Sexual Harassment Prevention Training

A safer workplace through education

January 1, 2006

The deadline has come and gone for California employers to comply with a state law requiring all employers with 50 or more employees, including contract personnel, to put all supervisory employees through sexual harassment prevention training.

AB 1825 required organizations to meet a January 1 deadline. By then, each supervisory employee needed to have done at least two hours of training unless they had received some sexual harassment prevention training during 2003 or 2004. Thereafter, employers will have to provide two hours of training every two years.

AB 1825 applies to all organizations — businesses, government and non-profits — with 50 or more employees. Failing to comply opens up employers to potential lawsuits. In all, an estimated 1.7 million California managers are required to receive training.

Training Still Available

For businesses that have missed the January 1 deadline, and for those not affected by the requirement but interested in sexual harassment prevention training, the Compliance Training Group, (CTG) a division of Diversified Risk Management, Inc. has a cost-effective, online “Preventing Sexual Harassment” training program to meet the training requirement.
The CTG’s program effectively communicates what supervisory employees need to know to help prevent sexual harassment at a cost significantly less than other training service providers. CGT offers Spanish and multi-top training programs that include Violence in the Workplace Prevention, Substance Abuse Awareness, Conflict Resolution, and Workplace Diversity.

CTG encourages all employers — not only those affected by the mandate — to obtain training on sexual harassment prevention.

Quick Facts: AB 1825

WHEN: By January 1, 2006 , all supervisors employed as of July 1, 2005 must be trained. If supervisors were trained after January 2003, they do not need to be trained by the January 2006 deadline if the training has met the requirements of AB 1825.
WHERE: One of our experienced trainers will come to your facility to perform the training using state–of-the-art equipment, professionally designed materials and custom PowerPoint presentation in your choice of languages. You choose the time, date and location.
WHO: Anyone in the company who has authority over others. It generally includes anyone having the means to: hire, transfer, suspend, lay-off, fire, promote, assign, reward, or discipline other employees.
WHAT: Effective January 2005, California law AB 1825, requires companies with 50 or more employees (which includes F/T & P/T employees and contractors) to provide training on the prevention of sexual harassment, discrimination, and retaliation to all supervisory employees.
HOW: Training must be a minimum of 2 hours and delivered via classroom or other effective interactive training method. After January 1, 2006, you must re-train each supervisor once every 2 years.

WHY: Failure to comply may cause the Department of Fair Employment and Housing to issue an order requiring the employer to conduct the required training. Failure to meet minimum AB 1825 standards could provide a basis for “punitive damages” in the event of a sexual harassment lawsuit. A plaintiff's lawyer could argue that failure to train in accordance with the law demonstrates an organization's "reckless disregard" for the law, and thereby establishes a potential basis for punitive damages liability.

Compliance Training Group
5042 Wilshire Blvd., Ste. 569
Los Angeles, CA 90036
800.810.9508
info@ComplianceTrainingGroup.com