#TimesUp

“It’s time to ensure that your company has a strong policy prohibiting sexual harassment in the workplace and that the policy is vigorously enforced,” writes Jennifer Robinson in this Today’s General Counsel column from the employment firm Littler.  She outlines what’s at stake and provides some suggestions for, among other things, the matter of conducting an internal investigation. It can be a challenge. “While the failure to conduct a good-faith investigation leaves the company at risk,” she warns, “there are also liability risks for unduly hasty terminations.”