AVOIDING WORKPLACE RETALIATION LAWSUITS

Most managers and supervisors have heard constant warnings about discriminating on the basis of race, sex, age, disability, and all the other characteristics protected by law. But there's another type of activity, often overlooked, that is forbidden by those same anti-discrimination acts and a host of other laws and regulations. That "hidden" aspect of discrimination is retaliation. In many cases, monetary awards from retaliation claims have been won even when the original discrimination claim was rejected.

According to the EEOC, retaliation claims are the fastest growing type of claim filed.   And in Burlington Northern Santa Fe v. Shelia White, the U.S. Supreme Court has made it even easier for employees to win retaliation claims — adding even more impetus to the growth rate.

Once an employee has filed a charge of discrimination, or participated in a discrimination proceeding, or otherwise opposed discrimination, he/she may not be fired, demoted, harassed, or otherwise retaliated against for that initial action. So you can see what a quagmire supervisors face in ensuring that all their management decisions are completely legitimate and legal when a complaining employee is the target of the decision. Education is the key to avoiding that quagmire.

AHI Can Help You Lower the Risk of Retaliation Claims

AHI's Avoiding Workplace Retaliation Lawsuits training programs are designed to help you train everyone in your entire organization the importance of fully understanding what is and isn't retaliation among all managers and supervisors in order to foster a positive work atmosphere and prevent potential complaints and lawsuits.

The training programs are designed to increase information retention by being highly interactive with the use of quizzes, question and answer sessions, real-life scenario discussions based on court cases, and case study exercises. 

And to help meet your budget, AHI offers three different methods to conduct sexual harassment training.  You choose the format that best suits your needs.

Available in Three Cost-Effective Delivery Methods

We've made it cost-efficient for you to train everyone in your organization by offering this course in three different delivery methods...all based on the same professionally-developed and legally-sound course materials...so you can pick what works best for you!

Format #1: Live, Online Training

Trainers Present Our Courses Online As Webinars

Contact Fran Goggin at (800) 879-2441 ext. 119

Ideal Training Solution For: organizations that don't have enough supervisors to justify the cost of bringing in an outside trainer to one location, so they can still enjoy the advantages of live, interactive training. This is a great solution for training employees at multiple locations at the same time, without the expensive travel costs and scheduling headaches.

Online training classes (webinars) are just like in-person courses, except that participants view the presentation over the Internet on their computers and listen to the audio through their telephone. No special equipment is needed.

Our state-of-the-art webinar platform enables us to:

• use the same presentation that is given in a classroom setting with over two hours of live, effective, interactive learning that utilizes: a PowerPoint presentation, online activities such as polling and case scenarios, participants' workbooks, online quizzes, and a brief final exam.
• ensure that all of our in-house training courses are conducted by experienced, world-class trainers.
• provide you with attendee reports containing login/logout times, screen shots that show attendee participation in the interactive exercises, and the final test scores.
• send out e-mail reminders to each of your participants to be sure that they remember the class date and time and have the course materials.
• monitor participation and alert the appropriate party from your organization immediately if someone is missing from an event.
• allow participants to have their questions answered during the session, which ensures they can ask follow-up questions if they are still unsure of how to handle a specific workplace situation.
• offer flexible scheduling, competitive pricing, and outstanding service.

Format #2: In-House Training

Trainers Present Our Courses At Your Location

Contact Fran Goggin at (800) 879-2441 ext. 119

Ideal Training Solution For: organizations that have over 20 supervisors that can be trained at one physical location.

Our live, in-house training enables us to:

• engage your participants to maximize retention of the material with over two hours of effective, interactive learning that utilizes: a PowerPoint presentation, participants' workbooks, live quizzes, and a brief final exam.
• ensure that all of our in-house training courses are conducted by experienced, world-class trainers that can be matched to your specific workplace environment.
• allow your participants to have their questions answered during the session, which ensures they can ask follow-up questions if they are still unsure of how to handle a specific workplace situation.
• review your participants' final quizzes, and if there is a question that consistently trips up your employees, our trainer will review the question and answer it "on the spot" with the entire class to ensure complete understanding of key concepts.
• provide you with attendance forms that help you satisfy the record-keeping obligations under the regulations.
• offer convenient full-day or half-day rates, flexible scheduling, competitive pricing, and outstanding service.

Format #3: CD Presentation Kits

Our Most Cost-Effective Solution

Ideal Training Solution For: Any organization that wants to conduct training itself. Companies that have new managers that need refresher courses. Contains self-contained training module that includes:

• Detailed Leader's Guide
• Participant's Workbook and Handouts
• PowerPoint Slide Presentation
• Final Exam
• Certificate of Completion
• Attendance Reports 

Make sure all of your supervisors are trained on how to avoid workplace retaliation so situations don't get ignored and wind up costing your organization hundreds of thousands of dollars in lawsuits. Order our ready-to-use training modules, or contact us about our online or in-house training solutions today!