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New California Required Harassment Prevention Training FAQs White Paper

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Our latest white paper answers all your questions about the new harassment prevention training requirements. You’ve also heard that the training must be two hours in length for supervisors and one hour for all non-supervisory employees. In the white paper, you’ll learn: Who is considered a “qualified trainer;”.

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New 2019 California Labor Laws White Paper Is Ready

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The latest white paper provides a breakdown of significant California labor laws for 2019. They prepared a white paper summarizing these laws’ effects on California employers for January 2019 and beyond. New 2019 Labor Laws Affecting California Employers white paper is now available for nonmembers to download.

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The Tone Starts at the Top: Sexual Harassment Prevention Training

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Statistics show that sexual harassment remains a big problem for employers. Sexual harassment is not a problem of the past. Lately, it seems that not a week goes by without another news report on allegations of rampant harassment at high-profile companies. When harassment claims are reported, what happens?

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Setting the Tone: Sexual Harassment Prevention Training

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Don’t wait – train employees on the type of disrespectful conduct that could lead to a hostile work environment. Sexual harassment is not a problem of the past, as recent news reports highlight. An issue that often surfaces during sexual harassment investigations is workplace culture.

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Sexual Harassment: What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You

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The #MeToo movement took off in October 2017 to demonstrate the widespread prevalence of sexual harassment, especially in the workplace. High-profile sexual harassment cases involving powerful people in Hollywood, politics and business have been making headlines since. In fiscal year 2017, the EEOC collected $46.3

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Nearly Three out of Four Sexual Harassment Victims Don’t Report It

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Even with the recent #MeToo movement, a majority of workplace sexual harassment victims do not report the incident. The #MeToo movement has swept through the nation and raised awareness of sexual harassment in the workplace. The Harassed and the Harassers. But reporting the harassment helped.

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Harassment Training Deadline Extended, Clarified

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The Governor signed “clean up” legislation to help clarify training deadlines for employers. As you may remember, on January 1, 2019, a new California law went into effect that made substantial changes to mandatory sexual harassment prevention training. Employer Training Deadlines. year: Explanation: 2019.