4 Steps to Prevent Sexual Harassment on Campus

Oct 4, 2018, 1:49 PM

(from CUPA-HR) School HR professionals can take these four steps to mitigate risk related to sexual misconduct and harassment on campus, according to Lynn Clements, formerly with the EEOC and current director of regulatory affairs at Berkshire Associates:

Identify vulnerable populations, including young workers, low-wage service positions, women who work in male-dominated fields and power imbalance situations.
Audit harassment policies and ensure they address all forms of actionable harassment, not just sexual harassment, and clearly prohibit retaliation.
Reevaluate training: avoid “canned” and generic training; instead, evaluate areas of weakness and train around those areas.
Conduct effective investigations and investigate every harassment complaint, no matter how “minor.”