In the past twelve months, Governors Jerry Brown and Gavin Newson have signed two bills into law affecting harassment training requirements for all employers in California with five or more employees. Below is a brief summary of these new laws as well as resources for employers to ensure compliance with harassment training requirements.
In October
Following up on our December 6, 2018 Special Bulletin “DFEH Provides Guidance on Impact of New SB 1343 Harassment Training Requirements: Some Questions Answered, Many Still Remain – Including Possibility that ALL Supervisory and Nonsupervisory Employees Need to Be Trained or Retrained Again in 2019” regarding the impact of SB 1343’s new legal
A California Court of Appeal recently ruled there has to be evidence of sexual desire where someone is complaining of sexual harassment at work by a member of the same sex. This is contrary to other cases that hold that no sexual desire is necessary. Additionally, consideration of whether the perpetrator had a sexual desire
Does it ever feel like managing the workplace can be like keeping the peace between children fighting in the back seat of the family car? This was the feeling in a recent out-of-state case where a Court held that an employer was not liable for the alleged hostile work environment created amongst bickering co-workers or