• Protect Your Workplace: Comply with the EEOC's New Harassment Guidance
  • Protect Your Workplace: Comply with the EEOC's New Harassment Guidance

    • Speaker : Margie Faulk
    • Session Code : MKSEP1124
    • Date : 11th September 2024
    • Time : This Event is Over and the Recorded Content is Available
    • Duration : 90 Mins

Overview:

 

On April 29, 2024, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued its first updated enforcement guidance on workplace harassment in 25 years. This new guidance incorporates significant developments in workplace discrimination and harassment laws, including U.S. Supreme Court rulings that extend anti-discrimination protections to LGBTQ workers.

 

The guidance follows a draft version released in September 2023, succeeding an earlier attempt to update existing guidelines that stalled during the Trump Administration.

 

While this guidance does not establish legally binding precedent, it offers a comprehensive legal analysis of the standards for harassment and employer liability under the Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) statutes enforced by the Commission. It supersedes several previous EEOC guidance documents on harassment.

 

The EEOC emphasizes that "workplace harassment" extends beyond sexual harassment, encompassing various forms of harassment based on race, sex, religion, and other protected characteristics. Specific examples of unlawful harassment are provided in the guidance.

 

Since the 1986 Supreme Court ruling that workplace harassment can constitute unlawful discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the issue remains prevalent, accounting for over one-third of the charges received by the EEOC in the past five years.

 

The enforcement guidance is organized into three key components of a harassment claim:

 

1) Covered Bases and Causation – Identifying the protected characteristics and establishing a link between them and the harassment.


2) Discrimination Respecting Employment Terms – Determining how the harassment impacts the terms, conditions, or privileges of employment.


3) Liability – Understanding the employer's responsibility and potential liability in harassment cases.


For harassment to be actionable under federal EEO statutes, it must be established that the conduct occurred due to a statutorily protected characteristic, which requires a thorough examination of the totality of the circumstances. The guidance provides several principles to determine whether conduct is based on protected characteristics, though not all principles apply to every case.

 

Areas Covered in the session:


  • Learn what impacted the EEOC to establish this guidance
  • Learn what the EEOC determines as harassment
  • Learn what types of harassment claims are determined to be based on the EEOC new guidance
  • Learn what the Civil Rights Act of 1964’s protect classes are impacted by this guidance
  • Learn how stereotypes can impact the workplace regulations when it comes to hair textures, locks, twists and braids
  • Learn how the Guidance Addresses Bathrooms, Misgendering
  • Learn what happens when an Employee Asks an Employer Not to Investigate
  • Learn how Pregnancy, Childbirth, or Related Medical Conditions are part of the guidance and what Employers can and can’t do
  • Learn how transgender equity is also part of the EEOC guidance and protections
  • Learn how to develop an anti-harassment policy that meets EEOC guidelines

 

Why Should You Attend?

 

As an HR professional, you’re on the front lines of ensuring a safe and inclusive workplace. The recent updates to the EEOC’s harassment guidance bring both new challenges and opportunities to your role. This webinar is designed to provide you with the tools and knowledge you need to navigate these changes confidently.

 

You’ll gain insights into how the updated guidance impacts your current policies, helping you address the complexities of workplace harassment in a way that aligns with legal standards. By attending, you’ll be better equipped to protect your organization from legal risks and foster a work environment where every employee feels respected and valued.

 

This session also offers practical strategies to tackle common HR pain points, such as responding to harassment claims, developing comprehensive policies, and ensuring compliance across your organization. Whether you’re dealing with the nuances of harassment based on race, religion, or LGBTQ status, this webinar will help you stay ahead and manage these issues effectively.

 

Who Will Benefit?

 

  • Human Resources Managers
  • HR Directors
  • Compliance Officers
  • Employee Relations Specialists
  • Workplace Investigators
  • Diversity and Inclusion Officers
  • Legal Counsel (specializing in employment law)
  • Corporate Trainers
  • HR Consultants
  • Labor Relations Managers
  • Talent Management Professionals
  • EEO Officers
  • Chief Human Resources Officers (CHRO)
  • HR Business Partners
  • Employee Engagement Managers


Margie Faulk is a senior level human resources professional with over 15 years of HR management and compliance experience. A current Compliance Advisor for HR Compliance Solutions, LLC, Margie, has worked as an HR Compliance advisor for major corporations and small businesses in the small, large, private, public and Non-profit sectors.  Margie has provided small to large businesses with risk management strategies that protect companies and reduces potential workplace fines and penalties from violation of employment regulations. Margie is bilingual (Spanish) fluent and Bi-cultural.

Margie’s area of expertise includes Criminal Background Screening Policies and auditing, I-9 document correction and storage compliance, Immigration compliance, employee handbook development, policy development, sexual harassment investigations/certified training, SOX regulations, payroll compliance, compliance consulting, monitoring US-based federal, state and local regulations, employee relations issues, internal investigations, HR management, compliance consulting, internal/external audits, and performance management.

Margie is a speaker and accomplished trainer and has created and presented compliance seminars/webinars for over 16 US and International compliance institutes. Margie has testified as a compliance subject matter expert (SME) for several regulatory agencies and against regulatory agencies, thank goodness not on the same day. Margie offers compliance training to HR professionals, business owners, and leadership to ensure compliance with workplace and regulations.

Margie’s unique training philosophy includes providing free customized tools for all attendees. These tools are customized and have been proven to be part an effective risk management strategy. Some of the customized tools include the I-9 Self Audit. Correction and Storage program, Ban the Box Decision Matrix Policy that Employers can provide in a dispute for allegations, Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) Compliance Guide, Drug-Free Workplace Volatile Termination E-Book and other compliance program tools when attendees register and attend Margie’s trainings.

Margie holds professional human resources certification (PHR) from the HR Certification Institution (HRCI) and SHRM-CP certification from the Society for Human Resources Management. Margie is a member of the Society of Corporate Compliance & Ethics (SCCE).


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