Sexual Harassment Allegations Can Cost Your Business Millions
Sexual harassment is a form of sex discrimination that violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Employers need to protect their businesses, their staff and their customers by enrolling employees in FSA's course on Sexual Harassment Protection. A little knowledge on a serious subject goes a long way in preventing lawsuits and business interruption.
Workplace Harassment Prevention Just Say Know!
Failure to have a sexual harassment/hostile workplace training program and grievance procedures can result in costly litigation.
Sexual Harassment training is no longer a luxury utilized only by those proactive employers who
wish to promote a positive workplace. Unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature constitutes sexual harassment when submission to or rejection of this conduct explicitly or implicitly affects an individual's employment, unreasonably interferes with an individual's work performance or creates an intimidating, hostile or offensive work environment.
Since the Supreme Court's landmark decisions in the 1998
Faragher and Ellerth sexual harassment cases, subsequent court decisions and EEOC Guidelines
have made clear that sexual harassment training is essential. Indeed, to be able to raise a defense or
avoid punitive damages in sexual harassment lawsuits, employers need to show that they have provided
ongoing sexual harassment training to all employees. Courts and EEOC guidelines also have
made clear that sexual harassment training should include all forms of unlawful harassment.
FSA's Course Topics Covered:
Rather than simply preaching to employees that "harassment is bad," harassment prevention courses
should take a more intellectual approach and focus on the "gray areas." For example, FSA's Preventing
Workplace Harassment, asks employees to explore complicated topics such as:
1. Harassment in a Nutshell
2. Verbal Harassment
3. Physical Harassment
4. Visual and Electronic Harassment
5. Romance in the Workplace
6. If You Believe You are Being Harassed
7. Company Policies
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Sexual harassment prevention training for your employees can significantly reduce the potential for lawsuits. To protect your employees, yourself and your business, call FSA Training to protect your business today and tomorrow.
For more information on Sexual Harassment Prevention
call FSA Training at 888-372-3232
Tomorrow could be too late!
Some of the Clients we proudly serve
““To defend themselves, employers would have to show that they exercise reasonable care to prevent and promptly correct any sexual harassing behavior”
US SUPREME COURT 1998
