Concurrent Session: The Silent Crisis: The Impact of Retaliation in Your California Workplace
CAHR21
Keyword(s)
California, Culture, Retaliation, California Employment Law, Fair Housing and Employment Act, FEHA, California Labor Code
Concurrent Session:
The Silent Crisis: The Impact of Retaliation in Your California Workplace
presented by Elizabeth Owens Bille, JD, SHRM-SCP
Workplace retaliation is the most frequently filed charge with the EEOC and has been for the last decade. Yet, despite its prevalence and the harm it poses for California employers--increased legal claims, decreased employee morale and retention, and damaged workplace cultures--it is a problem that is not on most employers’ radar. This thought-provoking and engaging session will share the alarming findings from a new employer survey conducted by the speaker and the HR Research Institute revealing risk areas that are often overlooked by employers. Attendees also will receive an anti-retaliation action plan that they can implement to prevent retaliation in their workplaces.
Learning Objectives include:
1. Understand employer obligations to prevent retaliation under California law, including the Fair Housing and Employment Act (FEHA), California Labor Code, and more.
2. Learn data from national research about why and how retaliation occurs, who tends to experience it and perpetrate it, and lesser-known risks and warning signs.
3. Examine common organizational practices to prevent retaliation in California and how effective those tactics really are.
4. Receive a checklist of effective practices that can be implemented to help prevent retaliation in the workplaces.
Credits
HRCI - California:1.0, SHRM - PDC:1.0
Description
About the speaker...
Elizabeth Owens Bille, JD, SHRM-SCP
Elizabeth Owens Bille, JD, SHRM-SCP, is an employment law attorney and currently serves as the subject matter expert on the prevention of harassment and discrimination in the workplace for EVERFI. Prior to joining EVERFI, Elizabeth was the General Counsel of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM); she also served as SHRM’s corporate secretary and chief ethics officer. She was a legal and policy advisor to the Vice Chair of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); in this capacity, she provided advice to the EEOC regarding the federal laws prohibiting harassment and discrimination in the workplace and contributed to the development of EEOC regulations and enforcement guidance. Before joining the EEOC, Elizabeth counseled employers of all sizes as an attorney in the global law firm of Hogan & Hartson (now Hogan Lovells). She has provided training to EEOC investigators, HR professionals, and employment law attorneys on complex workplace issues, and her work has been cited in various outlets including National Public Radio, the Wall Street Journal, and the New York Times.
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