Workplace romances can lead to fallout. Cases like Steve Easterbrook’s and Brian Krzanich’s show why strong HR policies are essential to protect your business.
When office romances explode: Lessons from America’s messiest breakups
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Harassment
Don’t let shoddy workplace investigations hurt your business
Ignoring workplace complaints can lead to costly legal and reputational risks. Learn how proper investigations can protect your business and foster employee trust.
What the EEOC’s new guidance on workplace harassment means for your business
Workplace harassment has long been a critical issue, affecting employees’ mental health, job satisfaction, and productivity. The new guidance consolidates and replaces the EEOC’s five guidance documents issued from 1987 to 1999.
How to prevent antisemitism in the workplace
Unfortunately, antisemitism has reared its ugly head again in the wake of the horrific terrorist attack in southern Israel October 7, 2023.
Top three forms of workplace discrimination
Every year, the EEOC publishes statistics on the number of discrimination claims submitted to the agency during the previous fiscal year, broken down by the type of discrimination alleged.
How to prevent a hostile workplace
Employers and supervisors need to be more vigilant than ever to eradicate all types of harassment from their workplace. Here are three ways you can actively discourage a hostile work environment and help your employees feel safe and thus be happier at work and more productive:
Are you in a hostile work environment?
Do you feel verbally or physically threatened, intimidated, or humiliated at work? Maybe it’s a colleague who’s always angry at you, or a boss who makes inappropriate comments. You could be experiencing a hostile work environment. Ignoring the conduct may cause it to get worse.
Are you being sexually harassed at work?
Sexual harassment in the workplace is never okay and happens too often. No matter what form sexual harassment takes, it’s never acceptable, here are three strategies you can use to protect yourself and fight back.
Investigating sexual harassment claims
Sexual harassment claims can be challenging and costly to your business, which could force your business to permanently close it’s doors.
In the dark about employment law issues?
Did you know the Department of Labor can hit you with hefty penalties and interest simply for not keeping track of your hourly employees’ time, even if you pay them properly? Many of my clients don’t know what they don’t know about employment law issues in their company.