The national Football league revealed yesterday the result of the work environment evaluation of the Washington Football team led by independent counsel Beth Wilkinson, in addition to remedial measures as well as penalties arising out of that review, according to an NFL press release.
Wilkinson’s firm (“Wilkinson”) was at first engaged by the Washington club in July 2020. At the club’s request, the league office presumed oversight of her work a short time later, just prior to the begin of the 2020 season. Her assignment was to conduct a comprehensive as well as independent investigation into allegations of a hostile work environment culture at the club, including allegations of bullying as well as harassment, as well as to make suggestions regarding any type of remedial measures the club should take in light of her findings. Wilkinson was not particularly tasked with confirming or rejecting any type of specific allegation of inappropriate conduct. Throughout her engagement, Wilkinson communicated with the league office on a routine as well as continuous basis.
Wilkinson interviewed more than 150 people, most of whom were present or former workers of the club, as well as many of whom conditioned their involvement on a promise of anonymity. She interviewed owner Dan Snyder twice. Dan Snyder as well as the club released present as well as former workers from any type of confidentiality obligations for functions of talking with Wilkinson as well as pledged that there would be no retaliation against any type of present or former worker who did so. Washington Football team president Jason Wright emphasized this commitment as well as motivated workers to cooperate as well as speak with Wilkinson.
Commissioner Goodell said: “I want to say thanks to Beth Wilkinson as well as her team for conducting a comprehensive as well as independent evaluation of the Washington club’s work environment culture as well as conduct as well as providing both the club as well as me with a series of thoughtful suggestions based on her findings. Beth as well as her team performed their work in a extremely expert as well as honest manner. most importantly, I want to say thanks to the present as well as former workers who spoke to Beth as Camiseta Boca Juniors well as her team; they provided vital info that will assist ensure that the work environment atmosphere at the club continues to improve. It is incredibly difficult to relive unpleasant memories. I am grateful to everybody who courageously came forward.”
Based on Wilkinson’s review, the Commissioner wrapped up that for many years the work environment atmosphere at the Washington Football Team, both generally as well as especially for women, was extremely unprofessional. Bullying as well as intimidation often took location as well as many explained the culture as one of fear, as well as numerous female workers reported having experienced sexual harassment as well as a general lack of respect in the workplace.
Ownership as well as senior administration paid bit or no interest to these issues. In some instances, senior executives participated in inappropriate conduct themselves, including utilize of demeaning language as well as public embarrassment. This set the tone for the organization as well as led to key executives believing that disrespectful habits as well as more serious misconduct was acceptable in the workplace. The issues were compounded by insufficient hr personnel as well as methods as well as the absence of an effectively as well as consistently administered process for reporting or addressing worker complaints, in addition to a commonly reported fear of retaliation. When reports were made, they were generally not investigated as well as led to no meaningful self-control or other response.
Dan Snyder has acknowledged that, as the club’s owner, he is accountable for the culture. owners are obligated to set an appropriate tone as well as establish appropriate standards, establish as well as implement appropriate policies, including a policy of non-retaliation, ensure that there is appropriate training, compliance, as well as recordkeeping, invest in employee-related systems as well as infrastructure, as well as instill an principles of respect at the club. This did not happen at the Washington club Camiseta Selección de fútbol de Argentina for far as well long, as well as Dan Snyder has acknowledged his personal obligation for Camiseta Sevilla FC that failure.
Beginning near the end of the 2019 season, Dan as well as Tanya Snyder made a series of considerable organizational modifications based on his recognition that the club’s work environment culture, at first on the football side however then more broadly, was deficient as well as needed to be significantly improved to allow football as well as other club workers to perform at their full potential. These steps included the hiring of Head coach Ron Rivera as well as the decisionnullnullnull