In the United States, the Covid-19 pandemic has changed the way many businesses operate by forcing them to transition to a virtual workforce. Many experts believe that this temporary shift will become a permanent one, even after the economy re-opens. Having...
As news of COVID-19 dominates headlines, the Illinois Department of Human Rights came out with its much awaited training guidance for Illinois employers who are now required to provide annual sexual harassment prevention training to all employees starting this year...
The coronavirus shutdown has caused drastic changes to the country’s workplaces, but the laws prohibiting employment discrimination are still in effect. Even though the EEOC’s physical offices are closed, its employees continue to work remotely, and the Commission is...
If a client’s employee has alleged workplace harassment, discrimination, or misconduct, the investigation needs to start as quickly as possible. If you wait too long, people’s memories of what happened can become more unreliable, and witnesses may no...
Always take employees’ complaints seriously when the complaints allege harassment, discrimination, or other workplace misconduct. By doing so, you send the message that the company is committed to addressing problems and that it wants employees to come forward and...
In workplace sexual harassment cases, investigators often have to make recommendations with evidence that is less complete than they would like. It may come down to a “he said, she said” situation in which the investigator must make judgments about the relative...
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