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| Stories by Jim Collison, President, Employers of America |
| Senior Editor, Smart Workplace Practices |
| Cut Sickness Costs: Ways to cut time, dollar losses due to infectious diseases attacking your employees |
| The workplace is a breeding ground for the bugs that cause colds and flu. When an employee calls in sick you can lose hundreds of dollars a day. But if an employee comes to work sick and infects others in the workplace your losses multiply by the number of employees who become ill. |
| For Your Health: Prevent Colds, Flu and Other Contagious Diseases |
A poster to print out and post in work areas and restrooms. |
| Sexual Harassment defense now more difficult under Supreme Court rulings. |
| U.S. Supreme Court rulings make it even more important than ever before that you adopt and enforce strong policies against sexual harassment. Read how the court's decisions put the burden of proof in the employer's hands.. |
| Supreme Court rulings |
| The Supreme Court's rulings on two sexual harassment cases: Burlington Industries v. Ellerth and Faragher v. City of Boca Raton. |
| Court changes harassment guidelines |
| The "hear no evil, see no evil" and the "one free pass" defenses are now obsolete. Employers now have an obligation to prevent sexually harassing behavior. |
| What to tell your supervisors and employees about potentially risky "sexual" behavior... |
| Guide your staff and employees on conduct to avoid to stop the appearance of sexual harassment in the workplace. |
| A Sexual Harassment Poster: What Not To Do |
| A poster to print out and post in your workplace with three simple guidelines. |
| Stories by: John Skipper, Contributing Editor |
| Smart Workplace Practices |
| When is an accusation of sexual harassment really illegal sexual harassment? |
| Is it really sexual harassment or just poor behavior? The government has set a few guidelines so you will know. |
| Sample policy on sexual harassment... |
| The Complete Employee Handbook Made Easy manual (available from Employers of America) contains sample language, clear definitions and examples of sexual harassment along with procedures for employees to follow to file a complaint. |
| What isn't harassment can cost you |
| She didn't witness it and it wasn't happening to her but a federal judge upheld a $60,000 award to Diane Leibovitz in the case Leibovitz v. New York City Transit Authority. |
| Stories by: Rachel Nelson, Contributing Editor |
| Smart Workplace Practices |
| What do you do next...when your employee makes a complaint? |
| "...take all complaints seriously and investigate them promptly in a professional , nonjudgmental manner," advises Frances Lynch. Lynch, a trial court judge in Tucson, AZ and expert on sexual harassment issues, gives advise on what to do when your employee makes a complaint of sexual harassment. |
| What is sexual harassment? |
| Unsure of what sexual harassment is? Here is a legal definition. |
| Story by: Rebecca Bovenmyer, Contributing Editor |
| Smart Workplace Practices |
| Sexual
harassment: What many people believe is OK behavior can get employer into trouble |
| At a Christmas party for your employees and their spouses "grab bag" gifts are exchanged. An employee receives a sexually inappropriate gift that was put into the "grab bag" by one of the spouses. Could you be help responsible if the employee wants to file a sexual harassment charge? Yes, says Darlene Orlov, co-author of a new book, What Every Manager Needs to Know About Sexual Harassment. |
| Stories
taken from issues of Smart Workplace Practices newsletter |
| How employers motivate and reward employees to improve performance |
| Money or merchandise? Which incentive is a better motivator for your employees? Recently, Mazda Motors and Goodyear tire tested both. Merchandise gifts generated higher sales for both companies. |
| What
you can learn about preventing harassment from the Ford Motor Company settlement |
| Ford Motor Company has created the fourth largest out-of-court settlement involving harassment charges when they agreed to pay more than $7.5-million to female workers who experienced harassment in two plants. How is this going to impact you? Expect the EEOC to apply the standards set in this settlement to all employers who get into trouble with harassment. |
| It's not just sexual harassment anymore |
| The EEOC says the standards and guidelines for employer liability in sexual harassment cases now apply to all forms of harassment. This along with the 1998 expanded list of "tangible employment actions" will cause more employees to try for a harassment claim. What can you do for a defense against harassment claims? |
| You
can motivate your employees: 12 easy ways to get the performance you want |
| Not getting the performance you want out of your employees? Alexander Hiam, author of Streetwise Motivating and Rewarding Employees, gives you 12 easy ways to help motivate your employees and get them to perform to your standards. |
