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Stray Remarks and Age Discrimination Claims

In 2007, Cal-Western Packaging Corporation acted on the complaints of a female employee that Wayne Jackson had engaged in sexually harassing behavior on several occasions, in violation of the law and of the organization's written policies.
Management Skills
Managing older workers? Eliminate the stereotypes—You may have a lot of younger workers, but that doesn't mean you can afford to neglect your older workforce.
Vulgarity and Profanity in the Workplace
Organizations and their managers should be alert for an insidious, pervasive, and dangerous cause of potential liability claims—the use of vulgarity and profanity by management and employees.
Social Networking at Work, Part II
How does your organization handle social networking at work? On your company computer, are you completely blocked from social media sites? Maybe your time on these sites at work is limited to lunch hours or other breaks? Whatever your organization's policy, this two-part series can help you make decisions or answer questions about it. In this article, read on to learn the pros and cons of the most common different policy approaches to social networking on the job.


What Is Your Opinion ?
Have you experienced ageist comments in the workplace?
Yes
No

Last Week's Poll
You feel like you can freely approach your manager with feedback?
Yes
 
 73.91%
No
 
 26.09%

President's Message

As we now formally do business as in2vate, llc, my primary feeling is gratitude. I am thankful to so many of you who are reading this right now – members of the in2vate team, loyal clients and partners, and even those of you who may be experiencing us for the very first time.

First and foremost, let me thank those of you who have traveled with us on our journey. I usually refer to "clients and partners" (as I just did in the paragraph above) but, to me, they are almost always one and the same. In fact, a number of you – through the work we've done for and with you – have contributed a great deal to the strengths of the in2vate organization and, most importantly, to our collective ability to better the lives we touch. Especially to you (and you know who you are!), I offer my heartfelt thanks.

Part of the reason I cherish the client/partner relationship likely stems from my own initial experience with this organization, back in the late 1990s, as a client/partner, myself. Soon after, now almost 10 years ago, I formally joined the team ... and I can attest that the entire in2vate team shares this affection – a real passion – for relationships.

As a staff, we have worked hard to internally develop and externally expand our capabilities. Today, we include an unprecedented team of professionals in every discipline relevant to risk management. I am tempted to say that I'd put our team up against anybody ... but that's not how we think or operate – instead, I will say that I'd be delighted to put our team alongside anybody, working together to fulfill our mutual goals and objectives on behalf of environments, organizations and, ultimately, people.

And, working together, our emergence as in2vate means a redoubled commitment to innovation, leveraging technology as well as the impact that only human beings can make, especially when working together – or perhaps I should say "2gether"! Already, we have a wide variety of new and newly enhanced capabilities, including a highly customizable LMS, videoconferencing, webconferencing, and even our first App (for the iPhone).

But none of this matters without our core value – integrity – in all that we do. I continue to pledge – personally and on behalf of the entire in2vate team – that we will remain fully committed to this and all of our values. You deserve nothing less.

And so I will conclude the way I began – thank you! I deeply appreciate all we've accomplished together and have great excitement for what's to come ...

Jeff Chasen
in2vate President & COO
and your partner & colleague