The Workplace Harassment Training for Employees course is a one-hour interactive online course designed to comply with federal workplace harassment training requirements and training requirements for most employers in the State of Illinois under Section 2-109 of the Illinois Human Rights Act (775 ILCS 5/2-109). In accordance with the Illinois Human Rights Act, this course incorporates critical elements of the model sexual harassment prevention training program to meet and exceed the minimum requirements under Illinois law for sexual harassment prevention training programs including:
- An explanation of sexual harassment under Illinois law and the IHRA;
- Examples of conduct constituting unlawful sexual harassment;
- A summary of relevent federal and State statutory provisions concerning sexual harassment, including remedies available to victims of sexual harassment; and
- A summary of responsibilities of employers in the prevention, investigation, and corrective measures of sexual harassment.
This course should be used as part of a comprehensive training strategy incorporating a brief training on your company's policy on workplace harassment as well as Workplace Harassment Training for Supervisors course and Bystander Intervention Training.
While this course is comprehensive and meets the requirements of most states, if you must comply with the state-specific requirements of the following states, you must enroll in the state-specific harassment training course for the respective state, found in the links below:
- Maine,
- California,
- Connecticut, and
- Delaware.