Maine Workplace Harassment Training for Supervisors
This course is made to conform with Maine state regulations and is tailored for supervisors. We also offer workplace harassment training for Maine employees. For courses that comply with the state-specific laws of California, Connecticut, Delaware, or Illinois, or for the general workplace harassment course, go here.
This approximately one-hour course is designed to meet or exceed the minimum standards for both federal and state supervisor harassment and sexual harassment training requirements in Maine.
Help create a welcoming work culture through an informed workforce prepared to prevent, address, or resolve harassment in the workplace. Federal and state legislatures have recognized the profound need for employers to take an active role in preventing and appropriately addressing concerns over workplace harassment, sexual harassment, and bullying.
This interactive course replete with periodic knowledge checks to verify engagement has been designed to keep supervisors actively engaged in the material for long-term retention of substantive and procedural knowledge and skills necessary to prevent and address harassment in the workplace.
The Maine Workplace Harassment Training for Supervisors course is an approximately one-hour interactive online course designed to comply with federal workplace harassment training requirements and that of most states.
Specifically, under Title 26, § 807 of the Maine Revised Statutes, workplaces with 15 or more employees must have a sexual harassment training program in place for all employees. These employers must complete an education and training program for all new employees within one year of hire.
- The illegality of sexual harassment;
- The definition of sexual harassment under state and federal laws and federal regulations, including the Maine Human Rights Act and the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 United States Code, Title VII, Sections 2000e to 2000e-17;
- A description of sexual harassment, utilizing examples;
- The internal complaint process available to the employee;
- The legal recourse and complaint process available through the Maine Commission on Human Rights; directions on how to contact the commission; and
- The protection against retaliation as provided under Title 5, section 4553, subsection 10, paragraph D.
According to the Maine statutes, employers must conduct additional training for supervisory and managerial employees within one year of commencement of supervisory responsibilities that includes, at a minimum, the specific responsibilities of supervisory and managerial employees and methods that these employees must take to ensure immediate and appropriate corrective action in addressing sexual harassment complaints.
This course should be used as part of a comprehensive training strategy incorporating a brief training on your company's policy on workplace harassment, Workplace Harassment Training for Employees course, and Bystander Intervention Training.
While this course is comprehensive and meets the requirements of most states, if you must comply with the state-specific requirements of the following states, you must enroll in the state-specific supervisor harassment training course for the respective state, found in the links below:
- California,
- Connecticut,
- Delaware, and
- Illinois.
Upon course completion, supervisors 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;
- Know how to follow internal and external complaint procedures;
- Contextualize the supervisor's role and responsibility in the organization regarding the identification and prevention of workplace harassment.

Created by Attorneys
Created by Attorneys
This course and its supplemental resources were created and reviewed by our team of attorneys.

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Live Customer Support
Students, managers and supervisors can contact us, chat with a us-based trainer to answer questions for the duration of the course by calling 1-888-390-5574, using our in-application live chat, or sending an email and we will respond within 60-minites during of regular business hours.

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Learn Anytime & Anywhere
Our courses only expire when you're finished with the course, this means that employees don’t feel rushed into “cramming” for a course only to forget the material a week later and therefore perform better in practice and make fewer mistakes than in traditional training environments.

Credits Never Expire
Credits Never Expire
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Downloadable Certificate
Downloadable Certificate
Same-day certificate issuance after completing a course, downloadable in PDF format & printable.

Instant Manager Accounts
Instant Manager Accounts
When a employer purchases two or more credits we will automatically create a manager account which can then be used to invite employee, keep all training certificates in one place that will help you stay compliant and well prepared for a audit conduct by the DOT.

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Volume Discounts
Volume discounts for credits are automatically applied during the checkout process. Did you know that course credits never expire so feel free to purchase credits in bulk.

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Instant Course Access
Employees receive instant course access right after registration or invitation sent by a training manager, or supervisor.

1 Hour of Learning
1 Hour of Learning
This course may take longer or shorter depending on student pace, reading, and comprehension level.