Chair of CDF's Internal Investigations Practice Group, Daphne Bishop, J.D., AWI-CH, authors the article "Be Consistent in Enforcing Anti-Harassment Policies," for HR Pulse's December 2020 issue.
Excerpt: Although it has been more than three years since the #metoo movement received widespread recognition, a recent survey of entertainment industry professionals suggests that employers still have a lot of work to do. In early 2020, The Hollywood Commission, which was formed to address the problems that led to the #metoo movement, conducted a survey of nearly 10,000 entertainment industry professionals about sexual harassment, discrimination, and bullying in the industry. While 69% of survey respondents reported seeing improvements in efforts to prevent harassment since the #metoo movement went mainstream, harassment remains a persistent problem: more than 60% of female and male respondents reported experiencing gender harassment and more than 40% of female respondents reported experiencing unwanted sexual attention during the last 12 months. This article discusses some of the policies, practices, and procedures employers can implement to further reduce the prevalence of workplace harassment.
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