STATE MANDATES HARASSMENT TRAINING FOR SUPERVISORS

Governor Schwarzenegger signed Assembly Bill 1825 (AB 1825) requiring California employers of 50 or more to provide supervisors with two hours of sexual harassment training every two years. It would apply to California employers with 50 total employees including those outside the state.
The law will be implemented in two phases. First, supervisors employed as of July 1, 2005 must receive two hours of training by January 1, 2006. If a supervisor is hired or promoted into a supervisory position after July 1, 2005, the training must be completed within six months of hire or promotion. Supervisors who have received training after January 1, 2003 need not be re-trained by January 1, 2006. The second phase begins January 1, 2006. The law requires ongoing training for all supervisors within six months of becoming supervisors, and providing them with at least two hours of anti-harassment training every two years.
The training must include information and practical guidance regarding federal and state sexual harassment laws, including harassment prevention and correction, and remedies available to victims. The training must be "interactive," making it unlikely that video training would be sufficient without discussion, role-playing, and a question and answer session or other similar techniques led by a qualified trainer.

last updated: December 10, 2004

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