Start Summer Employees Off on the Right Foot with Compliance Training
Many businesses will hire temporary workers over the summer months to meet increased business demands. Ensuring summer employees and managers receive proper training is essential to creating a good seasonal work experience and keeping an organization compliant with state and federal laws.
According to JobMonkey, 20-25% of companies will hire seasonal workers for the summer. Making compliance training part of the onboarding process sets expectations for how new hires should behave and interact with others as representatives of your organization. And proactively training managers on how to comply with fair hiring practices and the employment laws for managing seasonal employment can help prevent discrimination and errors in pay and benefits.
Get summer hires off on the right foot by including 3 topics as part of compliance training during onboarding.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Whether it’s seasonal or permanent employment, a majority of US workers want to work for a company that values diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI). In particular, 87% of Generation Z workers – up to 25 years old – think DEI is very important in a workplace according to a CNBC survey. Regardless of their role, it’s important to train all employees on how to foster a welcoming and supportive workplace by choosing behaviors and decisions that make co-workers and others feel valued and included.
Preventing Discrimination & Harassment
Organizations must provide seasonal employees with the same discrimination and harassment prevention training as permanent staff to comply with federal, state, city and industry guidelines. This includes training on how to recognize, safely intervene and report incidents of sexual harassment. Managers and supervisors, who play a pivotal role in fostering an inclusive and respectful work environment, should be trained on their responsibilities to respond to incidents of misconduct and prevent retaliation against anyone who reports misconduct.
Data Privacy & Information Security
Any employee with access to a computer should be trained on how to protect data, privacy and infrastructure. Human error is responsible for 95% of cybersecurity breaches. One misstep by an employee using a weak password, falling for a phishing scam or browsing a fraudulent website can put business and consumer information at risk. Training all employees on how to properly access, use and share data is essential to meeting data privacy laws and keeping information out of the hands of criminals.
Need Training? We Are Your One-Stop Compliance Training Resource
We’ve partnered with Traliant, the industry leader in compliance training, to provide organizations with online training for permanent staff and seasonal employees. We offer award-winning courses on Preventing Discrimination & Harassment, Data Privacy & Information Security, Recognizing and Preventing Phishing Attacks and Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Work. Bite-sized episodes, interactive videos and engaging challenges and assessments maximize learning and retention.
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