Question

comprehensiveness questions  

1. Discuss the steps an organization should take to minimize its potential liability for sexual harassment claims.
2. Discuss the employer’s responsibilities in providing reasonable accommodation to disabled employees under the Americans with Disabilities Act.
3. Discuss some of the issues an organization should consider when crafting its Social Media policy(ies)
4. Why is culture important to a company?  What is HR’s role in promoting culture and employee engagement?  Discuss Menlo Innovations approach to culture.
5. Describe some legitimate reasons for using independent contractors as opposed to employees. What benefits (of being an employee) do independent contractors not receive? Why is misclassification of independent contractors who should be employees a problem? Who suffers and why?  What are some of the penalties?  What is the government doing to resolve this issue?

Answer 1

As per policy only first question will be answered

1. Steps by organization to minimize liability for potential sexual harassment claims

a. Have a workplace sexual harassment policy in place. Educate the employees what actions constitute of harassment. Explicit the actions that the organization will not tolerate. Establish complaint mechanism and action committee

b.Provide sexual harassment training to the employees periodically to sensitize, reinforce the understanding of the issue and policies, established mechanisms etc

c.Investigate all complaints. A company's liability will reduce by displaying proactive and swift action on complaints and promptness in response

d.Take timely corrective actions and prevent the victims from retaliation. Investigate the matter and take actions based on severity of offense. Protect victims of false charges by fact based evaluation of scenario