📋 Best Practice: Protecting You and Your Business from Harassment Claims by Actually Preventing Harassment

SHRM CEO's recent speech to the CA Legislature echoed what the EEOC said in 2016 - culture is the key to harassment prevention. In fact, he even said that culture trumps compliance.

We all know that compliance is an important part of the harassment prevention conversation, but too many businesses stop there. In addition, many businesses allow other problematic behaviors, such as workplace bullying, to happen because they are not illegal. But permitting this negative conduct harms the company culture, and sends the message that bad behavior won’t be addressed. In turn, the astounding statistic that 75% of people who are harassed don’t speak up, persists.

Let’s explore the roles of compliance, culture, and preventative measures for workplace harassment and protecting you and your company. Join Catherine Mattice Zundel, an HR consultant who focuses on creating positive cultures, and let’s have a conversation about how to prevent harassment the RIGHT WAY.

Attendees will:

• Understand the definitions and similarities between incivility, conflict, harassment, bullying, and violence

• Develop a stronger understanding of the subtleties of harassment through a facilitated discussion

• Understand aggression and harassment as a social phenomenon, and how to address it as such

• Identify the risks associated with allowing negative (albeit legal) behaviors to thrive

• Gain tools and strategies to prevent harassment by going on the training and policy you’re already doing