Message from
Claire Guthrie Gastañaga
CG2 ConsultingDear NAWBO members, clients and friends:
Smaller businesses, particularly recent start-ups and home-based enterprises, face difficult choices when it comes to allocating limited human and financial resources among competing priorities.
Because smaller businesses (generally with fewer than 15 employees) are exempt from coverage under Title VII and some other federal civil rights laws, some business owners place a low priority on educating themselves and their employees about discriminatory harassment and necessary steps to prevent it from occurring in the workplace. These owners accept the risk that their company may be exposed to legal liability for discriminatory harassment under state law or that the company will face adverse publicity arising out of a claim of harassment. For these owners, the magnitude of these risks seems to be outweighed by the cost of addressing them particularly in light of other pressing business objectives.
CG2 Consulting understands the difficult decisions small business owners must make as they grow their businesses. That is why we are pleased to offer this complimentary on-line training course to fellow NAWBO members and our small business clients as a means of addressing the issue of workplace harassment without diverting scarce human and financial resources from other important priorities.
While this course focuses on sexual harassment, the basic principles that it will teach you and your employees are applicable to all forms of harassment whether based on race, gender, national origin, sexual orientation, age or disability. You and your employees can take this course on your own time and at your own pace, and you will receive written documentation of successful completion.
We hope that you will find the course effective in helping you create a workplace free from discriminatory harassment and a business environment free from unnecessary legal risks.
Claire Guthrie Gastañaga
Principal
