Mid-Hudson Valley

Society for Human Resource Management

February 16, 2018

 Monthly Meeting 

Sexual Harassment

LOCATION:                 Comfort Inn

                                    50 Hatfield Lane

                                    Goshen, NY 10924 

DATE & TIME:  Friday, February 16, 2018

8:15 - 8:45 am: Registration, Breakfast

8:45 - 9:15: Announcements & Introductions

9:15- 10:30AM: Program

COST:  $15 Chapter Member; $25 Non-Chapter Member; $7 Student 

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

In this timely update on how to address workplace sexual harassment issues in the #metoo/#timesup era, noted Jackson Lewis attorney Michelle Phillips will teach participants:

•          What constitutes harassment and offensive behavior 
•          How to leverage the company’s employee manual and EEO policy 
•          How to deal with common mistakes and lawsuits
•          Ways to promote staff awareness and a respectful work environment
•          Techniques for addressing and stopping workplace harassment 

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Michelle E. Phillips is a Principal in the White Plains office of Jackson Lewis P.C. Ms. Phillips is a member of the firm's Diversity Committee. Ms. Phillips handles various types of employment litigation with an emphasis on sexual and racial harassment and LGBT matters. She also counsels clients on a variety of labor and employment matters concerning Federal and State employment laws. She frequently conducts and advises clients on internal investigations and leads employment discrimination, diversity, sexual harassment and LGBT seminars and webinars for a broad range of clients.

Ms. Phillips is a featured speaker at HRNY, NY and CT SHRM, ACC Corporate Counsel, Out & Equal Workplace Conference and other prominent organizations. Ms. Phillips conducts training on race, ethnic, intergenerational, interfaith, LGBT & other inclusion issues. She is a national speaker on such issues as an employer's duty to accommodate the sincerely held religious beliefs of employees, sexual stereotyping in the workplace and respecting each individual's gender identity & expression.