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The policy-making body of the American Bar Association has adopted a formal resolution that urges legal employers to prohibit, prevent, and promptly redress sexual harassment and retaliation claims.
Moreover, to make sure that law-firm leaders are paying close enough attention, Resolution 302 [pdf] also urges that firms adopt measures to ensure that the heads of law firms are informed of the financial settlements of such claims.
The resolution contains the following key measures:
I quibble with some of these. For example, I typically do not think it’s a good idea to provide the investigatory report as part of the closure of the investigation. I also do not include the EEOC’s phone number and URL in harassment policies I draft.
Broadly speaking, however, I’m proud that my profession is doing something positive to shift the narrative from, “#MeToo I’ve been harassed,” to “#MeToo I’m doing something about it.”
So ask yourself, what are you doing? Are you part of the harassment solution or part of the harassment problem?
Jon Hyman is a partner at Meyers, Roman, Friedberg & Lewis in Cleveland. Comment below or email editors@workforce.com. Follow Hyman’s blog at Workforce.com/PracticalEmployer.
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Source:: http://www.workforce.com/2018/02/07/profession-combat-harassment-mine-appears-lot/