Sexual Harassment and Discrimination Prevention for Connecticut
Learning objectives
- Recognize what constitutes sexual harassment, its negative impacts, and the importance of having a sexual harassment policy
- Identify examples of physical, verbal, and displayed harassment, quid pro quo sexual harassment, electronic harassment and abusive conduct
- Identify who is liable in harassment situations
- Recognize the actions an employee, a bystander and a supervisor should take when harassment is observed and/or reported
- Identify expected responses and consequences after an investigation
- Recognize proper conduct, protections and procedures during a harassment investigation
- Recognize examples of retaliation due to complaints of harassment and discrimination
- Describe actions employees can to take to help prevent harassment in the workplace
Course overview
This lesson informs you of the liabilities and consequences associated with sexual harassment and other types of harassment in the workplace. Additionally, it covers how to respond when harassment occurs, the aspects of a harassment investigation, the dangers of retaliation, and the steps both employees and management must take in order to prevent sexual or other types of harassment.
- 120 minutes
- Format: Online Interactive
- English
Course Outline
- Sexual Harassment Basics
- Liability and Harassment
- When Harassment Occurs
- Types of Harassment
- Investigating Harassment
- After the Investigation
- Retaliation
- Prevention
Regulations
- Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA)
- Civil Rights Act of 1991
- Equal Pay Act of 1963 (EPA)
- Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) and Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act of 2008 (ADAAA)
- Title II of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (GINA)
- Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
- State of Connecticut, Substitute Senate Bill No. 3, Public Act No. 19-16 “Time’s Up Act,” accessed June, 2022
- State of Connecticut, Senate Bill No. 1111, Public Act No. 19-93 “Time’s Up Act,” accessed June, 2022
- Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978 (PDA)