Today, our need for preventative measures and workplace contagious disease policy is imperative for managing communicable diseases in the workplace. There are around 80 reportedly “communicable diseases” that are reviewed and analyzed for numbers, the spread of the disease, impact, and much more. Some of the few listed as a Contagious Illness are Flue, Hepatitis…
DetailsRead time: 10 minutes Beginning January 1, 2020, bars and restaurants operating in Illinois will be required to comply with new requirements and responsibilities. These requirements are part of the over-arching SB 75, signed in 2019 by Governor Pritzker. Every bar and restaurant must have a sexual harassment policy Every bar and restaurant must…
DetailsCalifornia continues its trend of championing social justice issues by making human trafficking training a legal requirement for employees in certain industries. The Golden State’s convenient access to international borders often leads to forced labor, commercial sex and other forms of exploitation. Two new California laws are designed to increase awareness and reporting and target…
DetailsSexual harassment investigation procedure includes policies related to the proper handling of sexual harassment complaints, investigating sexual harassment claims, and evaluating appropriate disciplinary measures when it has been determined there are violations. My ability to conduct sexual harassment training comes from twelve years of experience conducting workplace investigations. This includes complaints of sexual harassment, hostile work…
DetailsWith Senate Bill 778, California has extended the deadline for sexual harassment prevention training from January 1, 2020 (less than 3 months from now) to January 1, 2021. Approved on August 30, 2019 and effective immediately, SB 778 modifies SB 1343 to give employers more time to train employees and meet the new training requirement. …
DetailsYou take out your phone to check the weather for the weekend, but instead you see notifications for “106 missed calls” and over 200 new text messages from strange area codes and unfamiliar phone numbers. How do you know if you are suffering from electronic harassment? This actually happened in one of my first cyber harassment…
DetailsCalifornia’s anti-sexual harassment law received a major update in 2019 with the passage of Senate Bill 1343 (SB 1343), which now requires all employers based in California (with at least five employees) to provide sexual harassment prevention training to all employees, not just supervisors. Re-training is still required every two years, but this biennial requirement…
DetailsGovernment agencies have recently began requiring employers to provide Bystander Intervention Training as a method of preventing sexual harassment in the workplace. This enforced training component will not only meet legally required provisions for states such as New York and Connecticut (also a highly encouraged, but not required component of California AB 1825 training), but…
DetailsUnconscious biases are prejudices triggered by the brain to automatically assess people and situations based on personal background, cultural upbringing, and life experiences. Examples of such prejudice would include casting unknowingly judgement on others as a result of their skin color, gender, age, height, weight, introversion versus extroversion, marital and parental status, disability status, foreign…
DetailsNew York State and New York City have updated New York’s sexual harassment training requirements and become the most current state to enhance their sexual harassment laws, the #MeToo movement is definitely affecting more than just Hollywood. New York is moving closer to California with their overhaul of employment laws. In mid-April 2018, New York’s…
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