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Wade's restaurant anti-harassment system was adopted as an EEOC best practice

Erin Wade · Erin Wade: The Mac and Cheese Empire · Sep 17, 2024 · at 49:38

Erin Wade, founder of restaurant Homeroom, recounts the widespread institutional adoption of her restaurant's harassment prevention framework.

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“I wrote about it, and it got picked up by the Washington Post, and it became this, like, viral article. I testified about it in front of the United States EEOC in Washington, and it became adopted as a best practice by them.”

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The claim, plainly

Erin Wade authored an article on the Color Code of Conduct in the Washington Post, testified before the U.S. EEOC, and the system was adopted as a best practice by the EEOC.

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Assessment

All three components of Erin Wade's statement are supported by public records: (1) On March 29, 2018, Wade published an op-ed in The Washington Post outlining her restaurant's color-coded harassment prevention system; (2) On June 11, 2018, she formally testified before the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) at a public meeting in Washington, D.C., of the Select Task Force on the Study of Harassment in the Workplace; and (3) The EEOC highlighted and featured her color-coded system as an innovative model and recommended practice for customer-facing businesses.

March 29, 2018 Washington Post op-ed authored by Erin Wade detailing the color-coded harassment intervention framework.
June 11, 2018 EEOC public task force meeting records and published written testimony titled 'Testimony of Erin Wade, Founder and CEO of Homeroom'.
June 11, 2018 EEOC press release and subsequent coverage confirming the agency highlighted and recognized the system as a best practice model.

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[1] washingtonpost.com [2] facebook.com [3] eeoc.gov [4] eeoc.gov [5] eeoc.gov [6] eeoc.gov [7] eeoc.gov [8] ground.news

site:eeoc.gov "Erin Wade" OR "Homeroom" OR "Color Code" Erin Wade Washington Post Color Code of Conduct Erin Wade EEOC testimony "EEOC" "Homeroom" "Color Code" best practice site:eeoc.gov "Homeroom" "color"

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