Sexual Harassment Training Workshops
In our Sexual Harassment Awareness
training workshops your employees will learn and apply
the important skills of handling sexual harassment issues
and complaints. This hands on workshop thoroughly addresses
the elements of how to
prevent unacceptable
behavior. The workshop includes a detailed
overview of what sexual
harassment is, explains legal definitions, discusses sexual
harassment prevention, and shows how to handle sexual
harassment complaints and maintain a positive work
environment.
For more information about individual sexual harassment
training workshops please complete
this form. Once the form is received one of our
consultants will provide you with a confidential proposal
that will include a detailed description of the training
workshop and the costs for conducting it.
Sexual Harassment Training:
New Workplace Worry - ‘Textual Harassment'
Text messaging in the workplace has
become an increasing source of concern for employers. Much
like the emergence of e-mail in the 1990s, the popularity
of text messaging among employees in all age ranges has
grown significantly in the last several years. And any
time a new method of communication is created, it's
inevitable that a certain segment of employees will use
that medium to convey inappropriate messages that have the
potential for getting themselves – and their employers –
in hot water.
Some of the hallmarks of the new "harassment by text
message" trend sound very similar to the concepts we first
experienced about 10 years ago, when e-mail was becoming
commonplace at the office. Like e-mail, texting tends to
embolden people because of the sense of anonymity involved
with communicating electronically. Unlike a face-to-face
meeting, the lack of immediate repercussions can lead
people to say things they would not say otherwise. Also
like e-mail, texting is more informal than memo or letter,
and can cause senders to let down their guard. In
addition, the communication is instantaneous, cannot be
retrieved and survives forever.
What does this mean for employers? There is already a
growing number of lawsuits and employee complaints that
include offensive text messages as evidence of the
inappropriate behavior, most commonly flirtatious e-mails
from male supervisors to female subordinates or
co-workers.
What can employers do about this growing trend? There are
a few important tips to keep in mind. First, employers
will want to revise company policies to inform employees
that harassing text messages to coworkers or others
connected to the firm will be considered violations of the
company's harassment policy. Second, if an employer issues
cell phones to employees, it may want to consider whether
text messaging will be allowed on those phones. If so, the
employer needs to make sure that the employees using the
phones understand that they have no right to privacy, and
that all text messages are subject to search and can be
obtained by the employer at any time. Third, when
investigating a claim of harassment by an employee, the
employer may want to review text messages between the
employees to obtain an unbiased view of the nature of the
communications.
Source: Richard Meneghello
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