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Recognizing and Preventing Sexual Harassment
May 01, 2008
With the enactment in 2005 of Assembly Bill 1825 (“AB1825”), California employers with 50 or more employees are required to provide sexual harassment prevention training for all managers and supervisors every two years – this affects over 1.7 million managers and supervisors in California alone.
If your employees received training in 2007 to meet the California AB1825 law requirements, you must prepare to provide training again in 2009.
Even though employers have voluntarily trained their employees for years on harassment issues, AB1825 sets forth specific guidelines for such training to make sure the employer’s training methods meet the minimum standards set forth in the law.
Beginning in January, 2009, Berliner Cohen’s employment law group will continue to offer a series of comprehensive sexual harassment training sessions at Berliner Cohen’s office for managers who require training, newly hired or promoted managers (within the first six months of hire or promotion), or supervisors who missed the last training, which satisfies California state law requirements. For ten or more managers and/or supervisors, Berliner Cohen offers a two-hour training session at the company’s work-site.
Berliner Cohen’s employment and labor group offers comprehensive sexual harassment training that satisfies the AB1825 requirements. Topics include:
- Impact of a sexual harassment claim
- Who can be liable for sexual harassment
- Who is protected from harassment
- Liability for harassment
- Defining sexual harassment
- What is a hostile environment
- Common hostile environment claims
- Workplace conduct
- Handling a complaint
- Retaliation
- Preventative actions
Check the Events Page on this website to check for upcoming seminar dates.