Sexual Harassment Prevention for Managers CA AB 1825 and 2053 Suite

1. Introduction

1. Welcome
2. Overview
3. Topics
4. Your Role as a Manager
5. Know and Act
6. Managing Your Employees
7. Training
8. Learning Objectives

2. Scenarios: What Would You Do?

1. Harassment Scenarios
2. Scenario #1
3. Scenario #2
4. Scenario #3
5. Scenario #4
6. Scenario #5

3. Reasons for Harassment

1. Knowledge Check: What Do You Think ?
2. Ignorance
3. Power and Lust
4. A Need for Education and Awareness
5. What You Can Do
6. Human Resources Can Help

4. Defining Sexual Harassment

1. A Changing Definition
2. Common-Sense Definition of Sexual Harassment
3. Deliberate, Repeated, Pervasive
4. Unwelcome and Offensive
5. Severity and Frequency
6. Speak Up
7. The Legal Definition: Sexual Harassment
8. The Legal Definition: Quid Pro Quo
9. The Legal Definition: Hostile Work Environment
10. Proof of Hostile Environment
11. Harassment by Non-Employees
12. Co-Employment Relationships
13. Same-Sex and Third-Party Harassment
14. Constructive Discharge
15. Retaliatory Conduct
16. Sexual Favoritism
17. Learning Activity: Definitions

5. Prevalence of Harassment

1. How Prevalent Is Sexual Harassment?
2. Learning Activity: How Prevalent Is Sexual Harassment?
3. Learning Activity: Who Is Harassing?

6. History

1. The History of Sexual Harassment
2. 1960s
3. 1970s
4. 1980s
5. 1982
6. 1983
7. 1985
8. 1986
9. 1990s
10. 1991
11. 1992
12. 1993
13. 1994
14. 1998
15. 1998 and 2000
16. 2006
17. 2009

7. Lawsuits and Other Costs

1. Damages Under the Law
2. Compensatory Damages
3. Punitive Damages
4. The Cost of Sexual Harassment
5. More Costs of Sexual Harassment
6. Statute of Limitations

8. Tort Law

1. Tort Law
2. Applicable Torts
3. Torts: Assault and Battery
4. Torts: False Imprisonment
5. Torts: Emotional Distress
6. Torts: Defamation
7. Knowledge Check: Tort-Law Scenario #1
8. Knowledge Check: Tort-Law Scenario #2

9. Punitive Damages and Hidden Costs

1. Tort Damages
2. Hidden Costs of Lawsuits
3. Time and Reputation
4. Other Costs

10. Conclusion

1. Conclusion

1. Introduction

1. Welcome
2. Sexual Harassment at the State Level: California
3. This Course
4. Legal Landscape
5. Definition of Harassment
6. California Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA)
7. Learning Objectives
8. Common-Sense Definition of Sexual Harassment
9. Typical Sexual Harassment Complaints
10. Effects of Sexual Harassment
11. Verbal, Physical and Visual Harassment
12. Quid Pro Quo Harassment
13. Hostile Environment Harassment
14. Reasonable Person

2. California Law

1. Training
2. Trainees
3. Definition of Abusive Conduct
4. Negative Effects of Abusive Conduct
5. Role of the Manager
6. Be a Role Model and Know the Rules
7. Be Proactive
8. Respond and Report
9. What Is Limited Confidentiality?
10. Knowledge Check: Manager Obligations
11. Knowledge Check: California Law
12. Protected Characteristics
13. Activity: FEHA – Protected Characteristics: Part 1
14. Activity: FEHA – Protected Characteristics: Part 2
15. Activity: FEHA – Protected Characteristics: Part 3
16. Activity: FEHA – Protected Characteristics: Part 4
17. What Is Discrimination?
18. Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA)
19. Knowledge Check: Non-Employees

3. Liability and Investigations

1. Employer Liability
2. Investigations
3. Complaints and Lawsuits
4. Required Steps
5. Brochure Contents
6. Knowledge Check: Required Steps

4. Gender Law

1. California Law AB 196
2. California Law SB 396
3. Amendment the Unemployment Insurance Code (UIC)
4. Definition of Transgender
5. Transgender and Transitioning Employees
6. Knowledge Check: Transgender and Transitioning Employees
7. Knowledge Check: Sexual Orientation

5. California Court Cases

1. California Law
2. Weeks v. Baker & McKenzie
3. Department of Health Services v. Superior Court of Sacramento
4. Employer Requirements
5. Salazar v. Diversified Paratransit, Inc.
6. Salazar v. Diversified Paratransit, Inc. Ruling
7. Carrisales v. Department of Corrections
8. Carrisales v. Department of Corrections: AB 1856
9. California Law: Other Cases
10. California Law: More Cases
11. Knowledge Check: Salazar v. Diversified Paratransit
12. Knowledge Check: Carrisales v. the Department of Corrections
13. Knowledge Check: Weeks v. Baker & McKenzie
14. Knowledge Check: Department of Health Services v. the Superior Court of Sacramento
15. Prevention of Retaliation
16. FEHA Statute on Retaliation

6. Management Response and Company Policy

1. Speaking with Employees
2. Consequences and Follow-Up
3. How Would You Respond?
4. Learning Activity: How Would You Respond?
5. Challenging Employees
6. Reasonable Person Test
7. Challenges to Acceptance
8. Company Policy
9. What an Effective Policy Does
10. Elements of an Effective Sexual Harassment Policy
11. More Elements of an Effective Sexual Harassment Policy

7. Harassment Prevention

1. Protecting Against Liability
2. Being Proactive: Keep the Policy Alive
3. Being Proactive: Involve Everyone
4. Being Proactive: Educate Your Employees
5. Being Proactive: Management by Walking Around
6. Warning Signs of Sexual Harassment
7. Knowledge Check: What Would You Do?
8. Knowledge Check: Uncomfortable Conversation

8. Taking Action

1. What If You Observe Sexual Harassment or Abusive Conduct?
2. Handling a Complaint: First Steps
3. Handling a Complaint: Notes and Discussion
4. Handling a Complaint: Gather Facts
5. Handling a Complaint: Next Steps
6. Knowledge Check: How Could You Help?
7. What If You Are Accused?
8. Harassment Scenarios
9. Knowledge Check: Dating a Manager
10. Knowledge Check: Sexual Orientation

9. Conclusion

1. Summary
2. Be Vigilant