Workplace harassment of all kinds is unfortunately common today, and, specifically for employers, the cause of numerous liability issues. As revealed in the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC) recently published document, “Select Task Force on the Study of Harassment in the Workplace,” nearly a third of the approximately 90,000 charges of discrimination filed with the agency in the last year included allegations of workplace harassment. As a result of this, the EEOC has detailed a three-pronged strategy to hopefully reduce the number of workplace harassment charges in the workplace. To begin, the EEOC highly recommends live interactive delivery as the preferred method of educating and training employees, including supervisory and management staff. The training should not only cover the legal requirements of employment discrimination laws, but should describe conduct that if left unchecked might rise to the level of illegal harassment. In addition, the training should be specifically tailored to the employer’s workplace and, when English as a second language is applicable, should be offered in more than one language. To learn more about the EEOC’s recommendations to reduce harassment in the workplace, listen to this week’s Telebrief here.
Also in this week’s Labor & Employment Telebrief: recent developments in the world of non-competes and differing opinions on the Department of Labor’s (DOL) Persuader Rule.
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Howard K. Kurman is an employment attorney. Mr. Kurman regularly counsels clients on all aspects of proactive employment/labor issues. He represents employers ranging in size from as small as 20 employees to those employers with geographically disparate locations consisting of over 4,000 employees. Mr. Kurman assures, through regular contact with his clients, that they promulgate and maintain the most effective employment policies that will, to the extent possible, minimize their legal exposure in today’s litigious workplace. Mr. Kurman offers advice on employee handbooks, employment agreements, and covenants not to compete as well as confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements. Previously, Mr. Kurman was the chair of the firm’s Labor & Employment Practice Group.
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