It’s that time of year again: Update your handbooks and conduct your harassment training — and get it done before the office holiday party.

Every employer in New York State, regardless of size, is required to provide harassment training to each of its employees every year. This is not news. What is often unheard of, however, are the many and unexpected ways that you as an employer can end up exposed to liability when you fail to provide that training.

Loose lips

Holiday party refreshments usually include adult beverages of some kind. Adult beverages can lead to childish behavior, or at least behavior that is less inhibited than workplace conduct. And while everyone knows that you are not supposed to grope or grab (or really touch at all — just keep your hands to yourself at work), somet

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