Articles By Brinkman & Chersky Consulting
Based on several court cases, including one decided by the US Supreme Court on June 22, 2006, many organizations are experiencing increased concern about the issue of retaliation. The headlines in several HR trade magazines and legal newsletters emphasize the vulnerability employers have and predict an increase in ...
The awareness of sexual harassment is heightening and employers are being held to increasingly higher standards for maintaining an environment free of sexual harassment and for effectively resolving possible sexual harassment situations. In the face of these trends...
One of the most difficult challenges in managing sexual harassment issues is to hold top leadership accountable to an organization's anti-harassment policy. The credibility of the policy can be easily undermined when subordinates--managers, employees, faculty or students--become aware that it has been violated by the very people who are held to the highest standard of conduct.
In the ever-increasing complexities of the sexual harassment landscape, a particular permutation has come into greater view--same-gender sexual harassment. The emergence of this form is creating serious challenges of defining, managing and effectively resolving its occurrence in the workplace...