Department of Fair Employment and Housing Joins with Southern California Employers to Discuss New Sexual Harassment Law.SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Department of Fair Employment and Housing The Department of Fair Employment and Housing (or DFEH) is a branch of the California government intended to protect civil rights. It is the largest such agency in the United States, and enforces state anti-discrimination laws which pertain to housing, employment, public Director (DFEH DFEH Department of Fair Employment & Housing DFEH Director of Food and Environmental Hygiene (Hong Kong) ) Suzanne Ambrose today announced that the Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, Employment Round Table (SCERT (Systems and Computers Evaluation and Review Technique) Pronounced "skirt." A program that modeled the application environment and measured the performance of a computer system. It was developed in the 1960s and used for many years. ), a nonprofit corporation nonprofit corporation n. an organization incorporated under state laws and approved by both the state's Secretary of State and its taxing authority as operating for educational, charitable, social, religious, civic or humanitarian purposes. , in partnership with the DFEH, will hold a 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 Strategies seminar on Wednesday, February 23, 2005 at the Sempra Energy Sempra Energy NYSE: SRE is a San Diego, California-based energy services holding company that was founded in 1998. Sempra owns the Southern California Gas Company, San Diego Gas & Electric, Sempra Commodities, and Sempra Generation. Building, located at 555 W. 5th Street Los Angeles beginning at 7:30 a.m. "California has a new law requiring employers with 50 or more employees to provide two hours of sexual harassment prevention training every two years to all its supervisors," said Director Ambrose. "It is imperative that employers understand how this new law will impact their responsibilities." Ms. Ambrose will present a brief overview of AB 1825 which became effective January 1, 2005. "We are pleased to announce this event and proud of our on-going relationship with the Department. Sponsoring events of this nature is the essence of SCERT's goal to educate the employer community as to its responsibilities under the FEHA FEHA California Fair Employment and Housing Act FEHA Florida Environmental Health Association FEHA Ferruginous Hawk (bird species Buteo regalis) FEHA Federal Hall National Memorial (US National Park Service) and thereby reduce discrimination and promote equal opportunity," said SCERT Chair Marie Waller. As a part of DFEH's outreach effort to assist employers in understanding issues related to discrimination and harassment, the Department created the employment roundtables in 1983. SCERT is composed of volunteers from business, employers, public and private and from labor organizations. SCERT provides breakfast meetings and conferences on a variety of issues related to Fair Employment and Housing Act. The agenda for the roundtable is as follows:
7:30 Registration/Networking/Continental Breakfast
8:00 Opening Remarks - Marie Waller, Chair, SCERT
8:10 Overview - New California Sexual Harassment Training Law
- Suzanne M. Ambrose, Director, DFEH
8:30 Sample Sexual Harassment Training Programs
8:30 Anderson-Davis, Inc. - Stephen Anderson, President
9:00 Employment Learning Innovations, Inc. (ELI) - Lia Shigemura
9:30 Break
9:45 UCLA - Pamela Thomason, Sexual Harassment & Title IX Officer
10:15 PLI-Corpedia - Alex Brigham, President
10:45 Panel - What Else You Should Know About Sexual Harassment
Training
- Sharon Agnew, AA/EEO Compliance Senior Manager, Amgen
- Marcia Haight, SPHR, President, Haight Consulting
- Shirley Harbeson, Sr. Manager, Diversity & Equal Oppor.
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The Department of Fair Employment and Housing is the largest state civil rights agency in the country. The DFEH enforces laws prohibiting discrimination in employment, housing and public accommodations. |
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