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CASE STUDIES
Case No 2
Allegations of Harassment/Discrimination/Favoritism to Resolution
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Background
Within a refinery-type setting, a company was experiencing an enormous amount of allegations of sexual harassment, unlawful harassment, discrimination and favoritism. The Human Resource Department was domiciled outside of California with a time change difference of 3 hours. The allegations were coming in faster than the HR department could address and the HR department did not know the source(s) of the underlying issues. |
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Challenge
The challenge was that part of the employee pool was Union of various crafts, and the remaining employee pool non-union. Budget was an issue as well since the project had to stay within strict budget guidelines.
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Result
Jessica A. Braverman, attorney- owner went out to the local site and met with both Union leadership and Management to obtain their perspectives on the issues. Next, interviews of all employees were undertaken to detect the perceived sources of the tension. Once the real problem/issue was identified, a series of mediation sessions were held with both Union and non-Union employees. Superintendents and Foremen went through additional training in the areas of leadership, inner personal communication styles and how to address emotional and high stress issues. New processes and procedures were created and followed. Human Resources spent over a week on site working closely with all of the employees and at the end of a several week full intervention with BMC/California Employment Law Training Center, there were no more claims or problems at the job site. Positive Morale was restored and productivity and collaboration continued positively.
The facts have been altered to protect the identity and confidentiality of companies and clients involved.
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