This document provides an overview and agenda for a webinar on preventing liability from harassment cases by staying up to date on changing case law. The webinar, led by Dr. Susan Strauss, will last 120 minutes and cover examining new case law related to discrimination and harassment, discussing implications for organizations, and identifying required responsibilities of HR. It will explore differentiating between bullying and illegal harassment, reviewing protected classes, outlining specific prevention strategies, and analyzing the affirmative defense to diminish organizational liability. The webinar aims to help human resources professionals and managers recognize discrimination and harassment to avoid liability, lawsuits, and creating a hostile work environment.

1. Overview
Preventing Liability: Staying Current on the New
Harassment Case Law
Date: Thursday January 4th, 2017, Time: 01:00 PM EDT | 10:00 AM PDT
Duration: 120 Minutes
Speaker: Dr. Susan Strauss
You have been in Human Resources or management for years. Your plate is full—too
much to do and know in your increasingly stressful job. You are expected to stay current
in discrimination and harassment case law for all the federal and state protected classes.
Are you current? It seems like an unending responsibility. You remember hearing
something in the news about a change in the pregnancy law, but can’t remember what it
was. You know that the American Disabilities Act and Title VII have expanded with
something called an accommodation meeting, but what does that require? You heard
that a company was required to pay a plaintiff an additional $1,000,000 because the
company didn’t do harassment training—could that be true? You have a company
wellness program and have heard that employees are suing for discrimination based on
the incentives offered for those who take part in the program. And it still isn’t clear as to
whether you can personally be sued for the misconduct.
Why should you attend?
It is almost impossible for managers and HR professionals to stay current in the ever
evolving civil rights case law due to their busy workload. As a result, discrimination and
harassment may go unrecognized and allowed to continue creating a hostile work
environment for employees resulting in absenteeism, turnover, loss of productivity and
physical and emotional health consequences to the target and witnesses of the abuse.
Failure of managers and HR professionals to recognize discrimination and harassment
creates liability for the organization and costly lawsuits.
Areas covered in the webinar
During this workplace harassment training you will learn –
 To examine the new case law related to discrimination and harassment
 To discuss the implications the new case law has on all organizations
 To list the responsibilities of HR in meeting the new requirements required by new
case law
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2.  To explore why it is important for HR and managers to be able to differentiate
between workplace bullying and illegal harassment and discrimination
 To identify the state, municipal, and federal protected classes that most HR and
managers are not able to identify
 To list specific prevention strategies that all organizations should implement to
minimize liability, create a healthy and respectful work climate, and protect
employees from a violation of their civil rights
 To analyze the affirmative defense and its implications to diminish organization
liability for supervisor to employee harassment.
 Review of the legal elements of discrimination and harassment law
 List of protected classes (for example, in MN there are 15 including state and
federal laws)
 Specific requirements for compliance with GINA, ADAAA, and the PDA with
discussion of recent legal cases for each
 In depth discussion of the need for ―accommodations‖ for ADA, religion, and
pregnancy Steps of an Accommodation Meeting and follow-up
 Discussion of the nexus of bullying and harassment
 What these changes in case law mean for employers
 Training and policy requirements
Learning objective
 To review protected class discrimination and harassment
 To discuss new discrimination & harassment court decisions
 To update information on new discrimination & harassment court decisions related
to GINA, ADAAA, Pregnancy, and Title VII To discuss the Affirmative Defense
(AD) & your responsibility to reduce liability via AD
 To differentiate between bullying and protected class harassment
 To explore HR & management’s legal and ethical responsibilities in prevention and
intervention of bullying and harassment
 To describe the legal requirement of conducting an Accommodation Meeting
 To explore the relationship between bullying and protected class harassment
 To review the EEOC’s 2016 study findings on what employers should be doing –
and aren’t - to prevent harassment
 To discuss training requirement outlined by the EEOC’s recent study
Who will benefit
 CFOs
 Risk Management Directors
 Employers and Business owners
 Human Resources Specialists and managers
 All supervisors, managers and senior leaders
Speaker profile

3. Dr. Susan Strauss RN Ed.D., has worked as a registered nurse (RN) in a variety of
nursing specialties. She has also been the director of healthcare quality improvement,
director of education and development, and held other healthcare leadership roles.
One of Dr. Strauss’s areas of expertise is with bullying and harassment in healthcare-
working as an expert witness for lawsuits, training, and conducting investigations. She
researched physician abuse to RNs in the OR to determine if the abuse varied based on
the gender of the nurse.
Dr. Strauss has authored over 30 books, book chapters, and articles, and has been
featured on local, national and international media. Susan has conducted seminars and
consulted with organizations, including healthcare, globally.
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