Workplace Harassment Training

Workplace harassment falls within the scope of the federal laws prohibiting workplace discrimination that are enforced by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ("EEOC"). Specifically, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. The 1964 Act makes it illegal for an employee to be harassed in the form of unwelcome physical contact or verbal comments based on religion, race, sex, national origin, age, disability or sexual orientation. According to the EEOC, prevention through workplace harassment training is the best way to eliminate sexual harassment from occurring. Workplace harassment training should identify the harassment policy of the business, express strong disapproval for any harassment in the workplace and develop disciplinary actions for people who violate the policy. A workplace harassment policy should prohibit unwelcome comments and offensive activity and prescribe appropriate corrective actions for employees who violate the policy.

Fast Facts

  • A robust harassment training program is the most cost effective way to curb the incidence of sexual harassment in the workplace.
  • Teasing, isolated comments and generally offensive comments are not necessarily harassment. In order to rise to the level of harassment, the conduct must have some effect on the conditions of the employment of an individual.

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