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It’s not uncommon for HR pros to find themselves navigating sticky situations—it comes with the territory of a people-centric function—but some of these scenarios may be more easily avoided than others.
During a webinar hosted by compliance training platform Ethena on Oct. 24, Lisa Horgan, an employment lawyer at Littler Mendelson, shared a common trap she’s seen HR pros fall into—and how to avoid it.
Horgan told a story about an HR pro who had developed a friendship with a coworker. It was just like any other workplace friendship until the coworker confided in the people pro about experiencing harassment on the