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Learning leaders reexamine sexual harassment prevention in light of new state laws

CLO Magazine

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. Effective Jan.

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How Effective is Mandatory Harassment Training?

CLO Magazine

“The landscape around harassment has changed more in the past six to eight months than I’ve seen it happen in 28 years of being in human resources,” said Amy Polefrone, president at HR Strategy Group. Considering that observation, the Stop Sexual Harassment in New York City Act seems timely. Data from the U.S.

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How to Avoid The 3 Mistakes L&D Leaders Make When Addressing Workplace Harassment

CLO Magazine

In the past two decades, more and more organizations have deployed strategies for reducing and eliminating sexual harassment in the workplace. When it comes to issues that impact women in the workplace, organizations don’t mean to be bad. They have spent considerable time, energy and resources to reduce sexual harassment.

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From bystander to upstander

CLO Magazine

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. It’s now commonly accepted that employees should know how to identify and combat harassment. We’ve changed the laws. What does then?

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The critical first step to building strong organizational DEI

CLO Magazine

Grant explains that in order for people to be able to really show up at work, and in order to see all the benefits that diversity and inclusion can bring to an organization, that means getting rid of policies that are exclusionary and letting people go who make the workplace a toxic environment. We didn’t talk about politics.

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Re-entry in a recession

CLO Magazine

Following, let’s explore the key employee re-entry issues of inclusion, engagement and talent support and offer three pragmatic, culturally appropriate steps to ensure long-term development, inclusion and retention for organizations employing a diverse, multicultural workforce. Appropriate messaging to support inclusion.

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Behavioral Intelligence: The Missing Link and Next Frontier In L&D

CLO Magazine

Until recently, corporate learning and development focused predominantly on cognitive intelligence training, also referred to as hard skills training. This includes training employees on rule and regulations (compliance), or facts and knowledge about products, services and procedures.