What Now?: March
From March 2005
Community Comments
No Gray Area Here; Win Win;
The Other Jerry Lewis; A Matsui Moment
By Melinda Eppler
Cheep Insurance
Effective this past January, all employers in California with 50 or more employees must formally educate supervising staff about sexual harassment law. Government Code 12950.1 requires all eligible employers to comply with this new training mandate by January 1, 2006.
The law includes any employee working in an environment with oversight of one or more workers, including part-timers, consultants and independent contractors. At least two hours of interactive training in the next 10 months is required.
Two kinds of sexual harassment have been identified. Quid pro quo is the condition where sexual favors are expected for employment or advancement. Hostile environment is any sexual conduct interfering with an employee’s job performance or creating an intimidating or offensive work environment.
Victims of harassment, as defined by law, can be: employees, supervisors, peers, vendors or consultants. Further, the victim doesn’t have to be the person who was directly harassed. The victim can be someone indirectly affected by the offense.
Continued...
The Magazine
Site Links
Prosper Plus +
- Get Prosper Plus to receive e-mail alerts, special event invites, and content that interests you.
Community
- Join the Community and start participating. It's fast. It's easy. It's free.
Advertise on this site! Show your support for the Prosper Network and reach influential thought leaders and web users like yourself. Contact us to find out how.
© 2004-2007 Prosper Media, LLC. All Rights Reserved. Terms of Use | Privacy Policy
The materials on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Prosper Media, LLC.
Community Comments