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Creating Safe & Respectful Workplace: Dealing with Misconduct

EmployeeConnect

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.

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New Employment Laws 2023: What SMBs Need to Know

Extensis

Quick look: A new year brings a range of new HR and employment laws. The new year is in full swing, and just like last year , if there’s one thing that human resources (HR) professionals can expect in 2023, it’s a slew of new employment laws.

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The Tone Starts at the Top: Sexual Harassment Prevention Training

HRWatchdog

Statistics show that sexual harassment remains a big problem for employers. Sexual harassment is not a problem of the past. Lately, it seems that not a week goes by without another news report on allegations of rampant harassment at high-profile companies. When harassment claims are reported, what happens?

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Nearly Three out of Four Sexual Harassment Victims Don’t Report It

HRWatchdog

Even with the recent #MeToo movement, a majority of workplace sexual harassment victims do not report the incident. The #MeToo movement has swept through the nation and raised awareness of sexual harassment in the workplace. The Harassed and the Harassers. But reporting the harassment helped.

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I’m just going to leave some not-so-subtle hints here about how to up your company’s harassment-training game

The Employer Handbook

So today, I tip my hat to my friends at Wolters Kluwer Employment Law Daily who reported yesterday on SHRM’s “ Harassment-Free Workplace Series: A Focus on Sexual Harassment.” We have HR professionals and their views on sexual harassment at work versus those of nonmanager employees.

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Special from AEIS: Sexual Harassment vs. Sexual Assault vs. Sexual Battery

HR Daily Advisor

It seems that you can’t open a paper or watch a newscast without encountering another sexual harassment bombshell. Despite the broad coverage, however, there’s still confusion about the difference between sexual harassment, sexual assault, and sexual battery. Source: primoz_design / iStock / Getty.

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How technology is helping solve the compliance conundrum

HRExecutive

Keeping up with compliance , a moving target within the human resource space, affects employers of all sizes. And as compliance continues to grow more complicated, antiquated systems for staying on the right side of the law are being replaced by technology-driven solutions that can simplify success in reducing legal exposure.