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The workplace is changing and prevention strategies need to evolve with it. SHIFT Insights & Trends delivers timely perspectives and practical guidance to help HR, compliance, and L&D leaders navigate change with confidence.

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AUG 28, 2026

How to Prevent Workplace Harassment

Learn how to prevent workplace harassment with practical strategies for policies, training, reporting, investigations, leadership accountability, and early risk recognition.

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AUG 17, 2026

What Counts as a Hostile Work Environment? Examples HR Should Know

What legally creates a hostile work environment, and what should HR recognize before conduct reaches that point? Employment attorney Katherin Nukk-Freeman explains the legal standard, real-world examples, warning signs, and what workplace complaints can reveal about the broader organization.

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AUG 17, 2026

Layoffs Don’t Only Create Legal Risk—They Can Reveal It

Layoffs are often viewed through the lens of future legal risk, but they can also uncover risks that already exist within an organization. In her recent Forbes Human Resources Council article, Katherin Nukk-Freeman explains how workforce reductions can bring long-standing...

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AUG 10, 2026

Judgment is the Missing Piece in Compliance Training

After decades of practicing employment law, SHIFT's founders saw the same pattern again and again: workplace risk often begins in ordinary moments when people aren't sure what to do. Those experiences shaped how we build compliance training today, with a...

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AUG 4, 2026

Workplace Violence Prevention: From Policy to Preparedness

Workplace violence prevention starts long before an emergency. It begins with the everyday decisions employees and managers make when something doesn't feel right. Learn why policies alone aren't enough, how scenario-based training builds better judgment, and the practical steps HR...

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JUL 20, 2026

SHIFT HR Compliance Training Launches New FMLA Training Focused on Better Supervisor Decision-Making

SHIFT HR Compliance Training has launched FMLA Compliance: Navigating Leave Responsibilities with Confidence, a new supervisor-focused microlearning course that helps managers recognize potential leave situations, respond appropriately, and involve HR before routine workplace conversations become compliance risks.

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JUL 19, 2026

FMLA Doesn't Begin With Paperwork. And It Doesn't End With Approval.

Most FMLA compliance challenges don't begin with paperwork, and they don't end when leave is approved. They begin with everyday workplace conversations and continue through the decisions supervisors make before, during, and after an employee's leave. Learn why better manager...

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JUL 15, 2026

What Makes a Compliance Training Program More Defensible?

Discover the six elements that help organizations create more defensible compliance training programs. Learn how manager training, scenario-based learning, reporting, legal alignment, and policy integration strengthen prevention and support better workplace decisions.

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JUN 23, 2026

Good Intentions are Not a Workplace Strategy

Most workplace issues don't begin with bad intentions. They begin with assumptions. Explore why good intentions alone aren't enough, how the gap between knowing and doing creates risk, and what HR leaders can do to build stronger workplace judgment.

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JUN 15, 2026

Building Judgment: Closing the Gap Between Knowing and Doing

Many employees complete harassment prevention training, pass assessments, and understand workplace policies. Yet workplace issues still occur. Explore the Prevention Gap and why the next evolution of harassment prevention training is focused on helping employees apply what they know, make...

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JUN 15, 2026

SHIFT HR Compliance Training Releases New Harassment Prevention Training Focused on Workplace Judgment

SHIFT HR Compliance Training has launched a redesigned version of its Preventing Workplace Harassment and Discrimination course, built around a simple reality: employees often know the rules but still struggle with what to do when workplace issues arise. The updated...

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JUN 3, 2026

Why ADA Compliance Starts With Managers, Not HR

ADA accommodation requests are becoming more common and more complex. For managers and supervisors, early recognition matters because many accommodation conversations begin long before HR gets involved.

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