By Barbara Hoey and Jennie Woltz ( October 31, 2018, 3:22 PM EDT) -- 2018 saw an unprecedented amount of media coverage on the prevalence of workplace sexual harassment and an equally unprecedented amount of legislation to combat it. With several states and localities, including New York state and New York City, now requiring employers to conduct annual interactive sexual harassment training, human resources professionals have a unique opportunity (read: responsibility) to respond to this changing legal and cultural landscape. Namely, they can aim to minimally comply with the legislative changes or they can use the momentum of this hot-button topic to proactively attempt to transform their workplace. While the task of transforming an organization's "boys club" culture into a gender-inclusive, respectful, harassment- and retaliation-free workplace may be daunting, many need it....