Sexual Harassment Training Update — Tip of the Week
According to a post in Workplace Prof Blog, females in all kinds of supervisory or management positions are increasingly likely to be the victims of sexual harassment. In fact, females in supervisory positions are more likely to be sexually harassed than non-supervisor females.
Consequently, sexual harassment training perhaps needs updating. Often, sexual harassment training is done separately for employees and supervisors. Often, we talk in terms of the harassment coming from a supervisor toward a rank and file employee.
Employers need to make sure their sexual harassment training makes it clear that it’s inappropriate — unlawful — for there to be sexual harassment committed toward anyone in the workplace by anyone in the workplace.
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