Harassment & Discrimination: The REAL Impact on the Workplace

Harassment & Discrimination Do you know the REAL impact of these workplace issues? $365 million 2012 US H&D Settlement Payments (EEOC) i 99,412 2012 US D&H Charges (EEOC) Number of employees who experienced unfairness on the job and are discouraged from recommending their company to other potential employees. (Center for American Progress) 1in4 66% Two-thirds of all employees are not aware of their corporate Harassment & Discrimination policies. (Aware.org) Who is Responsible? An employer is responsible for its own acts and those of its agents regardless of whether the acts were authorized or even forbidden by the employer and regardless of whether the employer knew or should have known of those acts. An employer is responsible for harassment between co-workers, 2 if the employer or its agents knew or should have known of the conduct and failed to take immediate and appropriate corrective action. 35.8% An employer is responsible when non-employees such as customers or suppliers harass its employees during the workday, where the employer or its agents knew or should have known of the conduct and failed to take immediate and appropriate action. Harassment & Discrimination charges filed in CA, TX, IL, GA, FL account for more than 1/3 of all charges filed in the US. (EEOC) 3 (Wisconsin Dept. of Workforce Development) $250K $500K $100K $200K Employee Salary vs. Cost to Replace 100%+ $177m $139m $103m $101m $92m Retaliation Disability replacement cost Sex Race Age (Center for American Progress) 2012 US H&D Most Costly Types of Settlements (EEOC) Harassment & Discrimination Results in Reduced Job Performance (Center for American Progress) Increased Increased $648 200% 64% Absenteeism Health Problems Annual estimated cost of losing and replacing more than two The costs of replacing a departing employee are somewhere between 83 Almost two-thirds of organizations had received at least one sexual harassment leave their jobs each year due percent and 200 percent complaint in the previous to unfairness and discrimination of the departing employees salary two years (Center for Amenican Progress) (Center for Amencan Progress) (Society of Business Research ENetwork Decreased Decreased Job Satisfaction Productivity Integrated GRC Solutions w w w . tnw inc. com Copyright o 2013 The Network, Inc. AII Rights Reserved.