Wednesday, November 1st, 2023 2:00 – 3:30 pm

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There has been an alarming increase in antisemitism.  Recorded levels of antisemitism are now at their highest level since the Holocaust. More below on the barbaric attack by Hamas of Israel.

Indeed, it has become acceptable in some circles to spew anti-Semitic venom and/or to share anti-Semitic tropes.  Some of these circles are workplace circles.

In response, the EEOC has called out antisemitism in its Strategic Enforcement Plan.  In fact, the EEOC recently issued a special publication: What to Do if You Face Antisemitism at Work?

In addition, this year, the Biden Administration has published the first ever National Strategy to Address Antisemitism (based on input from more than 1,000 stakeholders).  Although not limited to the workplace, the “Strategy” includes specific recommendations for the workplace that align with promising practices for other kinds of bias.

This program is a call to action for leaders that will cover:

• Working definition of antisemitism, including the conspiratorial nature of it
• Antisemitism outside of work and how that may affect Jewish employees at work (including steps employer can take to show support for Jewish and other employees impacted by the terrorist attack by Hamas of Israel)
• Surveys of “admitted” bias against Jews, including at work
• Legal landscape: scope of protections for Jewish applicants and employees (not just based on religion)
• Discriminatory conduct at work (including so called “positive” stereotypes)
• Harassing conduct at work: the obvious and the more subtle
• Reasonable accommodations (the narrower undue hardship defense)
• Segregation: the application to more observant Jewish employees
• Insensitive communications and how to reframe them (giving colleagues the benefit of the doubt)
• Why antizionism is a form of antisemitism
• The role of DEI (including the “privilege” and other traps as applied to Jews)

Increasing the inclusion of Jewish employees, including embracing Jewish Pride.

Credits: 1.5 CA Elimination of Bias CLE; 1.8 NJ Diversity, Inclusion & Elimination of Bias CLE; 1.5 NY Diversity, Inclusion & Elimination of Bias CLE; 1.5 PA Ethics CLE;

1.5 Ethics HRCI; 1.5 SHRM (Other states available for CLE credits upon request)