HR has a responsibility to investigate claims pointing to possible violations of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. How workplaces respond to alleged race, sex, age or disability discrimination; claims of sexual harassment; reports of retaliation and other forms of unlawful misconduct may help drive down the number of complaints.
In a December 2018 Fairygodboss study, 57% of women polled said that nothing changed in the workplace for them following the #MeToo movement’s emergence. This could in part stem from inaction from some employers and an inability to adopt a more effective harassment reporting and investigation process, a study from the American Physiological Association found.
