Conducted both on-site & on-line

  

On-Site Sexual Harassment Training Seminar Only
Length : 2 - 3 hours
Number of Participants : unlimited
Materials : provided

Discounts are available for our half-day stress-management & team building workshops if on the same day at the same location.

Available in English, Chinese or Spanish.

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Overview of California Law

A new law which took effect January 1, 2005, that mandated sexual harassment awareness programs for preventing workplace harassment. It is now become mandatory that any company which consists of 50 or more employees, provide harassment training for their managers.

Assembly Bill 1825 (AB 1825) requires California employers of 50 or more to provide supervisors with at least two hours of sexual harassment sensitivity and prevention training seminars every two years. Employers must include any full-time, part-time and temporary service employee as well as independent contractors to determine whether they meet the required 50 employee threshold. Since the law does not specify that the 50 employees must be within the state, the law applies to California employers with 50 total employees including those outside the state.

Training courses must be provided to all employees who have "supervisory authority," a broadly defined term in California. It generally includes anyone having the authority to exercise independent judgment to:

* Hire, transfer, suspend, lay off, recall, promote, discharge, assign, reward, or discipline other employees;
* Direct the work of other employees or adjust their grievances; or
* Effectively recommend any of these actions.

The law will be implemented in two phases. First, supervisors employed as of July 1, 2005 must receive two hours of course training by January 1, 2006. If a supervisor is hired or promoted into a supervisory position after July 1, 2005, the training class must be completed within six months of hire or promotion. Supervisors who have received training classes after January 1, 2003 need not be re-trained by January 1, 2006.

The second phase begins January 1, 2006. The law requires at least two hours of anti-harassment training every two years and a training program for all new supervisors within six months of becoming supervisors.

The training must include information and practical guidance regarding federal and state sexual harassment laws, including harassment prevention and correction, and remedies available to victims. The trainings must be "interactive," requiring participation by the trainee. Video training would not be sufficient without discussion, role-playing, and a question and answer session or other similar techniques led by a qualified trainer. The crucial component in this new law is qualified and experienced professional trainers and audience participation.

Information provided by the California Chamber of Commerce

We have "knowledgeable and experienced" trainers (Ph.D's and Attorneys who specialize in prevention), located in throughout California, including Los Angeles, Fresno, Sacramento, Santa Rosa, the Bay Area and Bakersfield able to deliver the training.