Sex and Gender Based Harassment and Awareness 101

This will be an informative information session regarding sexual harassment in the workplace. We will cover the types of harassment, what should be reported, and what happens after a report is made.

• Understand the legal definition of sexual harassment
• Understand the spectrum of behavior that implicates harassment
• Practical tips for addressing issues as they arise
• How companies should investigate harassment 

• Title VII of the Civil Rights Acts
• Proper Reporting of Companies
• Training managers to report issues proactively
• How to Investigate claims of sexual harassment
• Scenario interactions with the office

HR Directors, staff, and general counsels would benefit from the training because it is a practical (versus a purely legal) discussion about sex/gender-based harassment. Attendees will understand what they should do If there is a complaint of sexual harassment and learn how to deal with the (80%) of issues that fall along a spectrum of harassment.

• HR Directors
• HR Managers
• People Managers
• Team Members
• General Counsel
• Any company with under 1000 employees (i.e., would likely not have anyone on staff specifically to address sexual harassment)

Brandon Washington is the Senior Vice President for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at EverQuote, a Cambridge, Massachusetts-based, online insurance marketplace. He leads the company's DEI efforts. Brandon formerly served as the Associate Vice Chancellor for Equal Opportunity and Compliance at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill (UNC). Prior to his time at UNC, he served as the Chief Diversity Officer and Title IX Coordinator at Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers, Florida. Before entering higher education administration, Brandon spent 5 years as an investigator, trainer, and mediator with the U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights (OCR). During his time at OCR, he investigated over 170 federal civil rights cases involving sexual harassment in the workplace, race discipline of black males, different treatment of African American students in elementary schools, and sexual assaults on college campuses. He is a licensed attorney in the State of North Carolina.

• Senior Vice President of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at EverQuote Inc., an online insurance marketplace based in Cambridge, Massachusetts
• Formerly Associate Vice Chancellor for Equal Opportunity and Compliance at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill (UNC)
• Served as the Chief Diversity Officer and Title IX Coordinator at Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers, Florida
• Spent five years as an investigator, trainer, and mediator with the U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights (OCR)
• Licensed attorney in North Carolina
• B.S. in Business Administration from the University of South Carolina
• MBA from Charleston Southern University
• J.D. from Florida A&M College of Law