The Importance of Harassment Prevention Training Building a positive workplace culture is integral to the long-term success of any business. One way to promote such an environment is by providing harassment prevention training. Not only does this training protect employees from harassment, but it also helps create a safe and respectful work environment for everyone.…
Increasingly, all regions around the globe are converging on a basic workplace requirement to take steps to prevent employee harassment based on personal characteristics legally protected in that region. Sexual harassment prevention policies (and associated training) are either highly recommended and/or mandated in most countries to guarantee a basic right to be free from bias…
Training for Businesses With Employees in New York/New York State Employers in New York are required not only to adopt and distribute written sexual harassment prevention policies, but also to provide training to all employees on an annual basis. For many businesses with employees who work in New York (NY/NYS), sexual harassment prevention training must…
The New Year is always a cause for celebration. Whether you’re toasting to a fantastic fiscal year, or celebrating 365 days without a sexual harassment scandal, New Year’s is a time to look back and pat yourself on the back. But before we raise our glasses and kick off our New Year’s resolutions, we have…
It’s almost Thanksgiving and we’re looking back at some of the game-changing laws that passed recently and for which we’re thankful. We’re not biased, but our home state of California blazed a trail in changing the game and raising the bar for improved, healthier workplaces. Whether improving corporate governance by mandating that public companies diversify…
As of January 1, 2020, all Illinois employers are required to provide sexual harassment prevention training to their employees every year, regardless of the size of the company. Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker signed SB 75, the Workplace Transparency Act into law on August 9, 2019 making Illinois the most recent state to enact #MeToo legislation…
In retrospect, we should have expected 2019 to be the year of sexual harassment prevention training. As the #MeToo movement swirled and grew, it became clear that something needed to be done about harassment in the workplace, and legislators got to work. In California, New York, and Delaware, employers will now need to train all…
The preamble to the NY State legislation aimed at preventing workplace sexual harassment indicates that the bill is comprehensive and multi-faceted. It enacts an approach “to help prevent sexual harassment in the workplace, ensure accountability, and combat the culture of silence that victims face.” It goes on to say, “this bill will help ensure that…