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New Micro-Learning! Gossip is one of those areas where it's easy to find us on the wrong side of the line. While it may seem like harmless water cooler talk, it's not. Not only is gossip unprofessional because it destroys respect and trust in the workplace; it can also get our organization and us into a lot of trouble.

New Micro-Learning! Regardless of your position, title or level in the organization, it is your job—and the job of every employee—to help create a professional workplace by demonstrating appropriate behavior. When it comes to telling jokes, there's a fine line between funny and disrespectful. We can't always know what may be offensive just by looking at someone.

New Micro-Learning! We all have different experiences and backgrounds, and we may have different views on what is acceptable behavior. But failing to treat people with respect and professionalism, when due to a protected status, can easily lead to charges of discrimination or harassment. This course takes a look at how sabotaging someone’s ability to do his or her job can lead to an adverse employment action.

New Micro-Learning! It’s one thing to casually invite someone to attend religious services with you, or to occasionally mention a religious belief or practice. But when you repeatedly and openly talk about your religious beliefs, or proselytize, to the point that it offends a co-worker, you can be accused of harassment. And when a supervisor is the one talking about religion in the workplace, employees may believe that religion discriminatorily effected employment decisions.

New Micro-Learning! This course explores the topic of gender identity in the workplace. There are a variety of Federal, state and local laws that expressly protect workers based on their gender identity and sexual orientation. Most employers are covered by one or more of these laws.

Insensitive remarks about an overweight co-worker can lead to the perception of harassment. Discussions with co-workers that ridicule or disrespect anyone because of a protected class status can be offensive and lead to an accusation of discriminatory harassment.

New Micro-Learning! Taking employment actions that you believe are in the employee’s “best interests” – also called misplaced paternalism – can be viewed as discrimination if they are based on stereotypes about a disability, or sex, or any other characteristic protected by law.

New Micro-Learning! It's important to know that the First Amendment right to free speech is not unlimited or does not outweigh the organization’s right to maintain a workplace free from discrimination and harassment. In this course, you'll learn about prohibited behavior in the workplace - as an employee exercises what he sees as his right to free speech.

New Micro-Learning! Making employment decisions such as promotions and reporting relationships, because you think an employee is too old can get you and the organization into a lot of trouble. This might lead to an adverse employee action. Age is a protected class under federal law.

New Micro-Learning! The best-known equal employment law is Title VII (Seven) of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 - prohibiting discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, and national origin. This quick course will take a closer look equal employment opportunity and the Act that has been amended and expanded several times over the years.