Sexual Harassment Staff Training
Name:
Sexual Harassment Staff Training
Date:
March 12, 2019
Time:
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM PDT
Registration:
Sorry, public registration for this event has been closed.
Event Description:
As of this year, sexual harassment training is required for businesses. If you qualify, make sure to sign up for our trainings - the supervisory staff courses will be from 9am-11am and non-supervisory staff courses will be 11:30am-12:30pm. This training event is for employee staff. Please note there is a separate training event for supervisory staff.
Governor Brown recently signed SB 1343 which requires employers with five or more employees to provide training to all employees (both supervisory and non-supervisory) by January 1, 2020. Current law requires employers with at least 50 employees to provide supervisors with two hours of sexual harassment prevention training within six months of hire and every two years thereafter. Now, the threshold number of employees that triggers coverage under the law has been lowered to five, and non-supervisory employees are included in the training mandate.
Key Points
Governor Brown recently signed SB 1343 which requires employers with five or more employees to provide training to all employees (both supervisory and non-supervisory) by January 1, 2020. Current law requires employers with at least 50 employees to provide supervisors with two hours of sexual harassment prevention training within six months of hire and every two years thereafter. Now, the threshold number of employees that triggers coverage under the law has been lowered to five, and non-supervisory employees are included in the training mandate.
Key Points
- Employers with at least five employees must provide: (1) Two hours of sexual harassment prevention training to all supervisory employees; (2) One hour of sexual harassment prevention training to all non-supervisory employees.
- Part-time and temporary employees, plus independent contractors count toward the minimum employee count of five employees.
- Must be done by January 1, 2020.
- Training must occur within six months of the employee starting the position (and every two years thereafter).
- Sexual harassment prevention training may be conducted individually or as a group.
- Sexual harassment prevention training may be in conjunction with other training and may be given in shorter time segments, as long as the two-hour requirement for supervisory employees and the one-hour requirement for non-supervisory employees is met.
- The Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) will develop and make available training courses for supervisors and non-supervisors. As before, employers may develop their own training platforms or use those of experienced training providers, such as the California Employers Association.