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Sexual Harassment for Employees

Sexual harassment is a form of sex discrimination that violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Title VII applies to employers with 15 or more employees, including state and local governments. It also applies to employment agencies and to labor organizations, as well as to the federal government. Recent court decisions, EEOC guidelines, and state laws make it essential that all employers provide their employees harassment prevention training. See, e.g. Gaines v. Bellino (New Jersey Supreme Court), Faragher v. City of Boca Raton (U.S. Supreme Court).
Organizations that provide such training may:

[Leaving employees] in ignorance of the basic features of the discrimination laws is an extraordinary mistake for a company to make, and such an extraordinary mistake amounts to reckless indifference."
Matthis v. Phillips Chevrolet (7th Cir. 2001)

Goal:

The goal of this course is to train employees to recognize, to report, and to prevent incidents of sexual harassment in the workplace.

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Disability in the Workplace

Goal:

The goal of this course is to provide awareness training to help workers recognize the key elements of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), how it affects the workplace, public accommodations, discriminate between examples of situations meeting and violating the ADA, and how to appropriately interact with people with disabilities.

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Sexual Harassment for Managers

Most managers or supervisors are aware that fines and lawsuits are brought against companies that ignore "sexual harassment."  Unfortunately many managers don't know what constitutes harassment, or what they should do if it occurs.  Further complicating things, is that recognizing sexual harassment can be difficult. Conduct that might appear harmless to one person could be harassment to others.

As a result, it is very helpful to managers/supervisors to have additional training to recognize, prevent, and respond to complaints. Many states have adopted laws that require training for managers.  For example, On September 30, 2004, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed into law a bill called AB 1825. This new law requires employers who operate in California and who employ 50 or more persons to provide all supervisory employees two hours of sexual harassment training every two years. Employers must complete the first round of training for supervisors by January 1, 2006.

Laws that guide either training or enforcement of issues relating to sexual harassment have passed in many states including California, Connecticut, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, and Vermont.  Employers in those states should consult with Human Resource experts to ensure they are providing adequate and appropriate training.

Goal:

The goal of this course is to train managers to recognize, to report, and to prevent incidents of sexual harassment in the workplace.

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Discrimination-Free Workplace

Goal:

This lesson provides employers and managers an awareness of issues relating to discrimination in the workplace and practical considerations for avoiding discriminatory practices, including discrimination associated with race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, and physical or mental disability.

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