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Build a comprehensive sexual harassment prevention training program

CLO Magazine

That’s when the Harvey Weinstein story broke, spurring the #MeToo movement and new state laws designed to address the pervasive problem of sexual harassment in the workplace. And with the spotlight on workplace harassment showing no signs of dimming, other states are likely to follow. Laying the Foundation.

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Bullying at Work: EEOC Won’t Take It Anymore

ej4 eLearning

The term “workplace harassment” often conjures images of 1950s-style gender-based pestering where men made women feel uncomfortable and powerless through comments and touch that would not fly in today’s workplace – “Mad Men” style. Abusive, coercive behavior that is repeated and habitual”. Training must change.

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Four Principles for Effective Training Systems

Interactive Services

Matt runs Radical Compliance , a website and newsletter devoted to corporate compliance, audit, and risk management issues that he launched 2016. In other words, this was a failure of effective training. Effective training programs are becoming more important to business operations. Control Over Content.

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The Year in Learning—89 Hand-Picked L&D-Related Articles from 2017

The Learning Dispatch

Below are our recommended learning and development articles from the past 12 months, including thought-provoking or simply fun articles related to the field. Recommended Learning and Development Articles from Our Senior Learning Architect. Are you a Learning Dispatch newsletter subscriber? Learning Experiences (16).

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The What, Why & How of Sexual Harassment Training for Employees

ProProfs

A recent online survey found that 81 percent of women and 43 percent of men had encountered sexual harassment in one form or another during their lifetime. If we count in scores of unreported sexual harassment cases, the number would be much higher than what the poll suggested. What is Sexual Harassment?

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Best Practices for Investigating Sexual Harassment Claims

KnowledgeCity

With social movements centering on sex- and gender-based harassment and discrimination in the news nonstop in recent years, we’re all aware of just how serious sexual harassment in the workplace can be. A workplace claim about sexual harassment is a serious matter that requires a serious approach and strong attention to detail.

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The Sherlock Holmes effect

CLO Magazine

For nearly 60 years, organizations have used some form of diversity and inclusion training to increase awareness and sensitivity toward one another’s differences in race, gender, sexual orientation, religion and culture. Despite new strategies, repackaged training, fanciful phrases (e.g.,