Harassment Prevention - July General Meeting

Please join us for our July monthly Big Country SHRM meeting at Abilene Country Club from 11:45 AM to 1:00 PM.  

Topic: Harassment Prevention, EEOC  

Summary:

#MeToo created a national discourse on sexual harassment in the workplace.  Its impact is still being felt.  But, how do we turn this new awareness into something positive and practical that employers can use to address workplace harassment?  In this session you will learn about the EEOC’s Select Task Force on the Study of Workplace Harassment, and you will hear new approaches employers can proactively and reactively utilize to effectively management workplace behavior.

-Learn about the findings of the EEOC’s Select Task Force on the Study or Workplace Harassment

-Learn the impact harassment has on the long-term health of an organization  

-Learn how civility and bystander training gives employers another tool with which to combat bad workplace behavior

Speakers: Rodney Klein, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

 Rodney Klein graduated from the University of Texas at San Antonio, and was hired by the U.S.Equal Employment Opportunity Commission as an Investigator in 1992. Mr. Klein investigated individual complaints of employment discrimination, along with large class and systemic cases. He worked as a liaison between the EEOC and various fair employment practice agencies. And, he was the San Antonio Office’s Charge Receipt Supervisor, responsible for receiving and processing all incoming discrimination complaints. Currently, Mr. Klein is the Dallas District’s Outreach and Training Manager. He speaks to audiences about employment related matters, the civil rights statutes, and EEOC procedures, and he is a featured speaker at his office’s yearly training seminar for employers.