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12.21.17
With more and more women coming forward to report sexual harassment and misconduct in the workplace, organizations are asking themselves what they can do to both protect employees and limit potential legal fallout.
In an article for Associations Now, Washington, DC Employment Law special counsel Julia Judish suggested three areas employers should consider: acknowledging the rights of the bystander, reminding staff about policies at conferences and stressing the prohibition on retaliation.
“Most associations—I hope—have policies in their handbooks that prohibit discrimination and harassment on the basis of a protected status, including sexual harassment,” Judish told Associations Now. “And they have a complaint procedure, so that if there is a violation, usually the employee can bring it to HR. And they prohibit retaliation, and they may or may not do training on it.”
Read more in depth on Judish’s suggestions on Associations Now.