Supervisors

**This Class Satisfies California's Mandatory Two (2) Hour Sexual Harassment for Supervisors Requirement.

Our classes use an interactive, behavior-based approach and dynamic speakers to convey the most-up-to-date information available about sexual harassment prevention. Managers will come away from the program with the tools necessary to prevent harassment in the workplace and with a clear understanding of the consequences for violating company policy as well as the law.

This seminar is designed to educate managers and supervisors about California and federal employment laws, including Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the California Fair Employment and Housing Act and others. It uses an interactive, behavior-based approach.

The protected classes are discussed at length: race, color, ancestry, religion, national origin, age, sex (same sex sexual harassment, sexual harassment, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation), pregnancy, disability, veteran status and marital status.

The seminar will also focus on how to prevent retaliation.

This course allows the supervisor to:

•   Develop best practices
•   Spot potential legal issues
•   Identify prohibited conduct
•   Learn how to manage legal issues within the framework of the employer's culture

Understand such key concepts as:

•      Proper documentation
•      When an investigation should be conducted
•      When human resources should be contacted
•      What the employee can do to limit his/her personal liability
•      How to respond to complaints without disrupting the entire workplace
•      Who should be privy to information about a complaint of investigation
•      How to recognize and respond to retaliation
•      When should "the lawyer" be contacted
•      and much more…

Staff

Businesses must meet the legal requirement of taking "all reasonable steps to prevent harassment from occurring" by ensuring that each and every employee within the company is aware of their responsibilities for preventing harassment, discrimination and retaliation in the workplace.

This interactive, dynamic seminar is designed to inform employees aboutCaliforniaand federal employment laws, including Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the California Fair Employment and Housing Act and others.

This course will teach the participant how to:

• Recognize conduct that may be prohibited
• Respect diversity in the workforce
• Report conduct that may be a violation of company policy − including retaliation