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Anti-harassment training is absolutely necessary, but it must be effective. To combat the above common problems and hopefully avoid the fate of the various companies that are currently embarrassed and facing lawsuits over sexual harassment claims, employers must give thoughtful and intentional consideration to the organization’s culture, its actions over time, and whether there is past or ongoing questionable conduct by an employee. The goal is to create a productive, respectful place of employment. Revamping anti- harassment training to address the above problems is an important step to accomplish that goal.


References are made in the above article to the following: Faragher v. City of Boca Raton, 524 U.S. 775 (1998) Battaglio, Stephen, 21st Century Fox has paid out $50 million in costs and fees to settle harassment claims against Fox News (August 15, 2017), retrieved from www.latimes.com/business/hollywood/la-fi-ct-fox- harassment-20170815-story.html Golshan, Tara, Study finds 75 percent of workplace harassment victims experienced retaliation when they spoke up (October 15, 2017), retrieved from www.vox.com/identities/2017/10/15/16438750/weinstein- sexual-harassment-facts Langer, Gary, Unwanted sexual advances not just a Hollywood, Weinstein story, poll finds (October 17, 2017), retrieved from abcnews.go.com/Politics/unwanted-sexual-advances-hollywood-weinstein-story-poll/ story?id+50521721 EEOC Select Task Force on the Study of Harassment in the Workplace, Executive Summary & Recommenda- tions, June 2016


Sally R. Culley, (sculley@rumberger.com), Linda Bond Edwards, (ledwards@rumberger.com), and Nicole Sieb Smith (nsmith@rumberger.com) practice in the area of employment and labor law at Rumberger Kirk & Caldwell.


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