Sexual Harassment Disciplinary Training in Rhode Island
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Providing onsite Sexual Harassment seminars & Disciplinary training in the following cities:
PROVIDENCE | CRANSTON
During our one-one-one Harassment Disciplinary and Awareness Training your employee will be challenged & counseled by our top level trainers. They will learn precisely what violations of your company’s policies, EEOC laws that govern harassment & individual statues, they have violated.
These counseling sessions are highly interactive, which we guarantee that your employee will know & understand the standards concerning the workplace & especially the Common Sense factor.
Your employee will take a Pre-Test & Post-Test to determine their exact level of knowledge & retention. This also will become a permanent part of their personnel file, along with several appropriate handouts. Our confidential written summary and professional recommendations, will make sure that your employee comprehends the exact legal statues, company guidelines & “Zero Tolerance” of future problems.
THE EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION (EEOC) DEFINES SEXUAL HARASSMENT AS FOLLOWS:
- EXPLICITLY OR IMPLICITLY AFFECTS AN INDIVIDUAL’S EMPLOYMENT
- UNREASONABLY INTERFERES WITH AN INDIVIDUAL’S WORK PERFORMANCE
- CREATES AN INTIMIDATING, HOSTILE, OR OFFENSIVE WORK ENVIRONMENT
WORKPLACE HARASSMENT, WHICH INCLUDES SEXUAL HARASSMENT, IS PROHIBITED BY TITLE VII OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964 WHICH PROHIBITS EMPLOYERS WITH 15 OR MORE EMPLOYEES FROM DISCRIMINATING ON THE BASIS OF RACE, COLOR, SEX, RELIGION, OR NATIONAL ORIGIN. THE LAW APPLIES TO FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL EMPLOYERS AND GOVERNS ALL EMPLOYMENT ACTIONS. LAWS REGARDING WORKPLACE HARASSMENT ARE ENFORCED BY THE US EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION (EEOC).
IN ADDITION, SIX STATES (CALIFORNIA, CONNECTICUT, DELAWARE, ILLINOIS, MAINE, AND NEW YORK) HAVE THEIR OWN STATE LAWS SPECIFICALLY ADDRESSING SEXUAL HARASSMENT:
- CALIFORNIA – AB 1825, AB 2053, SB 396, SB 1300, SB 1343
- CONNECTICUT – CONNECTICUT HUMAN RIGHTS AND OPPORTUNITY ACT, TIME’S UP ACT
- DELAWARE – HB 360
- ILLINOIS – SB 0075 ILLINOIS HUMAN RIGHTS ACT, WORK TRANSPARENCY ACT
- MAINE – MAINE EMPLOYMENT LAWS REVISED STATUTE, TITLE 26, SECTION 807
- NEW YORK – NEW YORK HUMAN RIGHTS LAW § 296.1, NEW YORK CITY STOP SEXUAL HARASSMENT
Rhode Island Disciplinary Harassment updates
Rhode Island Ethics Commission appointee resigns after Globe investigation into sexual harassment complaints:
This article originally appeared in Roll Call on December 1, 2023 and was written by Amanda Milkovits and Edward Fitzpatrick.
Below is Common Cause Rhode Island executive director John Marion’s comment on Bryant Da Cruz’s resignation and the improvements that must be made to the vetting process for future Ethics Commission appointees.
After hearing the news of the resignation, Common Cause Rhode Island executive director John M. Marion said, “It is a relief that Mr. Da Cruz will not be serving on the Ethics Commission. We are glad Governor McKee has acknowledged that the vetting process was flawed. We urge him to do due diligence when making future appointments.”
Ethics Commission members should be carefully vetted because the panel has “extraordinary powers” provided for in the state constitution and because those appointments do not require the advice and consent of the state Senate, Marion said. “It has been a problem for some time that appointments to the Ethics Commission under multiple governors have been slow,” Marion said. “Sometimes that results in vacancies, which is not good for the commission. All the parties involved in these appointments, including the legislative leaders, should do their best to provide appointments that are both timely and well vetted.”
The other vacant seat is awaiting an appointment by the governor from a list of nominees provided by House Minority Leader Michael W. Chippendale, a Foster Republican.
On Thursday, Marion had told the Globe that Da Cruz’s conduct as a member of the South Kingstown Town Council “makes him unfit to serve on such an important body as the Rhode Island Ethics Commission.”
“Potential appointees should be fully vetted so that people who are asked to serve meet the highest standards,” Marion said at the time. “In this case, it appears that vetting, if it did occur, failed, or the governor overlooked some rather egregious behavior by his most recent appointee.”