As January 1 Deadline Looms, California Employers Brace for Tough New Sexual Harassment Training Requirements: New Training Kit from Business & Legal Reports Inc. Can Help.SAN FRANCISCO San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden -- A very big deadline for the California's employers is almost here, and many employers are scrambling to comply with these new sexual harassment sexual harassment, in law, verbal or physical behavior of a sexual nature, aimed at a particular person or group of people, especially in the workplace or in academic or other institutional settings, that is actionable, as in tort or under equal-opportunity statutes. training requirements. Two new California laws require all public or private employers that regularly employ 50 or more individuals to train all supervisors in sexual harassment prevention - by January 1, 2006. Fortunately BLR BLR Belarus BLR Business & Legal Reports BLR Boiler BLR Broad-Line Region BLR Base Lending Rate BLR Binary Language Representation BLR Bintan Lagoon Resort (Indonesia) BLR Bangalore, India - Hindustan has just released its California Guide to Preventing Sexual Harassment PowerPoint(R) Kit that makes it easy to deliver mandated training. This new kit has a complete training meeting that explains the Federal and California laws and discusses types of sexual harassment--tangible employment action and hostile environment See: operational environment. --including realistic examples of each. The training meeting includes 43 PowerPoint slides plus 20 copies of an illustrated 44 page Pocket Guide. Under the recently enacted sexual harassment laws employers must provide two hours of sexual harassment training every two years to all supervisors. The training must consist of classroom or other "effective interactive" training. It must offer practical guidance on federal and state requirements on sexual harassment prohibitions, prevention, correction, and remedies for victims - along with practical examples of how to prevent harassment, discrimination, and retaliation RETALIATION. The act by which a nation or individual treats another in the same manner that the latter has treated them. For example, if a nation should lay a very heavy tariff on American goods, the United States would be justified in return in laying heavy duties on the manufactures and . Bob Brady
Robert A. "Bob" Brady (born April 7 1945) is a politician from the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. , President of BLR, commented on the new kit: "We are pleased to be able to offer such a simple and effective training vehicle to help California employers meet their new training requirements. With its interactive training features this kit will help supervisors understand and comply with all California sexual harassment training requirements." To help employers understand the new rules BLR's HR compliance editors have put together a practical report that summarizes the new sexual harassment rules in plain-English. The paper may be read at http://hr.blr.com/display.cfm?id=17148&source=PRS&effort=77 Employers may receive a free copy of the kit's 44 page employee training pocket guide, California Guide to Preventing Sexual Harassment, by calling 1 800 727-5257. About BLR Based in Old Saybrook, Conn., BLR publishes books, newsletters, and Web products serving professionals in human resources The fancy word for "people." The human resources department within an organization, years ago known as the "personnel department," manages the administrative aspects of the employees. , compensation safety, and environmental management. For a free catalog call 1-800-727-5257 or visit www.BLR.com. |
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