Workplace Harassment 2016 - Workplace Harassment Prevention: A Management Perspective - By Compliance Global Inc

Overview:
This informative webinar focuses specifically on what managers and supervisors need to know to develop the ability prevent and effectively deal with harassment prevention training in the workplace, including key details about how liability is created, the various equal employment laws, what retaliation is and why it’s so important to avoid retaliating, the role that supervisors play in lessening or worsening a company’s exposure to risk management plan and more.
Participants will learn key definitions and concepts related to workplace harassment to facilitate developing a working knowledge of the very real risks that companies face in this area ? and the critical role played by individuals with supervisory responsibilities. How to recognize and respond to potential problems or complaints is emphasized, along with key statistics on the occurrence and potential costs of workplace harassment.
Why Should You Attend:
Everyone who manages people needs to be properly trained regarding the risks of workplace harassment ? they need to know what it is ? and it isn’t always obvious ? as well as be well-versed when it comes to knowing how to prevent and respond to workplace harassment. Providing this type of training on a regular basis should part of every organization's risk management plan.
What supervisors need to know about workplace harassment is not the same as what employees need to know. Supervisors need to know everything your employees know, of course, but their knowledge needs go far beyond what employee’s needs are. That’s because supervisors are a company’s first line of defense when it comes to preventing, recognizing and stopping harassment in the workplace.
When supervisors don’t know what workplace harassment really is, including all the many forms they can take, that puts their companies at risk. The same is true when they don’t fully understand when and how liability is created. When supervisors aren’t effectively trained regarding workplace harassment, it can be all-too-easy for them to inadvertently allow problem behaviors to take place and continue? something that creates a high level of risk for their employers.
Areas Covered in this Webinar:
What supervisors need to know about anti-discrimination and anti-harassment
What protected characteristics really are & how they are associated with specific U.S. laws
Applying anti-discrimination and anti-harassment considerations for interviewing & hiring practices
Beyond interviewing: Workplace harassment prevention considerations
Equal employment opportunity (EEO) protections: Key definitions (discrimination, harassment, quid pro quo, hostile environment harassment, third party harassment, retaliation,)
Key concepts associated with workplace harassment (reasonable person standard, preponderance of evidence, should have known, etc.)
Real-world statistics regarding how common (and costly) workplace harassment charges can be
Learning Objectives:
Understanding employer liability in circumstances associated with workplace harassment
Tips for preventing workplace harassment and keys to minimizing liability
Key steps to handling workplace harassment complaints
Who Will Benefit:
Managers
Supervisors
Executives
HR Professionals
Business Owner
Speaker Profile:
Mary Gormandy White, M.A., SPHR, SHRM-SCP is co-founder of MTI Business Solutions, an Alabama-based business consulting and corporate training firm. Mary specializes in HR, management, leadership and Everything DiSC training and consulting services.
She has extensive experience facilitating training in areas related to human resources, management, leadership, communication, customer service, Everything DiSC and more.
Mary works with a wide variety of clients throughout the U.S., teaches SHRM certification preparation courses and is an Everything DiSC certified trainer. Her professional background includes extensive experience in operations management, HR and training design & development.