HVBF Monthly Meeting - Human Resources Roundtable
Thursday, May 3, 2007, 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM

Host:

The Community College of Baltimore County at Hunt Valley

Attending:

John Beever, Hunt Valley Business Forum
Sandra Brown, Teledyne Energy Systems, Inc.
Barbara Cheek, McLean, Koehler, Sparks & Hammond
Karen Cohn, Liberty Mutual Insurance Company
Stephen Cole, Arc of Baltimore
Steve Connolly, Baltimore County Office of Workforce Development
Regina Curry, McCormick & Company
Claudia Dail, Sage Portfolio Group
Carol deGroot, Atlantic Financial Federal Credit Union
Christine Eichler, PDP Group Inc.
Karen Fitzpatrick, RJP & Associates
Carol Haislip, The International School of Protocol
Melissa Hammock, Franklin & Prokopik
Pat Kilroy, Systems Alliance
Joe Lemmon, HR Workplace Solutions
Michelle Levis, Office Valet
Kerry Lidard, Kelly Services
Robert McFarland, Attorney
Mary Louise Montague, Harborside Relocation Management
Michelle Seager, RJP & Associates
Jill Scarpa, Johnson, Mirmiran & Thompson
Kent Smedley, The Community College of Baltimore Country
Henry Smith, Smith & Downey
Jim Timmerman, Miles & Stockbridge, PC
Linda Trice, PSA Financial
Bradley Troy, First Financial Group
Christine Walters, FiveL Company
Helga Weschke, Baltimore County Dept of Economic Development
Patty Wlodarczyk, Aurum Associates

Karen Fitzpatrick of RJP Associates introduced Michelle Seager who led our discussion on Sexual Harassment Prevention Training. Under EEOC more than 13,000 sexual harassment claims were filed in 2002-2003 fiscal year. Nearly ninety percent of Fortune 500 companies surveyed had received sexual harassment complaints; over one third had been involved in lawsuits and twenty-five percent had been repeatedly sued. The average cost of defending a sexual harassment claim is $ 250,000. Michelle presented ten questions to see how informed we are about sexual harassment matters. We then proceeded to answer those questions through discussion. Michelle defined and listed the types of sexual harassment. Employer and personal liability is significant. Prevention is the key and your company policy must include a plan to deal with this issue.

For more information contact Karen Fitzpatrick at kfitzpatrick@rjpassociates.com.