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Stop Sexual Harassment Training for Supervisors – VI Edition

Stop Sexual Harassment: Interactive Training for Supervisors

This course explains the various forms of workplace sexual harassment, the consequences for both the employer and the supervisor, and how to identify and stop it. It features real-world scenarios, interactive quizzes, and commentary from engaging and authoritative employment law attorneys. The course has been adapted to meet the requirements in the U.S. Virgin lslands.

Module Description

• Consequences of Harassment
• Case studies of devastating penalties and awards
• Overview of Harassment Law
• What Title VII of the Civil Rights Act really means
• Potential damages and risks supervisors run
• Your obligations under harassment law
• Hostile Work Environment
• What is hostile environment harassment?
• Supervisor’s duty to protect employees from a harassing environment
• Are they really offended?
• Dangers of the Internet and e-mail
• Gender Harassment
• Supervisor isn’t qualified to investigate, so he needs to go to HR
• Hostility based on sexual orientation
• Hostility based on transgender status
• Some states protect the transgendered
• Hostility based on a former relationship
• Quid Pro Quo Harassment
• What is quid pro quo harassment?
• Harassment by a Customer
• Duty to protect employees
• Relationship with a Subordinate
• Why having a relationship with a subordinate employee can be so legally treacherous
• Complaint Procedures and Investigations
• Why supervisors should never retaliate against an employee who complains of harassment
• What if the employee lies?
• Don’t promise confidentiality to complaining employee
• Special Situation: When the Supervisor is Accused
• When the Supervisor is Accused of Harassment
• What supervisors should — and most certainly shouldn’t — do when they are accused of harassment
• Why retaliation claims are so common when a supervisor is accused, and how to avoid them
• Cooperating with HR’s investigation to resolve matters quickly and without massive workplace disruption

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