California State Law 1825 has caused a conundrum for compliance training professionals since it was introduced back in 2007. While the idea of training every supervisor on preventing workplace harassment is a noble cause, mandating two-hours of training might not the most effective solution to achieving our desired learning goal.
The situation gets even more complicated for national companies with different standards in the state of Maine and Connecticut. Add to the mix, that these state laws omit a clear explanation of what constitutes acceptable training and leave the onus on individual’s employers.
Workplace Harassment Requirements – What You Need To Know!
- California – 2-hours of workplace harassment training must be completed every two years by all people supervisors; applies to firms with over 50 employees
- Connecticut –2-hours of mandatory sexual harassment prevention training for all employees upon promotion to their first supervisory role; applies to firms with over 50 employees
- Maine – mandatory sexual harassment training for all employees, regardless of seniority, within their first year of joining a new company; no codification on the duration or type of training
The good news is the California law that is commonly held up as the national standard, allows the 2-hour seat time to break into shorter and more meaningful learning chunks. Even better, with the signing of A.B. 2053, anti-harassment training has become more holistic with anti-bullying added to the list of required topics from January 1st 2015.
All in all, there is a growing opportunity for employers to get a meaningful return on those two-hours of mandatory harassment training.
Want to learn more about workplace harassment? Read this 2014 article.
See all US State Requirements – Sexual Harassment Compliance Training
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