Sexual Harassment Prevention California- Supervisors

California Sexual Harassment Training For Supervisors California law (AB 1825) required companies with 50 or more employees to provide Sexual Harassment Prevention Training to all supervisory employees within 6 months of hire or promotion, and every two years thereafter. AB 1825 was recently amended by SB 1343, which makes it mandatory for companies with 5 or more employees to provide sexual harassment prevention training to both supervisory and non-supervisory employees every 2 years. All organizations must be compliant by January 1st, 2021.

Our supervisor training meets and exceeds the requirements per California’s updated Fair Employment Housing Commision (FEHC) Guidelines.

Our two-hour course for supervisors builds on the base instruction for employees about sexual harassment, discriminatory behavior, and types of conduct that create a hostile workplace to include:

• Federal and state statutory provisions concerning the prohibition against and prevention of sexual harassment
• Remedies available to victims of sexual harassment in employment
• Practical examples inclusive of harassment based on gender identity, gender expression, and sexual orientation; and
• Prevention of abusive conduct for both employees and supervisors
• Definitions and illegality of sexual harassment
• Descriptions of sexual harassment, utilizing examples
• Internal employer complaint processes that are available to employees
• Legal remedies and complaint processes available through the CA Department of Fair Employment and Housing
• Directions on how to contact the CA Department of Fair Employment and Housing
• Protection against retaliation and how to avoid any retaliation scenarios

Our course:

• Meets & exceeds requirements per California's Fair Employment Housing Commission (FEHC) guidelines
• Is available in English and Spanish
• Is compliant with SB 396 (Effective 1/1/2018)
• In addition, our training explains:
  • The definition of sexual harassment under the Fair Employment and Housing Act and Title VII of the federal Civil Rights Act of 1964;
  • The statutes and case-law principles prohibiting and preventing sexual harassment;
  • The types of conduct that can be sexual harassment;
  • The remedies available for victims of sexual harassment;
  • Strategies to prevent sexual harassment;
  • Supervisors’ obligation to report harassment;
  • Practical examples of harassment;
  • The limited confidentiality of the complaint process;
  • Resources for victims of sexual harassment, including to whom they should report it;
  • How employers must correct harassing behavior;
  • What to do if a supervisor is personally accused of harassment;
  • The elements of an effective anti-harassment policy and how to use it;
  • “Abusive conduct” under Government Code section 12950.1, subdivision (g)(2).

Finally, our training includes questions that assess learning, skill-building activities to assess understanding and application of content, and hypothetical scenarios about harassment with discussion questions.