Artificial Intelligence Platform Identifies Workplace Harassment and Discrimination Issues; Work Shield Solves Them
Work Shield and RSquared today announced an important strategic partnership combining their human and data-driven approaches as an end-to-end solution to combat harassment and discrimination in the workplace. Work Shield’s extensive reporting, investigation and resolution services paired with RSquared’s cloud-based artificial intelligence platform will allow for quicker identification, analysis, and resolution of toxicity and inappropriate behavior in the workplace. The bottom line means better companies and cultures, as RSquared identifies the issues and Work Shield helps companies resolve them.
Work Shield is the only benefits-focused solution that utilizes specialized legal professionals and an innovative technology platform to investigate and bring resolution to workplace harassment and discrimination issues. With the Work Shield solution, employees have access to an immediate and impartial platform to safely voice harassment and discrimination incidents without fear of retaliation, and employers are ensured peace of mind that issues are investigated thoroughly and resolved efficiently, risk is mitigated, and company culture is protected.
Through this partnership, Work Shield’s solution can be provided to all existing RSquared cloud-based clients, and clients of Work Shield will have access to RSquared’s artificial intelligence capabilities. RSquared’s platform utilizes artificial intelligence (AI) and natural language processing (NLP) to provide secure monitoring and analysis of email, instant messaging and other digital communications, which gives employers valuable insight on employee engagement, sentiment and general attitude. The trends and data identified by RSquared’s platform will allow Work Shield-certified legal professionals to analyze the activity of individuals involved in open investigations and determine patterns of toxic behavior.
With diversity and inclusion more important than ever in the workplace, this strategic partnership is the first of its kind to provide employers with valuable metrics and data surrounding employee satisfaction, while demonstrating employer proactivity and heightened feelings of security and safety for employees.
“We have reliable data proving that no matter how dedicated an employer is to prevention and training, or how tight they believe their culture is, no company is immune to harassment or discrimination,” said Jared Pope, founder and CEO of Work Shield. “The analytics and trends provided by RSquared will be monumental in both the prevention and investigation processes, giving employers who choose Work Shield a comprehensive plan to make their company an inclusive and safe space for employees.”
“By combining forces with Work Shield, we are giving our clients assurance that once our platform is implemented and data collection identifies trends and toxic behavior, they will now have a trusted partner to take the next step to not only investigate the issue, but ensure workplace cultures are protected,” said Dan Udoutch, co-founder and CEO of RSquared, “This full-service solution will give both employers and employees peace of mind that they are being protected and that action is being taken to ensure their safety.”
About Work Shield
Founded in 2018, Work Shield is the only solution that partners with employers to efficiently manage reporting, investigation and resolution of workplace harassment and discrimination issues in their entirety. For the first time, employees have access to an immediate and impartial secure platform to safely voice harassment and discrimination incidents, while employers are ensured peace of mind that every issue is investigated and resolved with care by Work Shield-certified legal professionals. Implementing the Work Shield solution fosters a more positive and open workplace culture comprised of integrity and trust. To learn more, visit https://workshield.com.
About RSquared
Founded in 2018, RSquared is a pioneer in the nascent Workforce Intelligence market, which replaces the time-consuming and costly manual surveying of employees with real-time analysis of employee digital communications. The RSquared product is a cloud-based artificial intelligence (AI) platform that assesses the state and health of an organization’s culture. It delivers immediate, actionable insights via a secure online executive dashboard. Learn more at https://rsquared.ai.
