EEOC Harassment Guidance: Policy, Liability & Investigation Rules

Duration: 90 minutes

Speaker: Margie Faulk

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ABOUT THE EVENT

On April 29, 2024, the EEOC released its first major update to workplace harassment enforcement guidance in 25 years. The guidance reflects new legal developments, including Supreme Court rulings extending anti-discrimination protections to LGBTQ workers. While not legally binding, it provides the EEOC’s interpretation of harassment standards and employer liability under federal EEO laws and replaces several prior guidance documents.

The EEOC emphasizes that workplace harassment goes beyond sexual harassment and includes conduct based on race, sex, religion, and other protected characteristics. Harassment remains a serious issue, accounting for over one-third of EEOC charges in recent years.

The guidance explains the three parts of a harassment claim:

Protected basis and causation
Impact on a term or condition of employment
Employer liability

Whether conduct is unlawful depends on the totality of the circumstances and whether it is linked to a protected characteristic.

Areas Covered

What led to this updated EEOC guidance
What the EEOC considers unlawful harassment
Types of claims addressed under the new guidance
Civil Rights Act protected classes affected
Workplace issues involving stereotypes, hairstyles, and appearance
Bathrooms, misgendering, and gender identity protections
Employer duties when employees request no investigation
Pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical condition protections
Transgender equity under EEOC standards
Building an EEOC-compliant anti-harassment policy

Who Should Attend

All Employers
Business Owners
Company Leadership
Compliance professionals
HR Professionals
Managers/Supervisors
Employers in all industries
Small Business Owners

Speaker(s)

Margie Faulk

Margie Faulk, PHR, SHRM-CP is a senior level human resources professional with over 14 years of HR management and compliance experience. A former Compliance Officer for Federal Defense Contracting Industry, Margie has worked as an HR and Compliance advisor for major corporations and small businesses in the small, large, private, public and Non-profit sectors. Margie is bilingual (Spanish) fluent and Bi-cultural.

Margie’s focus is on multi-state, national, state and local workplace compliance. Additionally, Margie is working on International compliance initiatives globally which includes workplace compliance in other countries like the UK, Canada, France, Brazil, China, Africa, Mexico and India, just to name a few.

Margie has created and presented seminars/webinars for many compliance institutes. These national training providers, offer compliance training to professionals, business owners and companies interested in having their company compliant with workplace and industry regulations.

Margie holds professional human resources certification (PHR) from the HR Certification Institution (HRCI) and SHRM-CP certification from Society for Human Resources Management. Margie has completed the Certified Compliance and Ethics Professional training and is a member of the Society of Corporate Compliance & Ethics (SCCE).

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Credits: 1.5

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