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How to Prevent Sexual Harassment

Sexual harassment is serious and costly. Awareness of Title VII rules can save your company hundreds of thousands of dollars, even millions. Read the guidelines below to determine if your company needs to know more about how to protect itself.

Liability
  • Lawsuits can cost a company from $200,000 to $34,000,000!
  • Employers can now be held liable for what “they should have known,” whether or not they knew of the harassing behavior.
  • Title VII compliance includes all protected classes, not just sexual harassment.
  • Supervisors can now be sued as individual employees.
  • In cases of quid pro quo harassment, the company is always responsible for the actions of its supervisors and agents.
  • Employers can be liable for behavior that occurs outside the workplace.
  • In cases of hostile work environment, the courts emphasize that a person does not have to suffer a nervous breakdown in order to claim psychological injury.

 

Protection

When determining liability in harassment cases, the courts look closely at the extent to which the company

  • Publishes a clear policy against all forms of harassment
  • Posts the policy so that all employees and agents of the company are continually reminded of its presence and content.
  • Provides annual or semi-annual training and updates to educate employees on all aspects of harassment (see Title VII Compliance).
  • Provides training to new employees.
  • Continually monitors the behavior of all employees and agents of the company.
  • Takes all complaints seriously and investigates them thoroughly.
  • Acts quickly to solve problems.
  • Treats the person filing the complaint with respect and fairness.

Prevention

Policy, updates, and training programs should include the following:

  • Definition of the Title VII Guidelines on quid pro quo and hostile work environment harassment.
  • Definition of “reasonable person” standard.
  • Examples of what constitutes acceptable and unacceptable behavior.
  • Guidelines on handling harassment when it occurs.
  • Guidelines on how to prevent harassment from occurring.
  • Review of company policy, including how to file a complaint.
  • Company liabilities.
  • The unique responsibilities and liabilities of supervisors and managers.

Learn more about our Title VII Compliance training. I’ve delivered hundreds of Title VII seminars to all kinds of audiences, some hostile, some weary of “just one more policy,” and some relieved that they can finally define harassment.

Experience allows me field the toughest questions and handle sensitive situations. Participants leave the class relieved and enlightened.

Please contact me and let me design a presentation that addresses your organization’s specific concerns and issues. A client list is available for your review, and you can learn more about my experience and background here.
 
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