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08 March 2019
In the wake of #metoo, companies have realized the increased risk of an unexamined culture, and the high value in understanding organizational vulnerability to sexual harassment, bias and discrimination.
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| SINCE 2010, EMPLOYERS HAVE PAID OUT MORE THAN |
THE AVERAGE COST OF A SETTLEMENT CLAIM IS |
WOMEN WHO EXPERIENCE SEXUAL HARASSMENT ARE |
| $698.7 million |
$125,000 | 6.5 times |
| IN CLAIMS JUST THROUGH THE EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYMENT COMMISSION |
MORE LIKELY TO CHANGE JOBS | |
| Source: EEOC | Source: EEOC | Source: “The Economic and Career Effects of Sexual Harassment on Working Women” McLaughlin, Uggen, Blackstone |
Mercer has developed three modules to proactively assess and solve issues around employee behavior and perceptions of civility, inclusivity or harassment at work. Choose any one module, or leverage them all to illuminate and resolve potential issues or areas of risk within your organization.
Workplace Climate Risk Assessment
Our assessment is based on exploration of four organizational climate areas:
Leadership Practices
Employee Voice
Employee Experience
Work Climate
Workplace Climate Risk Assessment
The assessment immediately alerts you to areas of high risk for sexual harassment concerns, as well as opportunities for improvement that will help you assess and address vulnerabilities before they escalate into crises.
Virtual Reality Training
Effective, innovative, immersive VR sexual harassment training with our experienced partner, Vantage Point.
Virtual Reality Training
Employees are equipped with state-of-art virtual reality (VR) controls that immerses them into a real-life workplace environment. Instead of watching the action play out on a screen (as is the case in traditional training), employees in VR actually interact with peers as they are asked to make critical decisions about the events they experience around them. VR is so powerful, studies show virtual reality training can increase learning retention rates by up to 75%.
Policy Advisory Services
Expert advice and guidance for sexual harassment policies.
Policy Advisory Services
We use our years of data and experience to help you review and design a harassment policy to ensure employees have adequate knowledge of sexual harassment policies and reporting protocols. This allows you to move past simple compliance and ensure employees’ well-being by revisiting your existing harassment policies, procedures, and training.
Mercer’s approach identifies and reduces areas within your organization at risk for sexual harassment issues. We gather insights from your employees’ perceptions and experiences, while also helping to design a meaningful training and education strategy – one of which being our interactive and impactful VR training with Vantage Point for employees
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In the current climate, we need to talk to our employees and make sure they feel it is a physiologically safe environment to report sexual harassment.
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— Shelly Smith, Principal, Diversity & Inclusion, Mercer
