Sexual Harassment Prevention

Executive Summary

Sexual Harassment is against the law in California. Work environment, productivity, employee retention, money, and the reputation of your company are at stake. Policies and procedures that not only train to prevent, but also train to manage such occurrences are essential to the survival of your company. This proposal provides an overview of the possibilities involved with sexual harassment. Briefly,

 What Sexual Harassment looks like—with examples

 The issues that may arise without proper preparations

 The purpose and power of an effective prevention program

CYA Consultants can provide this service you need to keep your reputation, money, employees, productivity, and work environment out of harm's way. Members of our firm offer a sexual harassment prevention program which includes:

 A preliminary seminar about

 What Sexual Harassment is and What it Looks Like

 EEOC Guidelines, as amended

 Origin and Prevention

 How to Manage Sexual Harassment Complaints

 Biannual refresher for review of Sexual Harassment Prevention 

Table of Contents

Executive Summary 2

Table of Contents 3

Introduction 4

Problem Analysis 5

What is Sexual Harassment? 5

Time Line of Sexual Harassment Lawsuits 6

How it Relates to You 6

Remedy 9

Conclusion 11

References 14

Introduction

In the recent case of Crawford v. Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, TN (06-1595) "The high court sides with employee who claims she was fired after cooperating with a sexual harassment investigation" (Mears, 2009, para. 1). Businesses beware—Even employees who did not initially sue for sexual harassment are getting big payouts from employers. "In one of his last acts as CEO of Bear Stearns, James Cayne made a payment of around $2 million to a woman who was poised to file sexual harassment charges against its legendary chairman, Alan ‘Ace' Greenberg" (Gasparino, 2009, para. 1). We can help provide you with the tools necessary to prevent this from