The Essential Guide to Handling Workplace Harassment & Discrimination - Softcover

England, Deborah C.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1413325580 ISBN 13: 9781413325584

Publisher: Nolo, 2018

Synopsis

Don’t let harassment and discrimination claims disrupt your workplace

Discrimination and harassment can poison the work environment, undermine employee morale, and even lead to costly investigations and lawsuits. In the era of #MeToo, it’s more important than ever to take steps to prevent harassment and discrimination, as well as appropriately respond when incidents do happen.

Armed with the information and strategies in this book, you can protect your company and employees from illegal harassment and discrimination. You’ll learn how to:

• develop policies prohibiting harassment and discrimination
• train employees and supervisors
• handle employee complaints and investigate claims thoroughly
• document your company’s response
• take action against wrongdoers
• prevent illegal retaliation, and
• respond to agency complaints, investigations, and lawsuits.

Finally, this book provides you with the support you’ll need by posting significant developments on the online legal update page.

About this title

Review

"Author Deborah C. England presents students, academics, and professionals working in a wide variety of contexts with a guide to best practices in the effective handling of workplace harassment and discrimination. The author has organized the nine chapters that make up the main body of her text in two parts devoted to preventing harassment and discrimination and dealing with harassment and discrimination claims. Individual chapters are devoted to dealing with government agencies, lawsuits, investigating complaints, and a wide variety of other related subjects. The author is a practicing attorney living in California."Eithne O'Leyne, Editor Ringgold, Inc.ProtoView

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"Discrimination and harassment can poison the work environment, undermine employee morale, and even lead to costly investigations and lawsuits. In the era of #MeToo, it's more important than ever to take steps to prevent harassment and discrimination, as well as appropriately respond when incidents do happen. Armed with the information and strategies presented in "Essential Guide to Handling Workplace Harassment & Discrimination," company executives can protect their businesses and employees from illegal harassment and discrimination. "Essential Guide to Handling Workplace Harassment & Discrimination" shows how to: Develop policies prohibiting harassment and discrimination; Train employees and supervisors; Handle employee complaints and investigate claims thoroughly; Document your company's response; Take action against wrongdoers; Prevent illegal retaliation; Respond to agency complaints, investigations, and lawsuits. "Essential Guide to Handling Workplace Harassment & Discrimination" also provides the support company Human Resources executives need by posting significant developments on the online legal update page. Very highly recommended for corporate, community, and academic library Business Management collections and supplemental studies lists" The Midwest Book Review

About the Author

Deborah England is a litigator with more than 20 years of employment law experience. She has published numerous articles and essays on employment and civil rights law, and frequently speaks on these topics before legal and HR professional organizations.

Edition details

• Publisher: Nolo
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1413325580
• ISBN 13: 9781413325584
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 307