Source: https://www.littler.com/publication-press/publication/continuing-expansion-sexual-harassment-training-requirements
Timestamp: 2019-10-15 08:37:01
Document Index: 681151125

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 12950', '§ 53237', '§ 1684', '§ 1684', '§ 1423', '§ 1424']

The Continuing Expansion of Sexual Harassment Training Requirements in California | Littler Mendelson P.C.
By Kevin O’Neill, Marissa Dragoo, and Christopher E. Cobey on
A dozen years ago, California's passage of Assembly Bill (AB) 18251 began required sexual harassment prevention training for supervisors in companies with 50 or more employees. Since then, California has led the nation in the scope and depth of required sexual harassment training of private-sector supervisors and managers. New bills passed in 2016 expand the scope of required sexual harassment training to an estimated 570,000 additional private-sector workers, the vast majority of whom will be rank-and-file, non-supervisory employees.
1 Codified as California Government Code § 12950.1.
2 See Denise Visconti, Shannon Going, and Marissa Dragoo, Don’t be Fooled: Significant New Anti-Discrimination and Harassment Policy Requirements Start April 1 for California Employers, Littler Insight (Mar. 4, 2016), http://www.littler.com/publication-press/publication/dont-be-fooled-significant-new-anti-discrimination-and-harassment.
3 The third category of employees required to receive sexual harassment prevention training include paid members of local governmental bodies, and any paid elected local governmental official. See Government Code §§ 53237(b), 53237.1-53237.2.
4 Cal. Lab. Code § 1684(a)(5). The code provides an exemption from the testing requirement if the applicant meets set criteria. Cal. Lab. Code § 1684(d).
5 A Spanish term originally meaning “chief of the household” or “mayor of the palace,” but more recently meaning a person in charge of a group or project, such as the manager of a hacienda, ranch, or estate.
6 New Labor Code §§ 1423, 1428, 2015–16 Reg. Sess., available at http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1978.
7 New Labor Code § 1424. The approved pamphlet is DFEH-185, entitled “Sexual Harassment,” promulgated by the Department of Fair Employment and Housing.