Sexual Harassment Prevention for Managers (US)

Potential sexual harassment entanglements can appear anywhere in the work environment and in many different forms. As a manager, you need to be on constant alert about what goes on in your workplace and know how to deal with inappropriate and unlawful behaviors. This course provides practical examples designed to raise management awareness of potential employee issues and the legal liabilities associated with sexual harassment. To fulfill the two-hour sexual harassment training requirements of California AB 1825, this course should be taken in conjunction with Sexual Harassment and Abusive Conduct Prevention for Managers (California AB 1825 and 2053).

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Learning Objectives

List and define the different types of sexual harassment.
Identify appropriate, inappropriate and illegal behaviors through factual scenarios.
Become familiar with federal laws and legal trends for sexual harassment.

List the actual and hidden costs of sexual harassment.
List and apply methods for minimizing sexual harassment and resolving complaints.
Identify and explain the role of the manager in reducing potential legal liability.

Course Outline

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 #1 (continued)
4. Scenario #2
5. Scenario #3
6. Scenario #4
7. Scenario #5
8. Scenario #5 (continued)
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. The Legal Definition: Hostile Work Environment
11. Proof of Hostile Environment
12. Harassment by Non-Employees
13. Co-Employment Relationships
14. Same-Sex and Third-Party Harassment
15. Constructive Discharge
16. Retaliatory Conduct
17. Sexual Favoritism
18. 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. 1970s, continued
5. 1980s
6. 1982
7. 1983
8. 1=985
9. 1986
10. 1990s
11. 1991
12. 1992
13. 1993
14. 1994
15. 1998
16. 1998 continued
17. 1998 and 2000
18. 2006
19. 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