Episode 25
Developing proactive skills for avoiding harassment and bias claims
If the EEOC gets wind of a complaint involving sexual harassment or discrimination, the employer could end up paying in more ways than one to mitigate the damage. For example, the agency recently took a fast food franchise owner to court for allegedly failing to address harassment. The settlement was nearly $2 million.
In HRMorning’s “Voices of HR” podcast, Janine Yancey, the CEO of Emtrain, shared her employment law expertise and explored ways to proactively manage your company’s compliance risk.
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Janine Yancey
Founder & CEO, Emtrain
Janine Yancey is a lawyer, and the founder of tech company Emtrain. She recruited a team of Silicon Valley experts in product, design and learning to create a unique culture tech platform that provides information and advice to employees, and analytics to employers, to stop harassment, bias and ethics problems.
Janine’s vision of democratizing access to information and guidance and creating a global solution to these workplace problems have put her at the forefront of thought leadership on sexual harassment, bias and ethics issues. She advised the California state senate in 2018 on a harassment training mandate and helped draft a regulation, which went into effect in 2019.
Janine is a sought-after expert and speaker. She’s been published and interviewed by The Washington Post, USA Today, ABC, MSN, CNET, Bloomberg Business, Tech Crunch and Startup Grind.
“The other subset of harassment claims are flowing from what we call in-group, out-group dynamics. So, it’s groups of people that are connected and ostracizing/alienating people that don’t fit in with their group. And that’s why you see the crossover between harassment and diversity.”
Janine Yancey
Founder & CEO, Emtrain
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