Are You Staying Up to Date on The Ever Evolving Landscape of Discrimination and Harassment?

You have been in Human Resources or management for years. Your plate is full—too much to do and know in your increasingly stressful job. You are expected to stay current in discrimination and harassment case law for all the federal and state protected classes. Are you current? It seems like an unending responsibility. You remember hearing something in the news about a change in the pregnancy law, but can’t remember what it was. You know that the American Disabilities Act and Title VII have expanded with something called an accommodation meeting, but what does that require? You heard that a company was required to pay a plaintiff an additional $1,000,000 because the company didn’t do harassment training—could that be true? You have a company wellness program and have heard that employees are suing for discrimination based on the incentives offered for those who take part in the program. And it still isn’t clear as to whether you can personally be sued for the misconduct.

Learning Objectives

• To review protected class discrimination and harassment
• To discuss new discrimination & harassment court decisions
• To discuss the Affirmative Defense (AD) & your responsibility to reduce liability via AD
• To explore the relationship between bullying and protected class harassment
• To explore HR & management’s legal and ethical responsibilities in prevention and intervention of bullying and harassment

Who Should Attend

• HR
• Management