Every state has sexual harassment laws on the books, but very few states, California being one of them, mandate sexual harassment training for supervisors.<\/p>\n
The idea with sexual harassment training in California is to stop it before it gets a foothold in a workplace. “The specific legislation used in California is dubbed the AB 1825 law and it outlines some incredibly stringent requirements for sexual harassment training,” said Deborah Barron, of the Barron Law Office in Sacramento, California.<\/p>\n
What is unusual about AB 1825 is that it has a very high level of accountability attached to it. The driving point behind this piece of aggressive legislation is that education is the best protection against any potential sexual harassment claims.<\/p>\n
California’s legislation also specifically outlines that companies who have 50 or more workers must hold this type of training, although the only people required to receive it are those that hold jobs as supervisors. “The (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Every state has sexual harassment laws on the books, but very few states, California being one of them, mandate sexual harassment training for supervisors. The idea with sexual harassment training in California is to stop it before it gets a…<\/span><\/p>\n