The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has launched new training this month aimed at helping employers to create a respectful workplace environment.
The Society for Human Resource Management reports that two new harassment prevention programs, “Leading for Respect” for supervisors and “Respect in the Workplace” for employees, highlight civility, acceptable workplace conduct and behaviors that contribute to an inclusive workplace. The supervisor training is four hours, and employee training is three hours.
An EEOC report indicates that nearly a third of approximately 90,000 charges received by the EEOC in fiscal year 2015 alone included an allegation of workplace harassment. Charges spanned the categories of gender, race, disability, age, ethnicity/national origin, color and religion, breaking down as follows: 45 percent alleging sexual harassment; 34 percent racial harassment; 19 percent disability; 15 percent age; 13 percent national origin; and 5 percent religion.
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