1. Why Do
We Care About Harassment?
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2. What
is Harassment?
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A. What Do You Think It
Is?
B. What is the Legal Definition of Harassment?
C. What are the Types of Harassment?
D. Who is Involved in Harassment?
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3. What
is the Employer’s Liability for Harassment?
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A. What is the Employer’s
Liability for Harassment by a Supervisor?
B. What is the Employer’s Liability for Harassment
by a Fellow Employee?
C. What is the Employer’s Liability for Harassment
by Persons Who are Not Employees?
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4. Employer
Defenses to a Claim of Harassment
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Requirements for Minimizing Harassment |
6. Practical
Suggestions for Minimizing Employer Exposure to Claims
of Harassment
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7. How Should
You Respond to a Complaint of Harassment?
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A. Examples
B. The employer’s best response is to promptly and
thoroughly investigate the allegations
C. Who should conduct the investigation?
D. How should you conduct the investigation?
E. Consistency and accuracy are critical in any investigation
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8. How Should
You Deal with the Parties?
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A. While the investigation
is being conducted
B. After the investigation is concluded
C. Consistency is critical to shielding the employer from
liability to complainants and alleged harassers
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9. Don’t
let the “Tail Wag the Dog”
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