Event Details
June BV-SHRM Monthly Luncheon - When Bullying Becomes Harasssment
| Date: | June 6, 2013, 11:30am – 1:00pm |
| Location: | Center for Regional Services 3991 E 29th St, Bryan, TX |
| Price: | $12/members & first time guest with RSVP, $15/non-member & non-RSVP |
| Event Type: | Monthly Luncheon |
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BV-SHRM Monthly Luncheon - "When Bullying becomes Harassment & Can I google Applicants" - Joe Bontke, EEOC
Crossing “The Line” - When bullying becomes harassment in the workplace.
Employment law does not prohibit simple teasing or offhand comments; however, in order to prevent claims of national origin discrimination, employers need to train staff to avoid ethnic jokes, apply discipline consistently, regardless of national origin, and apply the same standards of hiring, promotion, and performance evaluation to everyone.
Can I Google applicants? & other concerns for the HR Manager
the risk of social media in the employment world is a relatively new fad and form of communication. With the popularity of social sites like Facebook and Linkedin, employers can gain access to all sorts of information that would normally be "off limits" during an interview. Could this be creating a legal problem for employers? In this lively session EEOC's Joe Bontke will spell out the risks and offer some remedy for the new risk of social network "investigating" when an applicant has some "google issues".
