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SEXUAL HARASSMENT

 

Course Description

This series is designed to raise awareness of sexual harassment as a workplace problem, identify strategies for harassed workers to follow in seeking redress, and outline legal avenues through which harassment complaints can be pursued. This series is for people who want to learn what behavior constitutes harassment so that they can avoid committing it themselves, as well as managers who are interested in preventing sexual harassment within their organizations.

 


  UNDERSTANDING THE ISSUES

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Provides an overview of sexual harassment in the workplace, including an introduction to the causes and effects of harassment, the legal definition of harassing behavior, and steps that can be taken to resolve problem situations.

  TOPICS COVERED

Defining Sexual Harassment
Identifying the Causes
Understanding the Effects
Understanding the Law
Responding to Harassment


  UNDERSTANDING THE LAW

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Examines the legal definition of harassing conduct and explains how to determine whether specific workplace behavior meets this definition.

  TOPICS COVERED

Identifying Sexual Conduct
Identifying Unreasonable, Severe Conduct
Identifying Unwelcome Conduct


  ASSESSING PROBLEM SITUATIONS

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Helps users apply their knowledge of sexual harassment law to individual workplace situations.

  TOPICS COVERED

Perceptions and Experiences
Office Romance and Other Gray Areas
Pin-ups, Jokes, and Innuendos


  RESPONDING EFFECTIVELY

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Helps users identify appropriate responses to sexually harassing behavior.

  TOPICS COVERED

Deciding Whether to Act
Confronting a Harasser
Strategies for Harassed Workers


  DESIGNING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES

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Helps users construct policies and procedures to prevent sexual harassment within their organization.

  TOPICS COVERED

Evaluating Your Workplace
Designing an Effective Policy
Implementing Complaint Procedures
Training Employees


  FEDERAL AND STATE LAW

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Helps users understand the process through which sexual harassment claims are handled at the federal and state level, and helps them determine what federal regulations apply to their own organizations.

  TOPICS COVERED

The Civil Rights Act
Counting Employees
Filing a Claim with the EEOC
Action by the EEOC
State Fair Employment Practices Laws


  COMMON LAW TORT ACTIONS

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Helps users identify common-law actions that may be filed by harassed workers.

  TOPICS COVERED

Circumstances of Tort Actions
Tort Actions Related to Criminal Charges
Tort Actions Related to Employment Law
Other Tort Actions
Disadvantages of Tort Actions
Worker's Compensation


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only £50.00
(approx $88 USD)
 

 

 
 

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