- How does Web-based AB 1825 training work?
- Who must be trained?
- What if my California employees work from home or are only contractors?
- The law states that "supervisors" must be trained. Who is considered a supervisor?
- How often do superviors have to be trained under the law?
- When are the rules for newly hired or promoted superviors?
- What if my company has grown to 50 employees or contractors during 2007?
- The law requires tracking and documentation. What's the best way to manage training records?
- Do employees have to work at a desk with their own PC to take Web-based training?
- How does a Web-based training course meet the mandatory “two hours of training” rule?
- What are the advantages of Web-based AB 1825 training?
- “Individual” Tracking: Employers may track each supervisor’s training requirement, measured two years from the date of the supervisor’s last training.
- “Training year” Tracking: Employers may designate a “training year” in which it trains some or all of its supervisors. The employer must retrain its supervisors by the end of the next “training year,” two years later.
- Supervisor’s name;
- Date of training;
- Type of training; and
- The name of the training provider.
- HR departments can successfully deploy training with no help required from their organization’s IT department.
- Administration work is vastly reduced and simplied by automated course registration and email reminders, and real-time reports of supervisors’ progress.
- Courses can be quickly and efficiently personalized and customized for your specific organization and industry.
- All completion data required by AB 1825 regulations is electronically stored and can be downloaded at the click of a button.
AB 1825 Training Questions
AB 1825 Answers
How does Web-based AB 1825 training work?
Courses are available online 24/7, even over the slowest internet connections, and using almost any PC, Mac and web browser combinations. Your supervisors receive an individualized course that interactively teaches them what specifically constitutes a complaint of harassment; how and when a supervisor should notify their company of a complaint; and real-life examples of how to recognize and resolve incidents of sexual harassment and unlawful discrimination.
Who must be trained?
AB 1825 requires any employer engaged in any business or enterprise in California, who employs 50 or more full-time, part-time or temporary employees to provide all “supervisors” with a minimum two hours of harassment training. The law also applies to any person acting as an agent, directly or indirectly, of an employer, and mandates training (regardless of the number of employees) for supervisors who work for any political or civil entity of California state, cities, or counties.
What if my California employees work from home or are only contractors?
There is no requirement that the 50 employees or contractors work in the same location or all work or reside in California. Additionally, having “50 or more employees” means employing or engaging 50 or more employees or contractors for each working day in any 20 consecutive weeks in the current or preceding calendar year.
The law states that "supervisors" must be trained. Who is considered a supervisor?
The California Fair Employment and Housing Act's (FEHA) definition of "supervisor" is very broad and covers many individuals who don't have "manager" in their title. According to FEHA, a supervisor is any individual having the authority “to hire, transfer, suspend, layoff, recall, promote, discharge, assign, reward or discipline other employees, or the responsibility to direct them...if the exercise of that authority is not of a merely routine or clerical nature, but requires the use of independent judgment.” This definition does not depend on an individual's exempt or non-exempt status, but only in how they carry out their job responsibilities.
How often do superviors have to be trained under the law?
The short answer is every two years -- but employers are required to track and document their compliance with the law. The regulations specify two tracking methods, or a combination thereof:
When does the law require training for newly hired or promoted superviors?
New supervisors must be trained within six months of assuming their supervisory position and once every two years thereafter, measured either from the individual or training year tracking method. If a newly hired or promoted supervisor has received AB 1825 training within the prior two years from a prior employer, the supervisor is only required to read and to acknowledge receipt of, the employer’s anti-harassment policy within six months of assuming the new supervisory position. The supervisor then must be put on a two year tracking schedule based on his/her’s last harassment training.
What if my company has grown to 50 employees or contractors during 2007?
The regulations provide that the employer must provide harassment prevention training to its supervisors within six months from the time the employer becomes covered by the law.
The law requires tracking and documenting the training. What's the best way to collect employee training data?
Web-based training can be very useful in fulfilling this obligation, since all required data is automatically recorded and maintained online. Your supervisors can be notified and registered by email messages when they are required to train -- and get reminders if they have not completed their course. The training provider will retain documentation of the training for a minimum of two years, which includes:
Do employees have to work at a desk with their own PC to take Web-based training?
No. There are proven solutions for delivering Web-based training to retail employees or those without computers or even without internet access. Along with working with any popular Web browser, Web-based courseware can be delivered through most Point-of-Sale (POS) systems. For non-retail environments, easy-to-use touch-screen Mobile Learning Devices or shared training-room PC's are a convenient and cost-effective method to deliver courses and track compliance in most workplaces.
How does a Web-based training course meet the mandatory “two hours of training” rule?
The regulations provide that with regard to e-learning, “two hours” of training means a program that takes the supervisor no less than two hours to complete. The training does not need to be completed in two consecutive hours. E-learning courses from Workplace Answers include an exclusive "Pace Meter" that charts supervisors' progress, and a book marking feature which allows them to pause when interrupted. It keeps a running total of the actual time in the e-learning program to assure the minimum two hours is met.
What are the biggest advantages of Web-based AB 1825 training?
Online training is a solution that makes AB 1825 training easier for a wide variety of companies, schools, and organizations of all kinds: