Sexual Harassment Prevention Training in California State

Employers with five or more employees are mandated by state law to provide California sexual harassment prevention training. This training must be implemented within six months after an employer is hired or promoted. An employer in this state also needs to schedule the training every two years.

Employees, who must attend the training, are the following:

1. Supervisors (2 hours) and non-supervisory personnel (1 hour) including remote workers based in California.
2. New hires or those who were promoted (within six months).
3. Temporary/Seasonal workers directly hired to work for less than 6 months. This should be within 30 calendar days after their hiring date or within 100 days of working, whichever comes first.
4. Employees trained in 2020 must undergo refresher CA sexual harassment prevention training by January 1, 2023.

Training Format

California legislation allows the use of several training methods like electronic learning, classroom format, and webinars. It can be done in multiple sessions provided the aggregate time is followed.

However, the minimum webinar and classroom instruction must not be less than 30 minutes. On the other hand, there is no time requirement for e-learning sessions. The state permits ‘bookmarking’ so workers can take a break and resume training when needed. This is in accordance with the recommendation of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) that sessions must not be done in one sitting. The CA sexual harassment prevention training is conducted over time because it directly reinforces bolsters useful knowledge and conveys the value of harassment prevention in an organization’s culture.

Engaging Interactive Style

The EEOC pointed out the need for choosing an engaging and interactive training module. It also warned against simply repeating the training several times since it will turn out as routine activity. On the contrary, employers must be innovative in terms of content, format, and style. The California state government stated the training needs to be ‘interactive and effective.’

Interactive training has the following elements:

1. Questions evaluating the learning process.
2. Skill-building activities that determine whether employers understand and apply what they learned from the training.
3. Imaginary situations regarding harassment.

Questions and answers must be in written form and documented and maintained for at least two years. Likewise, trainers are required to have minimum two years of experience as attorneys, HR professionals, harassment prevention consultants, or university professors.

The objective of the CA sexual harassment prevention training is to change workplace attitudes and actions that create or contribute to harassment. It is also meant to educate employees about the negative effects of abusive conduct, and to train supervisors in preventing and promptly responding to incidents of harassment.

The training must cover enlightenment on federal and state legislative provisions about illicit harassment, discrimination, and retaliation. It is the responsibility of all supervisors to report any situation as soon as they become aware of it and the action needed if a supervisor is accused of harassment. Finally, employers are encouraged to include bystander intervention training. This motivates the workforce to become active participants in an anti-harassment work culture.

PCS Prostaff – Certified Solutions Provider

If your company needs California sexual harassment prevention training, don’t hesitate to contact PCS Prostaff.

Throughout the last 20 years, PCS Prostaff has provided services to all types of business organizations in California and adjacent.

Visit our company website at https://pcsprostaff.com/ or call us toll-free at 866-413-4103 to learn more about the services we offer and how we can assist you with your company’s training initiatives.