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- Preventing Workplace Harassment & Discrimination – English Version
- Preventing Workplace Harassment & Discrimination – Spanish Version
- Preventing Workplace Harassment & Discrimination - Supervisor's Supplement
- Diversity at Work
- Training Refresher: Preventing Workplace Harassment and Discrimination
- The Legal Aspects of Interviewing
- The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) Overview
- Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) Overview
- A Supervisor's Guide to Privacy in the Workplace
- Rightful Termination
- Insider Trading
- Understanding Your Stock Options and Other Equity Plans
Preventing Workplace Harassment & Discrimination
Abra Learning Action's training program is the most effective way for a company to train its workers on harassment and reduce the risk of legal liability. This easy to use and understand program has been designed by a world-class team of experts, including primary author and Harvard Law School Professor David Westfall. "Preventing Workplace Harassment & Discrimination" is available in both English and Spanish versions.
The program is divided into the following segments:
- Verbal Sexual Harassment
- Physical Sexual Harassment
- Visual Sexual Harassment
- Electronic Sexual Harassment
- Quid Pro Quo Sexual Harassment
- Other Forms of Harassment
- Reporting Harassment
We recognize that some companies need customized training solutions. Course customization is available with this program, allowing you to insert your specific policies and procedures into the course material.
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Preventing Workplace Harassment & Discrimination — Spanish Version
This course offers a Spanish translation that mirrors "Preventing Workplace Harassment and Discrimination" (described above). The translation only applies to the "Employee Version" of the course, not the Supervisor's Supplement.
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Preventing Workplace Harassment & Discrimination - Supervisor's Supplement
Did you know that as a manager or supervisor, you can be held personally liable for harassment even if you are not the harasser?
Abra LearningAction's Supervisory Edition of its harassment training program is the most effective way for you or your company to get trained on harassment and protect yourself against legal liability. This easy to use and easy to understand program has been designed by a world-class team of experts, including Harvard Law School Professor David Westfall and University of Pennsylvania Law School Professor Alan Learner.
This course is intended to be used in conjunction with Abra LearningAction's critically acclaimed Non-Supervisory Edition course — "Preventing Workplace Harassment & Discrimination". It contains the essential information that managers and supervisors need to know about preventing harassment in the workplace. The course first touches on the basic definitions of harassment, then moves on to cover important topics like:
- How to Identify Harassment
- How to Respond to a Complaint
- A Manager's/Supervisor's Responsibility in Preventing Quid Pro Quo Harassment
- A Manager's/Supervisor's Personal Liability
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Do you spend enough time thinking about how to work effectively with people who are different from yourself?
Abra LearningAction's "Diversity in the Workplace" course represents a breakthrough in the use of web-based training to explore this critical and timely business issue.
This course addresses the issue of diversity in a professional, analytical manner and contains both interactive as well as non-interactive exercises where users are asked to reflect on their personal strengths and weaknesses. Abra LearningAction uses state-of-the-art technology to deliver an animated, multimedia presentation at low bandwidth. We also work with an array of training experts to ensure that our programs are instructive and interesting to watch.
Topics covered in this course include:
- Why Diversity is an Important Issue in Today's Business Environment
- How Differences Can Create Tension Between People
- The Legal Implications of Diversity and Discrimination in the Workplace
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Training Refresher: Preventing Workplace Harassment and Discrimination
Organizations are obligated to provide periodic employee training on harassment and discrimination issues. This refresher course offers a question-driven methodology that makes the learning experience very effective for employees who received previous training on "Preventing Workplace Harassment and Discrimination".
The course includes nine questions located in nine separate lessons. Each lesson opens with a brief description of an important legal concept, followed by a question and detailed explanation of both right and wrong answers. To further strengthen the organization's training program, the final chapter offers a very thorough summary of the law.
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The Legal Aspects of Interviewing
Did you know that it is illegal to ask an interviewee about marriage or family plans, or even to ask what year s/he graduated from high school?
Every day, people ask inappropriate questions in job interviews—questions that could come back to haunt your company and expose it to legal liability. Abra LearningAction's course, "The Legal Aspects of Interviewing," provides a quick, engaging, and interactive overview of the law and its application to job interviews. Abra LearningAction's courses are designed by a world-class team of experts, including Harvard Law School Professor David Westfall.
This course addresses the legal aspects of interviewing and incorporates scenarios and interactive exercises that help users learn what is and what is not permissible in an interview situation. Topics covered include:
- Discriminatory Interviewing: Relying on Stereotypes and Biases
- Unintentionally Offending or Discriminating Against a Job Applicant
- Special Issues Regarding a Candidate's Age, National Origin and Disability
- Making Promises During an Interview
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The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) Overview
Do you understand the provisions of the Family Medical Leave Act and how it relates to your work environment? Are you prepared to evaluate the leave requests of your employees in compliance with FMLA rules and guidelines? Abra LearningAction's course on the FMLA provides a thorough overview of the Act's provisions and rules. It helps managers and supervisors in your organization understand the law's intentions and the steps they need to follow to ensure they act in compliance with it. Topics covered include:
- When is an Employee Eligible for FMLA Leave?
- How Much FMLA Leave can an Employee Take?
- What Sort of Compensation and Benefits do Employees on FMLA Leave Receive?
- What are Employees' Rights Upon Returning to Work from FMLA Leave?
- How do You Place an Employee on FMLA Leave?
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The Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) Overview
Did you realize that almost 25% of all discrimination complaints filed nationwide are based on disability status? Are you prepared to evaluate and accommodate the needs of disabled employees in your organization?
Abra LearningAction's course on the ADA provides a thorough overview of the Act's provisions and rules. It helps managers and supervisors in your organization understand the law's intentions and the steps they need to follow to ensure they act in compliance with it. Topics covered include:
- The Definition of Disability
- Which Disabled Employees are Protected by the ADA?
- Reasonable Accommodation
- Relationships or Associations with a Disabled Individual
- Substance Abuse
- Hostile Work Environment
- Medical Exams and Inquiries
Abra LearningAction's courses are designed by a world-class team of experts, including Harvard Law School Professor David Westfall.
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A Supervisor's Guide to Privacy in the Workplace
Do you know whether you have the right to read employees' email? What about listen to their voice mail? Can you drug test employees? What are the rules surrounding employer-employee privacy in the workplace? This is a growing area of legal liability, and it is increasingly clear that companies urgently need to take protective measures to educate management on this key matter.
Abra LearningAction's course, "Privacy in the Workplace," provides supervisors and managers with a thorough introduction on this subject. This course reviews the essential information that supervisors should know if your company is to fully protect itself. Topics covered include:
- medical records
- lie detector tests
- searches
- video surveillance
- electronic communications
- drug testing
- off-duty conduct
- background checks
Abra LearningAction's courses are designed by a world-class team of experts, including Harvard Law School Professor David Westfall.
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Every day thousands of employees leave their jobs for a variety of reasons. Regardless of whether such employees resign voluntarily or are fired, you must comply with a number of requirements to avoid embarrassing and costly legal liability.
This course addresses the pitfalls of terminating employees and provides useful information and forms which will be of assistance to managers, supervisors and human resource professionals. Topics covered include:
- planning and documenting the termination
- the employee's last day of work
- post termination issues, such as requests for personnel records and references
- layoffs and reductions in force
Abra LearningAction's courses are designed by a world-class team of experts, including Harvard Law School Professor David Westfall.
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Do your employees really know what insider information is? Do they understand when, if ever, it is legal to buy and sell stock of companies they are involved in?
Abra LearningAction's course, "Insider Trading," provides a thorough overview of the rules that few employees understand but many are subject to. Topics covered include:
- Defining Insider Trading
- Insiders
- Tippers and Tippees
- Misappropriator
- Tender Offer
- Short-Swing Trading
- Control-Person Liability
Abra LearningAction's courses are designed by a world-class team of experts, including Harvard Law School Professor David Westfall.
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Understanding Your Stock Options and Other Equity Plans
In a day when companies increasingly reward their employees with stock and options, Abra LearningAction's course, "Understanding Your Stock Options and Other Equity Plans," provides a thorough overview of how stock options are granted, how they are exercised, how and when stock can/should be sold, and what general considerations employees should keep in mind so they can maximize the value of these options and minimize their tax burden.
Main chapters include:
- a glossary of terms, which are hot linked and accessible throughout the course
- incentive stock options
- non-qualified stock options
- restricted stock
In addition, the following standard modules are available:
- acceleration of vesting
- forfeiture of options
- relapsing repurchase rights
- loans
- reload options
- cash less exercise
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