Benefits Think After #MeToo, employees need to ask #IsItOK?
How a new approach to harassment prevention training programs can address workplace issues.
Gina M. Roccanova
Meyers Nave
Sexual harassment
From strip clubs to massages: When clients are sexually inappropriate
It’s tough enough to grapple with sexual harassment in the workplace. It’s more complex when clients are involved.
A #MeToo backlash is brewing in banking
Optimism that the #MeToo movement will have a positive influence is high among bankers who participated in a recent survey on sexual harassment. But there is also concern that it could lead to gender discrimination in hiring and mentoring.
Lessons learned from the ‘move fast and break things’ culture
From harassment lawsuits to regulation compliance, cutting edge companies are overlooking policies critical to empowering and enhancing their workforce and company ethos.
Wealth management fares worst in broad study of sexual harassment
From inappropriate touching to belittling comments, women advisors confront workplace environments that are far from welcoming.
Banks wrestle with sense of futility on sexual harassment
Scratch beneath the surface, and there is a lingering feeling among many in the banking, payments and mortgage sectors that not only is harassment present, but it may actually be inevitable. Experts say institutions need to combat that mindset — or else.
Does Silicon Valley’s ‘bro culture’ pervade IT elsewhere?
Many workers in the technology departments across a range of industries describe behavior that may fall short of a legal definition of sexual harassment, but is still disturbing and could contribute to low employee morale and high turnover.
Sexual harassment is a bigger problem than accountants think
Men and women who work in accounting say there’s a low prevalence of sexual harassment in the profession; the numbers suggest otherwise.
HR’s culture shift: Tackling workplace sexual harassment while navigating legal definitions
Human resources professionals are looking to fight bad behavior driven by upper management.
Banking’s response to #MeToo: Training employees to speak up
Strong policies against sexual harassment appear to be a factor in shielding banks from the public shamings that have occurred in other industries, but even they know they can’t get too complacent. Some are ditching old training sessions and trying new things like coaching witnesses on how to report demeaning behavior.
Workers say they’re too scared to report sexual harassment to HR
Three-quarters of employees who have been victimized say they didn’t report it because of a lack of faith their employer would properly handle the complaint.
HR failed on sexual harassment. Now what?
The allegations of sexual assault at Uber, Vice and the Weinstein Company shine a light not only on workplace misconduct, but also on the failure of human resources to properly handle these cases.
HR failed on sexual harassment. Now what?
The allegations of sexual assault at Uber, Vice and the Weinstein Company shine a light not only on workplace misconduct, but also on the failure of human resources to properly handle these cases.
