Sexual Harassment Awareness Seminar

Are you aware of the legal definitions and implications of sexual harassment? Do you understand the impact that the latest court decisions have had on sexual harassment claims? Do you have a plan for training your staff in how to avoid violating laws relating to sexual harassment? Are you willing to risk losing substantial sums of money from lawsuits and other penalties you may incur as the result of sexual harassment claims? If you answered no to any of these questions, keep reading.

Our half-day Sexual Harassment Awareness training seminar can help you obtain better answers to all the questions raised above. This comprehensive and highly interactive class will help you and your staff gain a thorough understanding of all the issues surrounding sexual harassment, and assist you in designing policies and programs to eliminate the risk of sexual harassment in your workplace.

Test your sexual harassment IQ with this Free Online Sexual Harassment Quiz to see just how important this seminar would be for your company.

Seminar Objectives:

Participants in the Sexual Harassment Awareness training seminar will learn to:

• Recognize sexually harassing behaviors and avoid them
• Identify the difference between sexual harassment and discrimination
• Distinguish the boundaries between work and social environments
• Improve the proficiency of employees who handle sexual harassment complaints
• Use interviewing techniques to draw out information from all involved parties

On-Site Management Training: can be tailored to the needs of client organization and delivered on-site at time and location of client choice.

For more information and pricing, please complete this form and we will email you a confidential Annotated Outline that will provide you with an hour by hour description of this training seminar.

Additional information on sexual harassment can be found at the Sexual Harassment Prevention Institute.

For a quick reference to some important US laws governing Sexual Harassment see the following information:

Facts About Sexual Harassment is a brief explanation of sexual harassment as it violates federal law, from the EEOC (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission), January 1997. Questions and Answers for Small Employers and the highly detailed Enforcement Guidance are two other helpful EEOC sites. The Sexual Harassment Charges: EEOC & FEPAs Combined statistics site provides data on the number of charges handled by the EEOC and FEPA, thru the most recent completed fiscal year, and the monetary settlements involved. Other important links are: Sexual Harassment In The Federal Government: An Update , University of Maryland Women's Studies Sexual Harassment site. Questions and Answers About Sexual Harassment site. Sexual Harassment in the Federal Workplace: Trends, Progress, Continuing Challenges, Facts About Sexual Harassment is a brief explanation of sexual harassment as it violates federal law, The Sexual Harassment Charges: EEOC & FEPAs Combined statistics site provides data on the number of charges handled by the EEOC and FEPA, thru the most recent completed fiscal year, and the monetary settlements involved.

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (as amended) prohibits sex discrimination in the workplace (of which sexual harassment is a form). Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 prohibits sex discrimination by recipients of federal funds. Also available is the Code of Federal Regulations section on Title IX, and the similar CFR section on Title VII.

The Violence Against Women Office (VAWO) handles the Justice Department’s legal and policy activities regarding violence against women.

Primer On Sexual Harassment (and the plain text version) of the National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS)