Sexual Harassment Prevention Training

Diversity Builder trainers have always looked beyond checking a box when it comes to sexual harassment prevention training. The entire workplace suffers when harassment, bullying, or a hostile work environment happens.  Employees may face economic, medical, psychological hardships due to their experiences.

The company or nonprofit organization may face lost work time, fines, and penalties as a result of an EEOC claim and/or lawsuit.

Training to prevent harassment and hostile work environments is critical for employers to establish a psychologically safe workplace where employees feel empowered. Understanding consent in the workplace and working toward a culture of consent is imperative for success. The Me Too and Times Up movements have contributed to heightened awareness of workplace and violence prevention. New mandatory education state laws continue to be drafted to address these issues and requirements are evolving by state. Human resources departments are tasked with compliant policies and training along with all related state law deadlines for supervisors and employees.

Training is best received when leadership shows support for the initiative and explains the why behind the importance of best practices to promote safety among employees.

Harassment may take the form of a sexual nature or can involve a hostile work environment.

Spanish Speaking Harassment Trainers are available.

Diversity Builder takes the approach to present the value of preventing harassment not because employees have to but because they want to make a difference in their work culture.

Harassment Prevention Trainers

Diversity Builder’s harassment trainers offer compliant sexual harassment prevention training both in live-webinar and in-person formats that is both engaging and impactful.

Diversity Builder has trainers who are available in Nashville TN, San Francisco CA, Charlotte NC, Atlanta GA, Seattle WA, Chicago IL, Memphis, TN, St. Louis, MO, New York City, NY, Philadelphia PA, Baltimore, MD, Washington DC, Houston TX, Hartford, CT, and other cities to make training travel logistics and quick scheduling easy.

Bystander Intervention

One key component of our program that has been effective in creating change is our bystander intervention training. This training module encourages employees to speak up in a positive way when harassment or a potentially harmful comment is made. Bystander intervention training has been shown in studies to reduce the incidents of harassment and the number of complaints filed against companies.

Onsite and Online Learning Options

Diversity Builder offers onsite and online courses on the topics of Sexual Harassment, Hostile Work Environment Prevention, Multigenerational Workplace, Violence Prevention, and Systemic and Institutional Anti-Racism, and Discrimination Prevention courses nationwide. Diversity Builder trainers personalize webinars and onsite classes to reflect the mission and core values of the corporation or organization, while abiding by all requirements of state law.

Compliant Harassment Classes: New York California Connecticut Canada

State laws require specific training to be delivered to staff and leadership within the organization. Diversity Builder offers both group training in-person and compliant online programs to meet the needs of your company. Bilingual trainers are available for English and Spanish sessions.

The Sexual Harassment Prevention group training combines instructor-facilitated discussions, group exercises, real-workplace scenarios and case studies to create a dynamic and effective training for managers and staff. Online training for Canadian laws is available.

Upon completion of harassment prevention training for your staff and/or management team, your company will have on record a company-wide diversity and inclusion initiative that can be used to directly dispute future discrimination claims as a preventive measure.

Required State Harassment Prevention Training

California Laws:

SB 1343

AB 1825

SB 396

*Spanish or English

Learn about the Harassment Prevention Training for Women Workshop

New York Laws

Section 201-g of the Labor Law

Sexual Harassment has been the most litigated civil rights violation, since the year 2000. Historically, courts have awarded favorable decisions to employers who have trained their workforce and implemented an effective sexual harassment policy.

Preventing Hostile Work Environment  

Diversity Builder also provides compliant and effective online training on the topics of Hostile Work Environment, Sexual Harassment, and Anti-Bullying. These course descriptions and details are described below.

Sexual Harassment Prevention Onsite Training Topics

Diversity Builder will design instructor-led training to meet all requirements set forth in current state laws and labor regulations. If there are no specific content requirements for a state, the following topics are included:

*The definitions sexual harassment and hostile work environment
*Examples of harassing behavior
*Best practices to prevent harassment
*Current laws and legal implications of sexual harassment
*How to identify and prevent sexual harassment and hostile work environments in the workplace
*The procedure for responding to a complaint (managers)
*Role bystanders play in harassment prevention
*The manager’s role in sexual harassment

Note: Diversity Builder recommends an effective and widely shared sexual harassment policy within the workplace to prevent a hostile work environment and avoid employee claims.

Mandatory California Sexual Harassment Classes

Diversity Builder is a provider of California mandatory harassment training and is a compliant trainer for state law AB 1825, SB 1343, and SB 396.

California Harassment Program

Inquire about California Sexual Harassment training

Online Harassment Prevention Course Description and Topics

Diversity Builder offers online harassment training for employees or supervisors in our Federal e-learning version. We also have compliant programs for California AB 1825 SB 1343, Canada, New York, and Connecticut.

Feel free to call or write us for a quote.

(615) 823-1717

Course Description

Harassment and discrimination are costly to organizations. Everyone is affected by the negative consequences of a workplace that allows harassing, hostile, or discriminatory behavior. This e-Learning web-based course is designed to inform employees of their legal obligations and their critical role in ensuring a harassment-free workplace. This course will discuss the laws that govern discrimination, harassment and retaliation. The course modules will also define discrimination, harassment, and retaliation and provide examples of these behaviors through case studies; outline the obligations of employees; and describe the role of the employee in preventing harassment and discrimination.

WORKPLACE HARASSMENT AND DISCRIMINATION

  • Sexual Harassment

    • Legal cases and current event topics related to harassment
    • Defining harassment (and examples)
    • Prevention of harassment
    • Case studies and interactive activity with examples of harassment
    • Forms of harassment (non-sexual)
    • Intent vs. impact
    • The “who” of harassment (victims and harassers)
    • Employer and manager liability for harassment (sexual and general)
    • Employee to employee liability (sexual and general)
    • Unwelcome behavior and “reasonable person” standard
    • Psychological safety
    • Empowerment of underrepresented groups
    • Consent, its importance, and what that means in the workplace
  • Legal Requirements

    • Legal cases and current event topics related to sexual harassment
    • Defining sexual harassment (and examples)
    • Types of sexual harassment (quid pro quo and hostile work environment)
    • Examples of sexual harassment
    • Case studies and interactive activity with examples of sexual harassment
    • Consensual relationships in the workplace

Video Training

Not all harassment training can be conducted in person, via webinar, or with Diversity Builder’s self-directed online programs. The online harassment prevention training program does include videos and engaging learning activities, as well as certification following a post-test for understanding. It includes modern visual media including video scenarios throughout as well as quizzes, tests and opportunities to learn more. Employees appreciate video snippets with specific examples about harassment so they can relate it back to their working environment. The online program is not just videos; it has a variety of features including narration, fill in the blank, quizzes, and deep dives into more complex topics.

Discrimination Prevention: Understanding Illegal & Unlawful Discrimination

    • Prevention of discrimination
    • Federal laws related to discrimination and protected categories
    • State laws that expand protections of personal characteristics
    • Review of company specific harassment and discrimination policies
    • Examples of unlawful discriminatory behavior

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