California Workplace Harassment Training for Employees

This course was created by subject matter expert and attorney Andrew Easler, Esq. and was designed to meet or exceed the minimum requirements for workplace harassment training for supervisors found in Ca. Gov. Code § 12950.1 

This one-hour interactive course containing California state-specific content includes the following topics, presented by trainers with knowledge and expertise in the prevention of harassment, discrimination and retaliation:

• Information and practical guidance regarding the federal and state statutory provisions concerning the prohibition against and the prevention and correction of sexual harassment;
• The remedies available to victims of sexual harassment in employment;
• Practical examples aimed at instructing supervisors in the prevention of harassment, discrimination, and retaliation;
• Information and practical guidance regarding the prevention of abusive conduct;

Training also includes an exploration and contextualization of harassment in the workplace with practical examples presented by trainers with knowledge and expertise in the field of:

• Gender identity,
• Gender expression, and
• Sexual orientation.

This course is required under Ca. Gov. Code § 12950.1 for all employees of any employer in the State of California having five or more employees.

Specifically, the law states: ". . . an employer having five or more employees shall provide at least two hours of classroom or other effective interactive training and education regarding sexual harassment to all supervisory employees and at least one hour of classroom or other effective interactive training and education regarding sexual harassment to all nonsupervisory employees in California."

Further, the statute provides that, after initial training, ". . . each employer covered by this section shall provide sexual harassment training and education to each employee in California once every two years."

To learn more about employee training in California, please visit the California Workplace Harassment Training for Employees course.

This course is not designed to comply with the employee or supervisor training requirements for Delaware, Illinois, Maine, or Connecticut. Please visit the following course pages to enroll in courses for those states:

• Delaware
• Illinois
• Maine
• Connecticut

Upon course completion, employees will be able to:

• Define harassment and sexual harassment;

• Understand state and federal laws prohibiting harassment and sexual harassment;

• Identify different types of harassment and sexual harassment;

• Synthesize examples of workplace harassment and sexual harassment;

• Analyze difficult situations and determine to appropriately prevent and correct harassment and sexual harassment;

• Recognize the illegality of retaliation;

• Understand the remedies available to victims; and

• Know how to follow internal and external complaint procedures.