner

JANUARY 5, 2025

Safer Workplaces : Starting in January, employers must take active steps to address and eliminate sexual harassment, discrimination, and hostile work environments. As we move into 2025, its time to look at the employment law updates that could impact your business. per hour, with adjustments for inflation. per hour.

Employment Law

Reform Biz

DECEMBER 30, 2024

These laws ensure that employees are protected from exploitation, discrimination, and unsafe working conditions. With a complex array of labor laws and regulations, companies must ensure that they adhere to the requirements to avoid penalties and foster a positive work environment. Table of Contents What is Labor Law Compliance?

Compliance

Embroker

APRIL 17, 2025

Keep reading to find out how law firms can tackle the growing problem of attorney turnover by learning about and understanding its root causes, and implementing effective retention strategies. Are you a lawyer living the dream of running your own firm and living life like a true boss? What is law firm turnover (and why does it matter)?

Hiring Software

Empuls

DECEMBER 24, 2024

In every organization, the work environment shapes employee morale, productivity, and overall success. Unfortunately, some workplaces are plagued by a negative culture that can create a detrimental atmosphere for everyone involved. What do we understand by bad culture? Let us look at the signs of bad culture at work. 

Sexual Harassment

Business Management Daily

DECEMBER 23, 2024

The basics of workplace retaliation The fear of workplace retaliation makes many workers who experience or witness discrimination, harassment, safety violations, or other unacceptable actions afraid to come forward. Consider a worker experiencing sexual harassment. What is workplace retaliation? According to the U.S.

Harassment

Business Management Daily

JULY 31, 2024

With men being shipped off to serve in the war, the women back home in America stepped in to fill all of those recently vacated jobs. Pink-collar workers play a key role in our economy, but their efforts are often overlooked. Find out who pink-collar workers are and how you can best support them at work.

Sexual Harassment

Business Management Daily

JANUARY 13, 2025

It also allows them to access tools such as time off or workplace accommodations to help them better manage their symptoms and return to work healthier and more productive. Here’s what you need to know about menopause policies in the new year. What is a menopause policy? You might be unfamiliar with menopause.

Policies

AIHR

AUGUST 9, 2024

One way to categorize employee grievances is based on who is launching the grievance procedure: Individual grievances Personal complaints: Issues raised by an individual or employee, such as unfair treatment, discrimination, or harassment. Having a robust grievance procedure in place is essential. Let’s start!

Harassment

Business Management Daily

DECEMBER 11, 2024

The power dynamic: Understanding quid pro quo harassment What makes quid pro quo harassment different from other forms of workplace sexual misconduct? They know the harasser can follow through, such as issuing a demotion after rejected sexual advances. Quid pro quo harassment is not only unethical but also illegal.

Harassment

MP Wired For HR

AUGUST 20, 2024

Louis (Title IX) This case addressed the scope of Title IX protections for sexual harassment and discrimination in educational settings. The decision clarified certain aspects of Title IX liability and could have implications for workplace harassment claims.

AI Recruiting

Extensis

JULY 11, 2024

These guidelines allow educational leaders to foster a productive learning environment that supports students’ growth and abides by relevant education laws. Read on to learn about Title IX’s latest final rule and other regulatory topics schools will be incorporating into their policy changes. Need a starting point?

Sexual Harassment

The Employer Handbook

JULY 19, 2024

Yesterday, we addressed the risks of not letting HR do its job by investigating sexual harassment complaints. One of her subordinates complained to the HR Supervisor’s direct supervisor that she “engaged in inappropriate and harassing behavior at the two leadership conferences.” ” Oh, the irony.

Harassment

HRExecutive

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Discrimination claims are increasing. Between 2022-23, the number of charges filed with the EEOC related to hiring increased by 25% across key areas of discrimination. Before the pandemic, employment discrimination cases had declined, averaging around 60,000 per year. “When the U.S.

AI Recruiting

HR Brew

JUNE 13, 2025

On October 5, 2017, the New York Times published a story that shifted the entertainment industry and the country: Harvey Weinstein, one of the industry’s most prolific and influential producers for the better part of the previous four decades, allegedly sexually assaulted multiple women, including Gwyneth Paltrow, Ashley Judd, and Angelina Jolie.

Harassment

The Employer Handbook

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission determined that a federal agency that denied an employee equal access to a common bathroom/facility corresponding to the employee’s gender identity discriminated based on sex and could not restrict a transgender employee to a single-user restroom. In 2015, the U.S.

Sexual Harassment

ComplianceHR

JULY 10, 2025

July 2025 Legal Updates If you’re an existing ComplianceHR client, not only can you access these updates through the PolicySmart solution, but also robust links to learn more about each of these changes. However, if you are not a subscriber to our solutions, we are pleased to provide you with abbreviated July 2025 Legal Updates.

Wage and Hour Training

AIHR

MARCH 4, 2025

52% of employees have experienced or witnessed inappropriate, unethical, or illegal workplace behaviors, the most prevalent being bullying (51%), sexual harassment (40%), and racism (30%). Key characteristics Harassment, discrimination, bullying, threats, or retaliation targeting protected groups.

Sexual Harassment

AIHR

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

To avoid liability issues, ensure your policies follow legal and industry standards and communicate these policies during onboarding and training sessions. Progressive discipline addresses these gaps by fostering transparency and trust and setting clear expectations. Contents What is progressive discipline?

Policies

Cornerstone On Demand

DECEMBER 17, 2017

Dear ReWorker, We recently had a sexual harassment complaint about an employee. Out of curiosity, I Googled this person and found several websites that list his name and include details about his inappropriate sexual activities and relationships. Is His Online Behavior Just Icky, or Is It Illegal?

Sexual Harassment

Cornerstone On Demand

DECEMBER 17, 2017

Dear ReWorker, We recently had a sexual harassment complaint about an employee. Out of curiosity, I Googled this person and found several websites that list his name and include details about his inappropriate sexual activities and relationships. Is His Online Behavior Just Icky, or Is It Illegal?

Sexual Harassment

UpstartHR

DECEMBER 15, 2017

With the current discussion surrounding sexual harassment and sexual allegations, it’s more important than ever for HR professionals to cover all the bases when it comes to compliance training. Knowing how to properly train and educate employees makes for a safer and much more comfortable workplace.

Sexual Harassment

Trusaic

JULY 27, 2021

Following a two-year investigation, the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) sued the entertainment gaming giant, Activision Blizzard for systematic discrimination on July 21, 2021. In cases related to misconduct, action was taken to address the issue.”

Discrimination

EmployeeConnect

JANUARY 29, 2023

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.

Sexual Harassment

Chief Learning Officer - Talent Management

JANUARY 24, 2020

1 in the state of Illinois, the Workplace Transparency Act mandates workplace sexual harassment training for public and private organizations with more than 15 employees. Illinois is the sixth state in the last few years to create and pass a bill that would require workplace sexual harassment training.

Sexual Harassment

Insperity

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Growing public conversations around workplace sexual harassment highlight a harrowing reality: It’s both widespread and frequently mishandled. As an employer, you have an opportunity to learn from the collective concern about this sensitive topic and use what you’ve learned to create a healthier and safer workplace.

Sexual Harassment

HR Morning

DECEMBER 2, 2019

In the wake of #MeToo, where does your state stand on the expanded sexual harassment training trend that’s starting to spread to more workplaces? New York’s become the latest state to require firms to not only educate staff on harassment, but make it easy to find and file complaint forms. Newest state laws.

Sexual Harassment

Business Management Daily

MAY 23, 2023

In 2022, the city of Chicago added bystander intervention training to its workplace training requirement. Chicago companies must provide one hour of bystander intervention training annually for their employees. Bystander intervention training helps participants develop an arsenal of skills to use in these instances.

Harassment

HR Morning

OCTOBER 11, 2018

It’s been a year since countless stories of workplace sexual harassment started making headlines, and new data suggests the number of harassment complaints and lawsuits won’t be declining any time soon. . Visits to the sexual harassment page of the EEOC’s website went up more than 100%.

Sexual Harassment

Trusaic

JULY 31, 2019

Six lawyers from Jones Day have filed a class-action lawsuit alleging an array of gender discrimination claims against the law firm, including pay discrimination, sexual harassment, and stifled advancement. This is the second lawsuit filed against Jones Day. District Court for the District of Columbia.”

Discrimination

HRExecutive

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

In addition, new paid-sick-leave laws, mandates on sexual-harassment training and anti-discrimination laws are springing up coast to coast. Fortunately, thanks to HR technology, employers can publish their handbooks online, so employees can view the rules easily. 1, 2020, or will do so later this year.

HR Software

Cornerstone On Demand

MARCH 29, 2017

If not, you can end up like one of these case studies in HR nightmares: Thinx made headlines with its period-proof panties, but now it's in the news because of a sexual harassment claim against the CEO. Uber was accused by a female engineer of ignoring sexual harassment claims. Not just any HR—but good HR.

Sexual Harassment

WorkHuman

APRIL 3, 2018

Salma’s op-ed detailed alleged sexual harassment by film executive Harvey Weinstein, sparking an important and ongoing conversation surrounding workplace harassment and the abuse of power. it broke my heart because I was discriminated against and I knew I had more to offer.”. billion allocation to U.S.

Sexual Harassment

Trusaic

JANUARY 9, 2022

Entertainment company Riot Games recently settled a multi-year-long gender discrimination class-action lawsuit with the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH). Some $80 million will be awarded to female employees who worked at the company between November 2014 and the present day.

Discrimination

HR Partner

JANUARY 15, 2025

The ongoing lawsuits between actors Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni have drawn significant attention to workplace issues like harassment and retaliation. The Importance of Anti-Harassment Policies First and foremost, businesses must have clear, written anti-harassment policies in place.

Sexual Harassment

HRExecutive

DECEMBER 13, 2017

This past week, three of John’s direct reports, all women, have stated that John has made numerous sexually explicit comments to them. Option one: You decide not to inform company leadership about the harassment complaints and instead file the grievances away and move on. Picture this: The company you work for is flourishing.

Sexual Harassment