In-depth information about sexual harassment and harassment based on gender, race, age, national origin, religion, disability and sexual orientation.

Employers: Stop sexual harassment lawsuits with our Anti-Harassment Policy package, harassment investigation checklist, training programs, books and tapes.

Employees: Enforce your rights with our harassment victim's rights guide, accused harasser's rights checklist and recommended books.

FAQs

• What is illegal harassment?
• What is NOT illegal?
• What are our responsibilities as management/HR?
• What are my rights & responsibilities as a victim of harassment?
• What are my rights as a person accused?
• How are harassment cases resolved by the legal system?
• What did the Buddha say about sexual harassment?

Stop Costly Lawsuits

The US Supreme Court says that sexual harassment training and procedures protect employers from punitive damages.

• Sexual harassment training
• California harassment compliance training
• One on one coaching for accused harassers
• Sexual harassment policy and procedure
• Harassment investigation checklist
• Reports, books and tapes

Know Your Rights

• Accused harasser's checklist
• Harassment victim's checklist
• Books and tapes

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FAQs

What is illegal harassment?

• Screaming at women is sexual harassment
• "Micro-managing" female boss jokes I'm "small" - is this harassment?
• Landmark case holds office affairs create hostile environment
• Can I get fired over untrue rumors of an affair?
• More men suing men for sexual harassment
• Racial & sexual harassment against "snitch" illegal
• Two new harassment cases buck conservative trend
• N.J. Supreme Court rules one racist comment = harassment
• Is this sexual harassment?
• Sexual harassment in Texas
• Is co-worker job harassment illegal?

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What is NOT illegal?

• Supreme Court Overturns TV "Friends" Case
• Is jealous back-biting illegal harassment?
• Employee quit due to swearing - can he sue us?
• We told employee to remove religious pictures - can we be sued?
• Does a bodybuilding magazine create a hostile environment?
• California Appeals Court holds assault is not illegal harassment
• Sexual favoritism is not sexual harassment
• Not all harassment illegal
• This is not sexual harassment
• Is vulgarity by customers considered sexual harassment?
• Is calling her a fat cow illegal harassment?
• Is revealing sexual orientation at work sexual harassment?
• Is making coffee for boss illegal?
• Is swearing verbal harassment?
• Does on-site Bible study create hostile environment?

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What are our responsibilities as management?

• Company Wins Case With Good Investigation & Training
• Your Legal "To Do" List
• Final Warning to Harasser Must be Enforced
• "Hostile environment" or "Environmental harassment" - which is the right term for sexual harassment?
• DOD Loses Harassment Case for Failure to Train Harasser
• Company Wins Harassment Case When Victim Refuses Counseling
• Managers Required to Stop Harassment from Outsiders
• Harassment Victim Wins Retaliation Lawsuit
• "Smoking Gun" Not Needed to Prove Retaliation
• What should we do about salesmen harassing our employee?
• Company Loses Harassment Case Due to No Training
• Employee made racist remark - is it okay to let co-worker handle it?
• Straight manager at gay company "misunderstood" harassment - what should we do?
• How can sexual harassment classes prevent lawsuits?
• FBI Agent Loses Harassment Case, but Wins on Retaliation
• What should I do about my manager who harasses my subordinate?
• New case requires supervisors to report their manager's harassment
• Manager promoted his lover - can we demote employee but not manager?
• Workplace sexual assaults require more than oral warnings
• California requires supervisor sexual harassment training
• Multiple harassment policies can hurt company
• Promoting harasser to management leads to retaliation case
• Can company hire a private investigator to discover an affair?
• Can we fire an employee for dating her boss?
• Employee held to be supervisor in harassment case
• A Tale of Two Employers
• Abusive racial comments directed at other employees can aggravate effects of sexual harassment
• How far outside the workplace does sexual harassment go?
• Company loses case because of outdated Harassment Policy
• Harassment investigations should go beyond complaint
• Employer policy, investigation, action wins harassment cases
• Employer's guide to new EEOC harassment guidelines
• Prompt reporting and response eliminates sex harassment liability
• Managers NOT personally liable for mis-handling harassment complaints
• Evidence of harassment of other employees admissible at trial
• Supreme Court rules in landmark sexual harassment cases
• Court holds sexual harassment training program protects company
• Employer found liable where it "should have known" sexual harassment occurring
• Hilton Hotel held liable for Tailhook
• Employer sued for fraud after giving good reference to sexual harasser
• Can we fire victim of harassment who doesn't complain?
• If we fire one person for harassment, do we have to fire others?
• Should we fire him for looking down her blouse?
• How do we handle claims under the new law of sexual harassment?
• Can employer pursue sexual harassment claim even though no one has complained?
• Is a slap on the wrist enough to prevent harassment?
• What should company do about anonymous harassment?

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What are my rights & responsibilities as a victim of harassment?

• Company wins harassment case after supervisor repeatedly exposes himself
• When harassment turns to romance -- "victim" returns money settlement
• Help! My female supervisors are harassing me!
• Failure to file sexual harassment complaint excuses company delay
• Employer may terminate woman who punches harasser
• Supervisor can sue for harassment by subordinate
• What is the statute of limitations for sexual harassment?

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What are my rights as a person accused?

• Do harassment laws violate free speech?
• Can consensual sex lead to a harassment claim?
• California holds employees not liable for harassment
• False claim of harassment not slander unless made with malice
• Manager properly fired for off-site sexual activity
• Supervisor not personally liable for failing to stop sexual harassment
• Employer discretion upheld in sexual harassment case
• Do I have the right to know who my accusers are?
• Is it harassment to make a false claim of harassment?
• Can supervisor be fired for e-mails to lover-subordinate?
• What are my rights if accused of sexual harassment?
• Are there false claims of harassment?

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How are harassment cases resolved by the legal system?

• When a harassed employee quits, your troubles may just be starting
• Supreme court limits damages in harassment cases
• Federal harassment defenses not allowed under California law
• Sexual harassment cases rarely overturned, study shows

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What did the Buddha say about sexual harassment?

• What the Buddha said about sexual harassment

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Stop Costly Lawsuits

• California Harassment Compliance Training for all supervisors on preventing harassment, discrimination and retaliation.
• Respectful Workplace: Understanding & Preventing Harassment, a training program offered for both management and employees
• Executive Seminars for your CEO, President, and Vice Presidents
• One on one coaching for accused harassers
• Sexual harassment policy and procedure
• Harassment investigation checklist
• Sexual Harassment Law -- It's Not What You Think!, an explanation of how the courts (not the media) really define sexual harassment
• The Lie Detection Book (book)
• Understanding & Preventing Sexual Harassment (book)
• What to Do When You Don't Want to Call the Cops: A Non-Adversarial Approach to Sexual Harassment (book)

 

Know Your Rights

• Accused harasser's checklist
• Harassment victim's checklist
• Vacation rights of employees
• Games Mother Never Taught You: Corporate Gamesmanship for Women (book)
• Understanding & Preventing Sexual Harassment (book)
• Talking From 9 to 5: How men's and women's conversational styles affect who gets heard, who gets credit and what gets done at work (book)
• What to Do When You Don't Want to Call the Cops: A Non-Adversarial Approach to Sexual Harassment (book)