Sexual Harassment: Training, Laws, and Prevention in the Workplace

This assignment delves into the crucial topic of sexual harassment, focusing on the importance of training programs for employees to understand and combat this issue. It highlights the significance of federal and state laws in addressing sexual harassment and emphasizes the need for standardized training to educate employees about their rights and the behaviors that constitute harassment. The assignment discusses the impact of such training on creating a safer workplace environment, preventing harassment, and empowering employees to recognize and report incidents. It also touches on the collection of evidence and the role of informed employees in stopping harassment in its early stages, supported by references to EEOC.gov and Nolo.com, which provide insights into the legal aspects and practical steps involved in addressing and preventing sexual harassment.

Hi,
Nice and informative post,
I agree to the point that Employees covered by the federal or state laws prohibiting sexual
harassment should go for “anti-sexual harassment training (EEOC.Gov).” In the same post,
you also mentioned about the fact that certain state and provinces of the country have come
up with a different set of laws or we can say that an additional set of law to prevent and
execute the cases of sexual harassment.
I personally feel that a standardized training program to inform and aware employees against
sexual harassment is the need of the hour. In most of the cases, it has been seen that the
victims were not aware of the fact that certain kinds of behavior can be considered as sexual
harassment. Even sexual harassment of a soft nature can challenge the human dignity, and if
an agency or a government is committed to secure a vulnerable person from this evil then a
standardized anti-sexual harassment training is the need of the hour.
The ripple effect of this training will remove certain loose practices prevailing in the
organization culture. Apart from it an informed employee or vulnerable person will be
informed enough to understand the fact that someone is harassing him or her sexually and it
is a punishable offense. This is how concerning agencies and the management clans will be
able to create deterrence for the regular offenders (nolo.com.n.d)
Another issue is also related to the collection of the evidence, an informed employee will find
himself or herself in a much better position to collect the evidence and stop the action during
the initial stages.

References:
EEOC.gov. Sex-based Discrimination. Retrieved June 3, 2019, from
https://www.eeoc.gov/laws/types/sex.cfm
EEOC.gov. Facts about Sexual Harassment. Retrieved June 4, 2019, from
https://www.eeoc.gov/eeoc/publications/fs-sex.cfm
nolo.com. (n.d). How to Report Sexual Harassment. Retrieved June 3, 2019, from
https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/fighting-sexual-harassment-29532.html