A Best Company's Guide to Handling Harassment Allegations
Track: Employment Law & Legislation
How do the HR Departments at the Best Companies reduce their exposure to damaging and costly harassment charges? Prudent employers ensure that managers are well-trained to detect and respond to harassment claims, whether sexual, racial, or religious. This session shows how the best companies train their managers and supervisory teams, including: How to spot harassment? How to respond effectively? Who to interview? What to document? What discipline to impose? Learn which practices work best, and which to avoid!
Gregory J. Hare
Greg Hare has been an employment lawyer at Ogletree Deakins his entire career, since 1991. He assists companies with human resources and employment-related litigation matters, including wrongful termination claims, sexual harassment, employment discrimination, employment contracts, trade secrets, and non-compete agreements. He advises clients on a wide range of human resources topics, such as drug testing, employee discipline and discharge, severance planning, independent contractor classifications, wage payment, family and medical leave, disability law, military leave, joint employment issues, affirmative action, and reductions in force. Mr. Hare also counsels clients on traditional labor relations and matters involving the National Labor Relations Board.