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It only takes one uncomfortable
look, one complaint, one inappropriate touch or off color statement for a
single employee to file a harassment lawsuit. Do you want to risk the
future of your business due to the lack of professional harassment training?
Sexual harassment in the California
workplace continues to spur payouts in the millions! Supervisors can be personally
liable for their actions and the acts of their employees if the supervisor failed
to act. Business insurance may not pay judgments against supervisors.
There may be punitive damages claimed against your business for failure to provide
adequate supervisor training.
Our best advice, provide
on-site, interactive supervisor harassment training annually. By providing harassment
training for your supervisors, they will understand how to identify potential
harassment situations, thereby reducing your company’s liability.
Our recommended steps:
1. Verify that your handbook is California
compliant and includes a general and sexual harassment policy with
instructions of how and who to report potential violations or questionable conduct.
2. Annually review / update policy changes with your
employees. We have discovered that often, employees do not understand what
a harassment-free workplace is.
3. Thoroughly investigate all claims. If severe
or the claim involve a supervisor, see independent assistance. Many times,
your attorney will retain an HR firm such as eqHR Solutions to conduct an
independent confidential investigation.
4. If you are a California employer with 50 or
more employees, you must provide mandatory supervisor sexual harassment
training every two years and new supervisors within six month.
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If you have questions about harassment claims or training, please call us. There is no charge for your initial consultation.
