Download or read book Workplace Investigations of Sexual Harassment Claims written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Investigating the Workplace Harassment Claim written by Beth K. Whittenbury and published by Amer Bar Assn. This book was released on 2012 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Investigating the Workplace Harassment Claim, provides a step-by-step guide to undertaking harassment investigations. This book includes in-depth legal analysis laden with case law and legal citations which results suggestions for best practices in unsettled areas of investigation law.
Download or read book Workplace Investigations written by Diane M. Pfadenhauer and published by Datamotion Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2009 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Harassment, discrimination and other incidents of workplace misconduct require effective investigations to find the truth, avoid legal consequences and to get the organization back on track. In this book you will learn from the author’s first-hand experience. Learn how to select the right lawyer, the legal requirements of investigations, how to stay objective under pressure, specific policy issues you must consider, how to handle difficult witnesses, how to develop an investigation strategy and how to conclude the investigation and summarize your results. Written by an attorney/human resources expert who has conducted hundreds of investigations.
Download or read book Investigating Sexual Harassment in Law Enforcement and Nontraditional Fields for Women written by Penny Harrington and published by Prentice Hall. This book was released on 2007 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For courses in Police and Society, Sexual Harassment, Domestic Violence, Domestic Crimes, Employment Law, Gender Studies, Women's Studies, Contemporary Issues in Policing and Police-Community Relations in CJ. Drawing from empirical research and years of practical experience, this new text provides guidance on how to investigate sexual harassment in policing & firefighting. Written for practitioners by professionals in the field of law enforcement & victim advocacy, this text takes a conversational tone through the investigative processes of sexual harassment complaints. With sexual harassment law often changing, this text gives a current look at timely topics. The text addresses a wide range of issues including proactive measures like prevention and training, retaining a positive tone on issues of sensitive nature.
Download or read book Investigating Sexual Harassment written by Angela Bradbery and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explains the procedures employers should establish to address and resolve sexual harassment complaints in the workplace.
Download or read book Workplace Investigations written by Lisa Guerin and published by NOLO. This book was released on 2004-05-01 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thorough, fair-minded and practical information for employees, managers and business owners. Paula Brantner, Program Director, Workplace Fairness
Download or read book What Every Manager Needs to Know about Sexual Harassment written by Darlene Orlov and published by AMACOM/American Management Association. This book was released on 1999 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Protect yourself and your company ... complete 'answer book' for all your questions about what behavior is OK and what's not ... law and court decisions .preventive policies and staff training ... investigating complaints ..."--Jacket.
Download or read book Finding the Facts written by Fran A. Sepler and published by Finding the Facts. This book was released on 2008-12-31 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Finding the Facts: What Every Work place Investigator Needs to Know, Fran Sepler provides organizations with a step-by-step guide to conducting effective and defensible employment investigations. This one-of-a-kind, comprehensive manual includes time-tested basics and advanced topics for both in-house and freelance investigators. Learn how to: Formulate policies and practices that anticipate complaints Plan and bulletproof investigations Establish a model for each of the five stages of an interview Conduct credibility assessments Investigate systemic discrimination Develop insightful questions for a successful interview
Download or read book Investigating Workplace Harassment written by Amy Oppenheimer and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Details experience-tested techniques for conducting investigations of workplace harassment based on such factors as sex, race, religion, national origin, age, and disability. The authors detail every step of an investigation - planning, documenting, interviewing, weighing evidence, making a decision, and taking remedial action"--P. [4] of cover.
Download or read book The Essential Guide to Workplace Investigations written by Lisa Guerin and published by Nolo. This book was released on 2022-07-26 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Essential Guide to Workplace Investigations will help any manager, supervisor, or Human Resources professional sort out workplace problems, quickly and effectively. Use this affordable, step-by-step guide to investigate, document, and resolve every kind of workplace problem, from discrimination and harassment to employee theft, workplace violence, and substance abuse. Learn how to: decide whether to investigate choose an investigator conduct interviews and gather evidence evaluate the evidence document the investigation, and take action and follow up. This thorough guide provides the forms, sample policies, checklists, and sample documentation that employers need to conduct a successful investigation that will stand up in court. This edition also incorporates the latest legal developments in employment law, including updated 50-state charts on common workplace issues, Supreme Court decisions on discrimination and harassment, and more. Plus, you'll be able to download forms online.
Download or read book Sexual Harassment Investigations written by Arjun P. Aggarwal and published by Harassment Publications. This book was released on 2004 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ABOUT THE BOOK Now more than ever, sexual harassment complaints are on the rise. Sexual Harassment Investigations presents an excellent roadmap for effective handling of sexual harassment. A comprehensive, practical, and easy to read guide to minimize and resolve sexual harassment, and avoid costly litigation and negative publicity. An invaluable resource! Make sure you have a copy for every supervisor in your organization.TOPICS HIGHLIGHTED HOW TO PREVENT HARASSMENT? HOW TO LIMIT YOUR LIABILITY? HOW AND WHEN TO MEDIATE A COMPLAINT? HOW TO HANDLE WORKPLACE ROMANCES? HOW TO RESOLVE HARASSMENT COMPLAINTS? HOW TO DRAFT THE INVESTIGATION REPORT? HOW TO SELECT THE MOST APPROPRIATE INVESTIGATOR? HOW TO ASK DIFFICULT, UNPLEASANT AND EMBARASSING QUESTIONS? WHEN, WHERE AND WHY INVESTIGATIONS WERE FOUND FAULTY? WHO WILL BENEFIT FROM THIS PRACTICAL GUIDE? * SUPERVISORS * MANAGERS * HUMAN RESOURCES PROFESSIONALS * BUSINESS OWNERS * HUMAN RIGHTS CONSULTANTS * LAWYERS * INVESTIGATORS * GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS * UNION REPRESENTATIVES * WOMEN GROUPS * ANYONE INVOLVED WITH A SEXUAL HARASSMENT COMPLAINT Printed in the Canadian Bar Association Law National Administrative Law Section Newsletter Nov. 2004Review: Sexual Harassment Investigations: How to Limit Your Liability and More A Practical GuideBy Charles Ferris and Kara PattersonDr. Arjun P. Aggarwal and Madhu M. Guptas Sexual Harassment Investigations: How to Limit Your Liability and More A Practical Guide presents a comprehensive overview of the current law on sexual harassment in North America. Sexual harassment in the workplace is a pervasive concern, and no employer can afford to be passive or careless about this weighty subject. Prevention through effective sexual harassment policies and education is the key to maintaining a healthy and productive work environment. Dr. Aggarwal and Ms. Gupta have penned an informative and practical text on the legal aspects of sexual harassment, designed to appeal to employers, legal practitioners, and members of the general public alike. The text is divided into five logical and accessible segments. The discussion begins with a clear and concise explanation of the current state of the law on sexual harassment how the law defines sexual harassment and what behaviours amount to sexual harassment in the workplace. The authors outline the costs of sexual harassment in the workplace, and the relatively small costs of implementing effective preventative measures.Part two lays out guidelines for creating and implementing an effective sexual harassment policy, including what employers should, and more importantly, should not do, in order to prevent and to act on sexual harassment complaints, including how to approach the tricky topic of workplace romance.Parts three and four examine the various approaches to dealing with a sexual harassment complaint, including the advantages and shortcomings of litigation and mediation. The authors walk readers through the various steps involved in the investigation and resolution of a sexual harassment complaint through both formal and informal channels.The final and most substantive section of the text provides an in-depth practical guide to the investigation process and available remedies. The authors offer step-by-step advice on how to undertake the often-difficult task of interviewing the parties and witnesses, how to ensure the investigation is properly documented, and how to determine the proper resolution of a complaint. The final chapter examines the available remedies and penalties, and encourages a resolution that will satisfy all involved parties.The text, which acts as the roadmap for a fair and complete investigation, incorporates a series of extraordinarily useful and user-friendly checklists and sample forms. The forms include a sample pre-investigation planning chart, sexual harassment policy, policy provisions for complaints against senior management, a sexual harassment complaint form and an investigation report layout.In completing their task, the authors have faced head-on the most difficult practical challenges in a harassment complaint investigation, including whether to investigate informally or formally, when and how to mediate a complaint, the selection of the most appropriate investigator(s), legal representation, privacy protection, and information access in a multiplicity of contexts, including the privilege attaching to an investigation and the extent to which the complaint and the investigation report ought to be disclosed to the parties and the workplace public. As in the totality of their work, Aggarwal and Gupta have addressed these thorny issues with strong intellect, skill, and balance.Sexual Harassment Investigations: How to Limit Your Liability and More A Practical Guide will appeal to anyone interested in learning about sexual harassment in the workplace. Legal practitioners and judges will find the legal analysis and case law discussion to be thorough, accessible, and current. Academics and students will discover an expansive, but readily legible, treatment of the issues surrounding sexual harassment that balances the theoretical legal aspects with practical real-life scenarios. Employers and human resources personnel will find this to be an indispensable text in perfecting their current sexual harassment policies as well as how to deal with even the most complex sexual harassment complaints.
Download or read book Sexual Harassment written by Kathleen Kapusta and published by Wolters Kluwer. This book was released on 2018-08-10 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sexual Harassment: A Guide to a Harassment-Free Workplace can have an immediate and significantly positive impact on the ways in which your organization manages the issue of sexual harassment. Every chapter of this powerful resource can affect the way you handle—and preempt!—the possibility of sexual harassment in your organization. Here are just a few of the key topics covered in this leading resource that are often overlooked or even unknown to those setting an organization’s policies: The hidden costs of harassment How top executives set the tone The serious extent of the risk Personal liability Why hasn’t sexual harassment training worked? Who to train and when to train How to properly investigate harassment How to handle the reluctant employee Who should investigate? Determining credibility Understanding and avoiding defamation Protecting the accuser and the accused during the investigation And much more! Sexual harassment may expose employers to automatic liability under certain circumstances, and regardless of legal liability, the negative publicity, high cost of turnover, lowered employee morale, and the potential expenses associated with lawsuits are just some of the devastating effects sexual harassment can have on the workplace. Every organization’s best defense is a proper offense, and Sexual Harassment: A Guide to a Harassment-Free Workplace is the absolutely necessary starting point.
Download or read book Sexual Harassment and Retaliation written by Roxella T. Cavazos and published by American Bar Association. This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Harassment claims based on sex, not just sexual conduct or language, continue to increase. At the same time, these cases are becoming more complex and difficult to litigate. With the in-depth contributions of seasoned employment law practitioners from across the country, this important book provides a best practices guide for attorneys who litigate cases on behalf of plaintiff/employees and defendants/employers. Focusing on gender harassment and retaliation under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, the book begins by providing a platform for which the practitioner can assess and handle gender harassment and retaliation case. The book supplies guidance for performing a thorough analysis of the elements which must be proven and should be considered throughout the litigation of a claim, including planning and defending depositions.
Download or read book Sexual Harassment in the Workplace Sexuality social relations and the workplace written by Alba Conte and published by Wolters Kluwer. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 6006 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The law of sexual harassment is constantly evolving, and the number of sexual harassment claims is dramatically on the rise. Sexual Harassment in the Workplace, Fourth Edition, is a comprehensive guide that provides all the information you need to successfully litigate a sexual harassment claim. Sexual Harassment in the Workplace guides you through the relevant administrative and legal proceedings, from client interviews to attorney's fees. It discusses state and federal remedies available to maximize recovery, including: The development and elements of the claim Sample pleadings Discovery documents Reviews of actual cases Special attention is given to important topics such as: Suits by alleged harassers Insurance indemnification Class actions And many others Sexual Harassment in the Workplace brings you up to date on the latest case law developments, including the following: A new checklist of items to cover when representing an employer The U.S. Supreme Court confirmed that retaliation is actionable under Title IX where a girls' high school basketball coach claimed that he suffered retaliation for complaining about sexual discrimination in the athletic program of the school, even though he himself was not the direct victim. Jackson v. Birmingham Board of Education, 544 U.S. 167 (2005) In order to increase opportunities for mediation, the EEOC expanded the charges eligible for mediation and now mediation is available at the conciliation stage, after a finding of discrimination has been issued, in appropriate cases The U.S. Supreme Court has held that under the Federal Arbitration Act, where parties to an arbitration agreement include a provision that delegates to the arbitrator the threshold question of enforceability of the arbitration agreement, if a party specifically challenges the enforceability of the entire agreement, the arbitrator would consider the challenge. If, however, the party only challenges the enforceability of the arbitration provision, the challenge must be heard by a court. Rent-A-Center, West Inc. v. Jackson, 130 S. Ct. 2772 (2010) The lack of timeliness in filing a discrimination action is an affirmative defense and the burden of proof is on the employer. Salas v. Wisconsin Department of Corrections, 493 F.3d 913, 922 (7th Cir 2007) A federal employee's premature filing of a sexual harassment employment discrimination and retaliation complaint did not constitute a failure to exhaust administrative remedies so as to deprive the district court of subject-matter jurisdiction. Brown v. Snow, 440 F.3d 1259 (11th Cir. 2006) A majority of states impose a shorter period for filing with their agencies, though, so the filing deadline is not always extended when a state has its own agency The andquot;single filing ruleandquot; - under which a party who has not filed an EEOC charge or received a right-to-sue notice may andquot;piggybackandquot; his or her judicial action on the claim of a party who has satisfied those prerequisites - has been described as a andquot;carefully limited exceptionandquot; to Title VII's procedural requirements. Price v. Choctaw Glove and Safety Co., 459 F.3d 595 (5th Cir. 2006) Provided that an act contributing to the claim occurs within the filing period, the court may consider the entire period of the hostile environment for purposes of determining liability. Jordan v. City of Cleveland, 464 F.3d 584 (6th Cir. 2006) The Supreme Court has held that a plaintiff's timely filing of an EEOC intake questionnaire, which was followed by an affidavit stating andquot;Please force Federal Express to end their age discrimination . . .andquot; constituted a charge, cautioning, however, that its permissiv
Download or read book Sexual Harassment in the Workplace written by Titus E. Aaron and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An overview of the research and legal opinions on sexual harassment in the workplace is presented. Definitions and perceptions of prohibited practices are discussed, as are effective responses by employers and employees. Covered in depth are recent state and federal court decisions.
Download or read book Human Resources Guide to Workplace Investigations written by Janice Rubin and published by Canada Law Book. This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Women and Sexual Harassment written by Robert C Berring and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-05-01 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here is a valuable guide that saves researchers investigating sexual harassment in the workplace enormous amounts of time and money. Focusing on the hostile environment claim under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Women and Sexual Harassment is a complete resource tool. In one easy-to-use volume, it provides a detailed background and history of the hostile environment claim as well as an extensive guide on how to use and where to find the best resources available on this topic. Unlike some legal books, Chan’s book does not require cover-to-cover reading to access pertinent information. Anyone, whether they are interested in the specifics of the hostile environment claim or sexual harassment in general, will be able to locate the information they’re looking for with the help of this handy guide. It saves enormous amounts of time, effort, and money for researchers by providing extensive listings and evaluations of statutes, cases, agency decisions, law review articles, annotations, and books containing information on this subject. Readers can use the book to get a better understanding of the hostile environment claim or use it like a dictionary to pinpoint the specific resources that will be most useful to their area of research. Women and Sexual Harassment is logically divided into five complete parts to make it easy to use: Part 1: Clearly explains how to best use the book to access specific information. Part 2: Describes the history and present state of the hostile environment claim in a manner that is to the point, yet is more thorough than descriptions of the claim found in articles, cases, or other sources. Part 3: Research guide--Directs researchers to the best sources for information, categorized by type and area. Includes tips that will save hours in the library and will help researchers find the most up-to-the-minute articles and cases. Part 4: Bibliography of primary legal sources--Covers statutes, regulations, and case law on the hostile environment claim and sexual harassment. Part 5: Bibliography of secondary sources--Includes books, articles, surveys, and legislative history. The annotated bibliography, broken down by type of source and type of information, not only points researchers in the right direction but also steers them away from sources that seem valuable from their title, but are in fact not worthwhile. The insightful written analysis of the hostile environment claim alone provides researchers unfamiliar with the subject with a clearly written history and definition of the claim, its key elements, employer liability, statute of limitations, remedies, considerations of discovery and evidence, and related claims. Women and Sexual Harassment is an invaluable guide for all types of researchers including victims of sexual harassment considering filing a hostile environment claim, scholars interested in women’s issues, attorneys unfamiliar with this area, employers interested in limiting their liability by taking steps to prevent sexual harassment in their workplaces, and law students in any level of courses related to sex discrimination or sexual harassment.
