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What do you do with half a story? Ask yourself these four questions.

December 4, 2018

A complainant files a harassment or discrimination complaint and then quits. A respondent says the allegations are ridiculous and refuses to participate.
What do you do when the individuals who have the most important information refuse to participate in a workplace investigation?

Writing policies and procedures in the era of #MeToo

November 7, 2018

With the second anniversary of the Bill 132 changes fast approaching (September 2018), my hope is that organizations can use some of this insight to shape future iterations of their own workplace harassment policies which, pursuant to the legislation, must be reviewed on (at least) an annual basis.

Lessons from the Hill: What employers can learn from the Senate’s harassment policy reforms.

October 4, 2018

In putting together our submission on what changes to the policy would help the Senate identify and address harassment in the workplace, we had to turn our minds to what makes working on Parliament Hill unique. This is a workplace that lends itself to extreme power imbalances between Senators and staffers; it is a space where harassment allegations can be both public and political; and it is an environment in which many staff members are skeptical that bad behaviour will result in real consequences for the perpetrator.

Serious insight for serious situations.

Serious insight for serious situations.

Category: Policies

What do you do with half a story? Ask yourself these four questions.

Writing policies and procedures in the era of #MeToo

Lessons from the Hill: What employers can learn from the Senate’s harassment policy reforms.