Jan 29, 2018
The volume of public allegations of sexual harassment and sexual assault, fueled by high-profile women honored as Time magazine’s 2017 Person of the Year—The Silence Breakers—and individual social media posts (#MeToo), continues to ripple through businesses, our government and our society. The impact of these revelations has prompted forced resignations,…
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Aug 15, 2019
On August 9, 2019, Illinois enacted the Workplace Transparency Act (Senate Bill 75) amending the Illinois Human Rights Act in several ways but importantly, it requires that employers provide annual sexual harassment training for all employees working in the state. New Training Mandate Effective January 1, 2020, employers must…
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Jan 21, 2020
Insurance brokers — we don’t need to tell you that your clients are vulnerable to countless risks. As their broker, it’s your duty to understand the risks that are most likely to affect them. One major risk that often gets overlooked? Workplace harassment. Below is a deeper dive into the…
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Oct 2, 2018
Both New York State and New York City have enacted laws related to sexual harassment prevention, with different provisions for employee communication and training along with various dates for compliance. The first New York City provisions went into place September 6 and further elements of state and city acts will…
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Apr 27, 2018
Robin Shea, partner with leading national labor and employment law firm (and ThinkHR strategic employment law partner) Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP asks if it’s time for a “Uniform Harassment Training Act.” New York State and New York City have enacted laws that require employers to provide sexual harassment training,…
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Dec 30, 2020
Workplace Harassment Prevention Catalog Current topics and compliance essential courses for both proactive and reactive risk mitigation More The Learn Workplace Harassment Prevention catalog is designed for those who need additional Harassment training, covering state-specific topics as well as a deeper dive into Diversity, Equality and Inclusion. Available with an…
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Mar 5, 2019
Thanks to new training mandates in California, New York, and Delaware, more employees will be trained on sexual harassment and discrimination prevention in 2019 than ever before. Previous harassment prevention training mandates, like California A.B. 1825, focused primarily on teaching supervisors about reporting responsibilities and what constitutes harassment. As a…
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Feb 12, 2020
One in five workers in the U.S. is now required to undergo anti-harassment training. While the number of states and municipalities with anti-harassment measures in place is still relatively small, this list includes major population centers in New York, California, and now, Illinois. The latest anti-harassment legislation to take effect…
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Jun 14, 2019
In partnership with Impactly, ThinkHR recently conducted a survey of its customers to measure the extent to which U.S. employers are adopting EEOC best practices to eliminate harassment and discrimination in the workplace. The survey was conducted in May of 2019 and was completed by more than 1,200 HR and…
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Oct 5, 2018
California legislators sent a total of 1,217 bills to California Governor Jerry Brown for the 2017-2018 regular legislative session. He signed 1,016, vetoed 201, and 183 of them he reviewed the weekend just before his September 30, 2018, signature deadline. (In case you are wondering, that’s a lot of bills…
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Mar 1, 2019
On February 26, 2019, California Senate Bill 778 was introduced to clear up confusion about when employers are required to provide employees with sexual harassment prevention training and education under the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (as amended by Senate Bill 1343) and when retraining is required. Read about…
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Sep 4, 2019
On August 30, 2019, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed clean-up legislation (S.B. 778) clarifying the state’s sexual harassment prevention training and education law, particularly when mandatory training must be completed. The legislation was introduced February 26, 2019, and took immediate effect. Why a Clean-Up Bill? CA A.B. 1825, enacted…
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