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Workplace violence definition, risk factors, and prevention tips

Business Management Daily

Sexual harassment, threats, and even playground insults all count as forms of workplace violence, and they can occur at any organization, anywhere, and at any time. Read on to learn more about workplace violence, including the most common warning signs, risk factors, and top prevention tips. Why is that? Consider that 23.3%

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2.5 million reasons not to refer to black employees as ‘slaves’ or fire them after they complain to HR

The Employer Handbook

In terms of workplace issues, #MeToo and sexual harassment have dominated the headlines in 2018. I snagged a copy of the Consent Decree and, on top of a big payout, just look at the gobs of training and compliance that the employer will have to undertake. million and training after the fact. Yesterday, the U.S.

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HR Roles

Evil HR Lady

My question is, I see references to roles such as ‘HR Generalist’ and ‘HR Business Partner’, and I’m sure there are more I haven’t found yet. The can be the actual HRIS itself, where employee data is stored (employment history, salary, grade, etc) or supporting systems, such as training and development systems and resume tracking systems.

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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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Workplace violence prevention: Practical steps employers can take

Business Management Daily

In between, there are petty thefts, serious fights and sexual assaults. Employers who allow harassment or discrimination to occur against may create fertile ground for workplace violence. A sexual harasser, for example, may progress to sexual assault. A sexual harasser, for example, may progress to sexual assault.

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Bystander intervention training is a workplace necessity

Business Management Daily

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.

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Is Human Resources Having an Identity Crisis?

Abel HR

Stage 5, which generally occurs as children enter their teen years, refers to the identity versus role confusion stage, wherein these adolescents seek to understand who they are and thus “try on a lot of hats” in various situations until they figure out who they want to be (the rebel, the prepster, the people pleaser, etc).