Monster.com has posted best practices on preventing sexual harassment. This includes training, responding to complaints appropriately and avoiding and managing situations so they don’t get out of hand.
Monthly Archives: November 2013
Religious discrimination rights, article from NOLO
Religious discrimination rights is a recent article from NOLO. The article discusses discrimination, rights to reasonable religious accommodations and workplace expressions of religion.
Source: http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/rights-against-religious-discrimination-29504.html
Sexual harassment investigation: top 10 tips to investigate
1. Promptly report the complaint
2. Promptly investigate
3. Be familiar with EEOC guidelines
4. Adequately document
5. Interview all potential witnesses
6. Take remedial measures while investigating
7. Take steps to avoid retaliation
8. Remember that confidential complaints still count
9. Avoid prejudging complaints
10. Be consistent
11 Ways Corporations Get Rid of Older Workers, according to Forbes.com
Age discrimination and harassment is an increasing problem. Forbes.com has posted an article on 11 ways corporations get rid of older workers.
This includes:
1. Job Elimination,
2. Layoff,
3. Suddenly stupid,
4. Threatening the pension,
5. Early retirement,
6. Mandatory retirement age,
7. Cutting job duties,
8. Isolation,
9. Denying promotions or opportunities for advancement,
10. Cutting hours, and
11. Harassment.
LGBT discrimination bill clears (U.S) Senate hurdle
The LGBT discrimination bill clears the 60 vote hurdle in the United States Senate, which signals the bill will likely pass the Senate. The bill essentially makes LGBT discrimination in employment illegal under federal law.
Polls show that more than 80% of Americans already believe LGBT discrimination is illegal. About a dozen states have laws protecting LGBT from discrimination. Dozens of cities have similar protections. In Missouri, Kansas City and Saint Louis are the two major cities that have LGBT protections – although there are other cities with similar protections. The city laws, however, contain few enforcement mechanisms so while technically illegal, corporations that discriminate against LGBT suffer few to no consequences.
That said, about 9 in 10 corporations have already adopted policies against LGBT discrimination.
The bill will face amendments and a final vote this week. Once it passes the Senate, it will go to the (U.S.) House where Speaker Boehner has indicated he will not support the bill. Speaker Boehner has the power to prevent the bill from going to a vote.
