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The Perfect Storm… Discrimination, Retaliation, Lawsuit, Settlement

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The Perfect Storm… Discrimination, Retaliation, Lawsuit, Settlement

The Perfect Storm… Discrimination, Retaliation, Lawsuit, Settlement

 

A discrimination law suit is much like a perfect storm… it can come from all four directions, and wreck an entire organization

Let me tell you a story.

Imagine an older staff member has been passed over for a position.  While the organization might have its genuine rationale for choosing the younger candidate, our colleague over 40 is still dismayed.  Perhaps the younger candidate has more direct experience, or more education.  Nonetheless, your older staff member takes issue with being passed over.  He then files an internal complaint that specifically invokes Title VII legislation by stating he feels he was passed over because of his age.

The organization is now at a cross roads.  Whether the complaint is valid or not, our over forty colleague has invoked Title VII protections.  Here is the forecast of the perfect storm.    The organization can get mad, and immediately take a defensive posture, claiming there is no way that age discrimination exists,  simply because there are policies against it.   Nonetheless, the organization conducts an investigation and interviews a number of people.  Once the investigation is complete, the complainant is transferred to another department because his manager doesn’t want to deal with a complainer.

The perfect storm still brews as every single person who participated in that investigation is also protected by Title VII.  The transferred colleague now has a clear retaliation charge; because he was transferred after he made a complaint.  If he views the transfer as a downgrade or unfair change, this age discrimination case now morphs into a retaliation charge.  Further, if the participants in the investigation face adverse employment actions, demotions, transfers, even uncustomary poor performance evaluations, they too will have retaliation charges.  As an organization can see, ill feelings about being passed over have quickly mushroomed into retaliation complaints which can cost easily $75,000 a piece to defend.

While the original complaint of age discrimination might not have yielded a finding in favor of the complaint, if the complaint is mishandled,  the subsequent retaliation charges can embroil an organization for years.   Patricia Berkly LLC helps organizations anticipate these problems and guides managers through sticky situations which can land the organization in court. The recent book Unequal Opportunity, offers details about these types of cases, and  suggests solutions for managers.  Visit www.diversitytrainingconsultants.com for more details.

Death by Association, Cultural Diversity Training Activities

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Death by Association, Cultural Diversity Training Activities

Death by Association, Cultural Diversity Training Activities

Death by Association, Cultural Diversity Training Activities

Cultural diversity training activities would keep managers and staff apprised of a recent trend in discrimination.  Cultural diversity training activities would remind staff that decisions made by association to a protected class are also actionable under Title VII.  For example,  cultural diversity training activities should educate staff that refusing to hire a woman because of perceived conflicts she might have taking care of her disabled husband is a violation of Title VII.  Cultural diversity training activities would educate staff that penalizing the care giver of a pregnant partner or child is a problem.

Cultural diversity training activities are meant to assist managers from making unlawful assumptions about staff who are associated with family who are protected under Title VII.  Cultural diversity training activities would educate staff that the most frequent occurrence happens in a mixed marriage situation. The white staff member who is penalized for a having a spouse or partner of a different race, or multi racial children should also know through cultural diversity training activities that they are protected if a boss discriminates against them because of the association. Cultural diversity training activities are critical for both the employee and the manager. Cultural diversity training activities should educate beyond social engineering; cultural diversity training activities should include EEO rules updates.

Managers can benefit from cultural diversity training activities. Regular cultural diversity training activities keep an organization up to date regarding discrimination by association.  Other topics of cultural diversity training activities would highlight the baby boomers and the rise in age discrimination. Cultural diversity training activities will update staff on the trends in women holding a majority of American jobs.  Cultural diversity training activities are a necessary part of conducting business and these same cultural diversity training activities are indispensible as cultural diversity training activities which support EEO rules training are critical in keeping organizations safe from discrimination complaints.

Data Or Common Sense?

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Cultural Diversity Training

 

Impacts Of Cultural Diversity Training

 

Impacts Of Cultural Diversity Training: Patricia Berkly LLC

 

Many of us invest in cultural diversity training as it is the “right thing” to do.  However, so many other decisions are data driven; shouldn’t cultural diversity training also be a data driven decision?  Patricia Berkly LLC has developed a 72 point risk assessment to inform cultural diversity training and EEOC rules education for organizations. Cultural diversity training based on the risk assessment will guide our trainers to focus on gender issues, race issues or other issues which threaten compliance with Title VII.  Cultural diversity training can help stem high turnover, or inform a bully of the litigious risk of being unfair.   The risk assessment also reflects on the cost of defending a lawsuit, and determines the focus of cultural diversity training. Cultural diversity training, when based on analysis can save a company hundreds of thousands of dollars and foster an environment of innovation.

 

Cultural diversity training can help create an inclusive environment, an environment in which people thrive instead of spending company time looking for another job.  Cultural diversity training when based on data driven analysis, can address the specific needs of a company, beyond just feeling good about hosting cultural diversity training.

 

Patricia Berkly’s 72 point risk assessment is a comprehensive assessment which analyzes four sectors of the workplace.  Cultural diversity training which reflects staff behavior can be proactive.  Cultural diversity training which recognizes the psychology of management also protects an organization. Lastly, cultural diversity training which considers the legal cost of being sued and the cost of turnover can be a data driven preventative measure.  In turn, cultural diversity training may be a single session, or cultural diversity training can be a calendar of sessions to truly educate all staff.  In any case, cultural diversity can be based on data; consequently, cultural diversity training is a vital part of any organization’s productive trajectory.

 

Cultural Diversity Training Workshops and Leadership Management

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Cultural Diversity Training Workshops

 

Cultural Diversity Training Workshops By Patricia Berkly LLC

 

Cultural Diversity Training Workshops and Leadership Management By Patricia Berkly LLC

 

What would cultural diversity training workshops have to do with leadership management? During this tough economic time, people often think cultural diversity training workshops are simply extra programs. While in fact cultural diversity training workshops which include EEO Rules training as provided by Patricia Berkly LLC, can educate organizational leadership. Our companies have a more diverse staff regarding gender, race and religion. Cultural diversity training workshops assist managers in knowing how to motivate diverse staff, and cultural diversity training workshops should educate managers regarding the litigious nature of failing to be inclusive.

For example, the EEOC has recently filed a case against a security firm, Guardsmark, who failed to properly support an employee of Indian descent. Cultural diversity training workshops would educate staff that the constant teasing created a hostile work environment. Cultural diversity training workshops with proper EEO rules training would educate managers on how to intervene. Instead of benefiting from cultural diversity training workshops , the staff teased the staff member about his turban and his age. Now, the company will wind up in court as they were lacking the empowering education of cultural diversity training workshops .

Organizational leaders need to create healthy and motivating environments for a diverse staff. Cultural diversity training workshops assist leadership in creating that inclusive environment. Cultural diversity training workshops can safely bring corrective solutions to the fore, allowing staff of all backgrounds to feel appreciated and recognized at work. Cultural diversity training workshops in turn help organizations get the best performance out of their diverse staff. In contrast, the Guardsmark has had an employee who has had to focus on defending his rights. Cultural diversity training workshops would also show the organization that the time the staff spent teasing the Indian gentleman, not only created a hostile environment, time teasing is time NOT being productive. Cultural diversity training workshops and EEO rules training would assist organizations in understand the threat to productivity and staff motivation which such discriminatory behavior is allowed. Cultural diversity training workshops would have educated Guardsmark in many ways created a chilling environment when it retaliated against the Indian gentleman when they allowed for the discriminatory behavior of co workers transferred the complainant. Cultural diversity training workshops are not some add on, but as demonstrated in this case and many others, cultural diversity training workshops can prevent discriminatory behavior; and cultural diversity training workshops in turn can help keep a company out of court.

Cultural Diversity Training Workshops: Dollars and Cents

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Cultural Diversity Training Workshops

 

Cultural Diversity Training Workshops By Patricia Berkly LLC

 

Cultural Diversity Training Workshops By Patricia Berkly LLC: Dollars and Cents

 

In the midst of the “Great Recession,” companies may still side step cultural diversity training workshops as an effective method for managing diversity internally and externally. Cultural diversity training workshops may seem like a side dish instead of a main meal. However, a balanced approach to management through cultural diversity training workshops can keep an organization educated about the dynamic EEO rules.

 

  • Through cultural diversity training workshops, organizations can learn how to avoid being one of the 550 small businesses where are sued daily.
  • Through cultural diversity training workshops, organizations can learn how to avoid being in the record number of retaliation complaints filed with the EEOC.
  • Through cultural diversity training workshops, organizations can learn about the changing threshold for a discrimination complaint.
  • Through cultural diversity training workshops, organizations can train managers to avoid the costly mistakes of a discrimination charge.

 

In this economy, decisions are closely aligned with what makes good economic sense; cultural diversity training workshops which include EEO rules training and updates protect staff. Further, cultural diversity training workshops which engage staff can truly educate the management.

Patricia Berkly LLC offers cultural diversity training workshops which are steeped in the most recent EEO changes affecting workplace discrimination. Further, Patricia Berkly LLC offers a 72 Point Risk Assessment which highlights organizations risk which would in turn be the focus of cultural diversity training workshops designed for the organization.

In the world of business, it’s so often about the bottom dollar. Just as organizations recognize that their staff needs updates on software and polices to stay compliant, organizations need to understand that cultural diversity training workshops have the same function, updating staff on critical updates.  Without cultural diversity training workshops, staff is lulled into believing all is well.  In truth, given basic human nature, bias is inevitable. Cultural diversity training workshops which address this bias offer solid management tools.  Without cultural diversity training workshops, managers can continue to make costly litigious mistakes. With record charges of workplace discrimination, cultural diversity training workshops do support the bottom line by assisting organizations stay out of court and stay on task.