Sexual Harassment Training

Why is this training Important?

California law requires employers with five or more employees to provide sexual harassment prevention training to all employees.

Mandatory training must take place within six months of hire or promotion and again every two years. This includes:

• California supervisors (two hours) and nonsupervisory employees (one hour), including California-based remote workers  

• Newly hired or promoted employees (within six months)

• Seasonal and temporary employees hired directly to work for less than six months — within 30 calendar days after their hire date or within 100 hours worked, whichever occurs first. 

As a best practice, employers should also train out-of-state supervisors and employees who interact with California employees.

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Important note regarding California’s training threshold of five or more employees: When counting employees to determine if you’re required to provide harassment prevention training, be sure to count staff located outside of California, part-time and temporary direct hires, independent contractors, as well as unpaid interns and volunteers.

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In the state of California, online sexual harassment is free to ensure compliance with the necessary training. I will provide a link below for your convenience. However, at Vigilant, we go beyond online training by offering in-person sessions that are highly interactive and engaging. Our aim is to ensure that everyone understands the significance of preventing sexual harassment in their work environment and knows how to effectively address and prevent it.

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In addition to insuring effective training content and training modules, the EEOC notes that successful training requires:

• Support at the highest levels, demonstrating that leadership is serious about preventing harassment in the workplace;

• Repetition and reinforcement on a regular basis to demonstrate an employer’s commitment to training efforts; not just once a year, or once every other year, but at regularly scheduled events in which key information is reinforced;

• Qualified, live, and interactive trainers who are dynamic, engaging, and have full command of the subject matter; and routine training evaluation to determine whether training changed employee behaviors or behaviors employees observe in the workplace.

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Free California State Sexual Harassment Training 

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