Overview
The federal contractor watchdog is hammering down on harassment in the construction industry, in a follow-up to a report from civil rights officials last year on industry-wide issues involving allegations of harassment. The latest guidance comes from the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) and is geared toward federal construction contractors.
The guide highlights the negative impacts of harassment on job site safety as well.
"Harassment can also have a safety, health, and economic impact on a construction site in general," the guide states. "For example, since construction work is sometimes dangerous and requires the work of a team, harassment can endanger the well-being of more than the direct victim of the harassment."
Best practices highlighted by the guide include educating employees on what constitutes harassment, communicating that it won't be tolerated and developing formal procedures on how to report, investigate and take appropriate action on harassment.
Why you should Attend
The guidance suggests that project owners and general contractors consider requiring that contract bids include a written plan to prevent and address workplace harassment. The plan should include a harassment policy, an accessible complaint system, regular anti-harassment training, and a discipline policy that is prompt, consistent, and proportionate to the severity of harassment.
According to EEOC, general contractors should consider providing or coordinating sitewide preventive measures, such as training, and could monitor subcontractor harassment prevention and complaint responses. According to the guidance, project owners and general contractors should have clear and comprehensive anti-harassment policies and ensure that subcontractors also have such policies.
Areas Covered in the Session
- Learn how the EEOC Construction guidance makes recommendations for Employers
- Learn what the most effective process is to reduce safety violations in the construction industry
- Learn how dangerous harassment can be on a construction site
- Learn what the OFCCP suggests for Employers when accepting a contract from contractors
- Learn how harassment policies can prevent liability in the construction industry
- Learn why safety training should be mandated in the construction industry
- Learn what should be included in a harassment policy
- Learn how gender impacts harassment claims in the construction industry
- Learn why it is important to have a specific complaint procedure for harassment complaints
- Learn why the EEOC recommends Employers have a hotline as an option for reporting harassment
Who Will Benefit
- Business Owners
- Federal Contractors in the construction industry
- Company Leadership
- Compliance Professionals
- HR Professionals
- Managers/Supervisors
- Employers in the construction industry
- Small Business Owners
Speaker Profile
Margie Faulk, a senior level human resources and compliance professional with over 14 years of HR management and compliance experience. A current Compliance Officer/Advisor for HR Compliance Solutions, LLC. Margie has worked as an HR and Compliance advisor for major corporations and small businesses in the small, large, private, public and Non-profit sectors.
This includes Federal Contracting in the defense, military, anti-Terrorism and Apache Helicopter Training Simulations with Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR), Federal Sentencing Guidelines (FSG) and Office of Federal Contract Compliance Program (OFCCP). Margie is bilingual (Spanish) fluent and Bi-cultural.
Margie's focus has expanded to Global Workplace Compliance in International, multi-state, multi-National, state and local workplace compliance which includes workplace compliance in other countries like the UK, Canada, France, Brazil, China, Africa, Mexico and India, just to name a few. Margie has created and presented seminars/webinars for many compliance institutes. These national training providers, offer compliance training to HR professionals, business owners and companies interested in having their company compliant with workplace and industry regulations.
Margie holds professional human resources certification (PHR) from the HR Certification Institution (HRCI) and SHRM-CP certification from Society for Human Resources Management. Margie is a member of the Society of Corporate Compliance & Ethics (SCCE).
Instructor
Margie Faulk