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Rae Vann is Senior Vice President, General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary of the Center for Workplace Compliance (CWC) (formerly the Equal Employment Advisory Council (EEAC)). As General Counsel, Rae manages six substantive program teams, which are responsible for delivering practical guidance and content to member companies in the areas of Contract Compliance, Fair Employment Practices, Wage and Hour, State Standards, Immigration, and Labor Relations. She also oversees the preparation and filing of friend-of-the-court briefs with the U.S. Supreme Court and federal courts of appeals in significant employment law cases, and personally has authored dozens of briefs on behalf of CWC.Rae has more than 20 years of experience in assisting employers with their workplace compliance needs, and was one of 16 national experts selected to serve on the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s Select Task Force on the Study of Harassment in the Workplace.Rae serves as managing partner of NT Lakis, LLP, the Washington, D.C.–based law firm whose lawyers and non-lawyer professionals staff CWC, and as Director of Investigative Services for Employment Advisory Services, Inc. (EASI), the firm’s affiliated consulting practice.Rae received her B.S. in Public Policy and Management from Carnegie Mellon University and her law degree from the University of Connecticut School of Law. She is admitted to practice law in the District of Columbia and the State of Connecticut, as well as before the U.S. Supreme Court and numerous federal courts of appeals.Learn More about the Center for Workplace Compliance here. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Rae Vann is Senior Vice President, General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary of the Center for Workplace Compliance (CWC) (formerly the Equal Employment Advisory Council (EEAC)). As General Counsel, Rae manages six substantive program teams, which are responsible for delivering practical guidance and content to member companies in the areas of Contract Compliance, Fair Employment Practices, Wage and Hour, State Standards, Immigration, and Labor Relations. She also oversees the preparation and filing of friend-of-the-court briefs with the U.S. Supreme Court and federal courts of appeals in significant employment law cases, and personally has authored dozens of briefs on behalf of CWC.Rae has more than 20 years of experience in assisting employers with their workplace compliance needs, and was one of 16 national experts selected to serve on the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s Select Task Force on the Study of Harassment in the Workplace.Rae serves as managing partner of NT Lakis, LLP, the Washington, D.C.–based law firm whose lawyers and non-lawyer professionals staff CWC, and as Director of Investigative Services for Employment Advisory Services, Inc. (EASI), the firm’s affiliated consulting practice.Rae received her B.S. in Public Policy and Management from Carnegie Mellon University and her law degree from the University of Connecticut School of Law. She is admitted to practice law in the District of Columbia and the State of Connecticut, as well as before the U.S. Supreme Court and numerous federal courts of appeals.Learn More about the Center for Workplace Compliancehttps://www.cwc.org/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Yesterday’s anti-harassment training won’t cut it in the #MeToo era. Employers must take stock of steps they have taken to prevent and stop sexual harassment in the workplace, and identify how they will answer the clear call for truly effective anti-harassment training. In this podcast, Littler attorneys Demery Ryan and Marissa Dragoo discuss key elements of updated training according to the EEOC’s Select Task Force on the Study of Harassment in the Workplace, including addressing civility in the workplace, promoting bystander intervention, and helping employers develop situational awareness to recognize the potential for harassment before it starts.
TRIGGER WARNING: This episode includes discussion of sexual violence. Listener discretion is advised. In today's episode, Jaye frames the Harvey Weinstein sexual assault scandal and other sexual misconduct incidents currently in the news as part of a larger discussion on how we respond to oppression and violence. Why are many of us inclined to take the word of the accused if we can relate to them, or if they are powerful figures we like? At the same time, why do we hide behind “they weren't convicted” or “I wasn't there” to justify not believing the survivors? Jaye discusses the dynamic of privilege from a place of self-awareness and gives her thoughts on how we can better respond to people who share their experiences. Citations: Farrow, Ronan. 2017. “From Aggressive Overtures to Sexual Assault: Harvey Weinstein's Accusers Tell Their Stories.” The New Yorker. October 23. https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/from-aggressive-overtures-to-sexual-assault-harvey-weinsteins-accusers-tell-their-stories (October 29, 2017) Feldblum, Chai R. and Victoria A. Lipnic. 2016. “Select Task Force on the Study of Harassment in the Workplace.” US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. June. https://www.eeoc.gov/eeoc/task_force/harassment/upload/report.pdf (October 29, 2017) Graves, Lucia. 2017. “Donald Trump's Sexual Harassment Accusers Hope President Goes Way of Weinstein.” The Guardian. October 23. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/oct/23/donald-trump-sexual-harassment-accusers-harvey-weinstein (October 29, 2017) Kantor, Jodi, and Megan Twohey. 2017. “Harvey Weinstein Paid Off Sexual Harassment Accusers for Decades.” The New York Times. October 5. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/05/us/harvey-weinstein-harassment-allegations.html (October 29, 2017) Levin, Sam. 2017. “Women Accusing Trump of Sexual Harassment are Lying, Says White House.” The Guardian. October 28. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/oct/27/donald-trump-sexual-harassment-claims-women-lying-white-house (October 29, 2017) Manchester, Julia. 2017. “Former GOP State Senate Candidate Accuses George H.W. Bush of Groping Her.” The Hill. October 28. http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/357618-former-gop-state-senate-candidate-accuses-george-hw-bush-of (October 29, 2017) Moniuszko, Sara M. 2017. “Harvey Weinstein Scandal: A Complete List of the 60 Accusers.” USA Today. October 27. https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2017/10/27/weinstein-scandal-complete-list-accusers/804663001/ (October 29, 2017) Pierson, David, and Tracy Lien. 2017. “She's Harassed at Work, She Tells Human Resources, and They Do Nothing. Here's How to Fix That.” Los Angeles Times. October 28. http://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-tn-hr-sexual-harassment-20171028-story.html (October 29, 2017) Rosenberg, Eli. 2017. “Mark Halperin Apologizes for ‘Crude and Aggressive' Behavior as Harassment Accusations Mount.” The Washington Post. October 27. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2017/10/27/mark-halperin-apologizes-for-crude-and-aggressive-behavior-as-harassment-accusations-mount/?utm_term=.a63dd291353b (October 29, 2017) Zimmerman, Amy. 2017. “Why Didn't Anyone Listen to Corey Feldman's Warnings About Pedophilia in Hollywood?” The Daily Beast. October 26. https://www.thedailybeast.com/why-didnt-anyone-listen-to-corey-feldmans-warnings-about-pedophilia-in-hollywood (October 29, 2017) Music: Raga Rage composed by Noisy Oyster provided by freesoundtrackmusic.com Opus Number 1 composed by Derrick Deel and Tim Carleton
In 2016, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) released a review from its Select Task Force on the Study of Harassment in the Workplace. In this episode of Prevention and Protection, two attorneys in UE's risk management department summarize the findings related to risk factors contributing to workplace harassment and provide some guidance on how you can combat harassment if these risk factors exist in a workplace.