• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

InFront on the Workforce

Long-term and post-acute care publication

Subscribe | Events | Advertise | Contact Us

  • Facebook
  • LinkedIn
  • Twitter

  • HOME
  • ABOUT
    • Who We Are & What We Do
    • The Vision
    • Readership
  • RESOURCES
    • Important Links
  • Retention & Engagement
  • Culture & Leadership
  • Regulatory
  • Technology
  • Industry Trends

(10/5) Harassment Today

By Joanne Kaldy / October 4, 2021

According to some experts speaking at the recent SHRM Annual Conference & Expo, jurors and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) alike expect employers to go the extra mile to protect employees from workplace harassment.

For example, research suggests that most jurors or prospective jurors think that just because an employee didn’t report harassment doesn’t mean it didn’t happen. They further think that workers often don’t report harassment because they are afraid to do so. About half of jurors surveyed indicated that if an employee complains about harassment on social media, this serves as adequate notice for the employer.

They also reported that employers need to be proactive and have strong and clearly communicated anti-harassment policies and training.

Elsewhere, EEOC suggests several key elements employers need to have in place if they want to prevent harassment in the workplace:

  • Commitment from senior leadership.
  • Consistent and fair approach to preventing and addressing harassment.
  • Clear policies regarding expectations about behavior.
  • A complaint process that makes it easy and safe to for someone to report an instance of harassment.
  • Customized, interactive anti-harassment training that does more than pay lip service to the issue.

Read the full article.

Related Posts

  • (FEATURED BRIEF) Stress, Gender, and Leadership
  • (FEATURED BRIEF) Caregiving Duties Prevent Workforce Re-Entry, Study Finds
  • (5/10) Future-Proofing the HR Function
  • (FEATURED BRIEF) If You Get On with Your Boss You’re More Likely to Lie for Them, Says New Research
  • (5/17) The Best HR Managers Have These Things in Common

Categories: HR Industry Brief /

Primary Sidebar

AROUND THE WEB

Items of interest from across the web.

  • As More States Are Legalizing Marijuana, How Should Employers Respond – HR Executive
  • Giving Thanks for Senior Living Employees, Leaders — McKnights
  • 22 States Petition CMS to End Mandate As 76% of SNF Staff Behind on Vaccines – Skilled Nursing News
  • 6 Ways to Re-energize a Depleted Team – Harvard Business Review
  • 7 Ways to Lift Up the Employees’ Morale Ahead of Holiday Season — Entrepreneur
  • Workforce, Financial Relief Focus in ‘Tumultuous Period’ After Midterms: Argentum – McKnights
  • 6 Steps to Creating More Inclusive Job Descriptions – HR Morning
  • Mental Wellbeing and Resilience: Tech + Culture to the Rescue – HR Daily Advisor
  • Employers Have ‘Flexibility Fatigue.’ But That Could Put Them on the Wrong Side of the ADA. – HR Dive(11/16) Employers Must Push Preventive Care to Inflation-Worried Staff – TLNT

View All

CONTACT INFO

Publisher: CC Andrews
440.638.6990
Editor: Joanne Kaldy

PO Box 360727
Cleveland, OH 44136

CATEGORIES

  • CULTURE & LEADERSHIP
  • RETENTION & ENGAGEMENT
  • REGULATORY
  • TECHNOLOGY
  • TRENDS IN THE INDUSTRY

Copyright © 2025 - InFrontWorkforce.com. All rights reserved.