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American Businesses Lose about One Billion Each Year Due to Harassment and Retaliation
American Businesses Lose about One Billion Each Year Due to Harassment and Retaliation
Fact: The United States Department of Labor estimates that American businesses lose close to one billion each year due to harassment suits.
Fact: The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) reports that over 47 million each year is awarded from sexual harassment charges and over 75 million each year for alleged harassment.
Fact: Currently the #1 complaint filed with the EEOC is due to claims of retaliation.
In areas of greatest legal risk, employee education and training can be an organization's first line of defense to maintaining a legally compliant workplace. And, in today's litigious world, it is everyone's responsibility to maintain a culture of respect and compliance within the workplace.
VisionPoint's compliance portfolio is rich with ready-to-use programs that help teach your managers and employees their legal obligations in the workplace, provide communication models for promoting a respectful work environment and training to develop the knowledge and skills needed to prevent harassment and retaliation.
- Learn more about retaliation protections and what every manager needs to know about retaliation. [link to webinar]
- Preview VisionPoint's Preventing Retaliation in the Workplace training progam.
- View the entire list of VisionPoint's integrity and compliance training solutions.