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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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INSIGHTS & TRENDS

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JAN 16, 2026

DEI One Year Later: What Employers Can Still Do Safely

Explore why so many employers are still asking whether DEI is still “allowed,” and what they can do to build workplace culture without creating legal risk.

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JAN 14, 2026

How to Create a Sense of Belonging in the Workplace

Explore how organizations can intentionally strengthen inclusive workplace culture to drive engagement, innovation, and long-term cultural resilience. 

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JAN 12, 2026

SHIFT HR Compliance Training Launches Workplace Belonging Microlearning Course

A 10-minute microlearning course that helps employees build inclusive behaviors into everyday interactions. Through practical scenarios and actionable strategies, learners strengthen collaboration, accountability, and belonging across teams.

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Portrait of Joanna Santiago, Director of Human Resources at SHIFT.

JAN 8, 2026

SHIFT Welcomes Joanna Santiago as Director of Human Resources

SHIFT welcomes Joanna Santiago as Director of Human Resources, reinforcing our commitment to people-centered, compliant HR leadership. Joanna brings decades of senior HR experience and a practitioner’s perspective that helps us model the same standards we advocate for workplaces everywhere.

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DEC 12, 2025

How Do You Measure Psychological Safety?

Psychological safety is more than a survey score. Learn how HR leaders can measure trust, speaking-up culture, and leadership behavior through pulse surveys, qualitative listening, and practical “gut check” questions that reveal whether employees truly feel safe to speak up.

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DEC 4, 2025

How Psychological Safety Shapes Better Holiday Moments

Holiday celebrations can strengthen culture or quietly create risk. Discover how managers can use psychological safety, inclusive leadership, and clear expectations to reduce compliance risk, support diverse teams, and create holiday moments employees actually feel good about.

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DEC 3, 2025

What California’s SB 303 Really Means for Employers and Bias Mitigation Training 

California’s SB 303 signals a major shift in how employers can approach bias mitigation training. Learn what the law actually says, why it matters beyond California, and how psychologically safe, legally sound training can strengthen culture, trust, and decision-making.

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DEC 3, 2025

SHIFT HR Compliance Training Expands Harassment Offerings with Course for Manufacturing and Trade Workforces

Explore how industry-specific harassment and discrimination training helps manufacturing and trade organizations strengthen safety, accountability, and teamwork while equipping employees and supervisors to address workplace issues before they escalate.

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Images from the SHIFT November 2025 webinar on Psychological Safety, featuring Katherin Nukk-Freeman, Erika Whyte, and David Hare

NOV 18, 2025

Psychological Safety Starts with Listening: Key Lessons from SHIFT’s Expert Panel 

Psychological safety starts with how leaders listen. Explore key lessons from SHIFT’s expert panel on the listening behaviors, leadership habits, and everyday actions that help employees speak up, share ideas, and build stronger, higher-performing teams.

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NOV 15, 2025

Sexual Harassment Training in New York (NYS & NYC Employer Compliance Guide) 

New York harassment training requirements are among the most demanding in the country. This guide helps NYS and NYC employers navigate annual training mandates, documentation rules, manager obligations, and compliance standards while building a more respectful, legally defensible workplace culture.

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Sexual Harassment Training in California 1

NOV 15, 2025

Sexual Harassment Training in California (SB 1343 Compliance Guide)

California harassment training requirements are detailed, fast-moving, and easy to mismanage across growing teams. This SB 1343 compliance guide helps employers navigate deadlines, supervisor obligations, seasonal worker rules, and interactive training requirements while building a more defensible workplace culture.

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Workplace Violence Prevention Training California

NOV 15, 2025

Workplace Violence Prevention Training California (SB 553 Employer Guide)

California’s workplace violence prevention law under Senate Bill 553 raises the bar for employer preparedness. This guide helps organizations navigate prevention plan requirements, annual interactive training, reporting obligations, and prevention strategies that strengthen workplace safety, compliance, and employee trust.

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