TrainingBriefs® They Posted What?!?

Social media is a powerful communication tool. Employees can (and do) post things that are best left unseen in the workplace. But what if co-workers begin viewing and discussing another employee’s posts in the workplace? Inappropriate, unprofessional or illegal?

While managers and supervisors are held to a higher legal standard in sexual harassment cases, sexual harassment prevention is everyone’s responsibility. What it all comes down to is this – preventing sexual harassment is about recognizing what’s going on around us and then making good decisions. Preventing sexual harassment means making sure that we’re treating employees, coworkers, customers, vendors – anyone we deal with in the workplace – with absolute dignity and respect.