California Supervisor Sexual Harassment Prevention Training

California Government Code (Gov Code) sections 12950 and 12950.1 require that if you have five or more employees or even five or more independent contractors (sales persons or broker associates), then by January 1, 2020, all “supervisory employees” must have take the two-hour supervisor training. The law requires that supervisors get trained for at least two hours, once every two years. Please note that many supervisor/office managers are employees, and if so, they would be required to take the training. Supervisors are in a position of authority and their actions directly reflect on the company. To comply with the law and to avoid costly lawsuits for an employer, supervisors should know about harassment, prohibited actions, and legal outcomes of harassment.

As a risk management precaution, we strongly recommend that the responsible broker take the supervisory sexual harassment training course along with all other persons who supervise agents or employees. This will include anyone who is in a position to hire, fire, reward or discipline an employee or independent contractor licensee, or who has the responsibility of directing an employee or independent contractor licensee. This recommendation applies regardless of how many employees or independent contractors have been retained.

In addition to the training text, the course contains:

1. Case studies illustrating sexual harassment law,
2. Questions to test your understanding of the material,
3. Examples based on real-world scenarios, and
4. Post-training assessment.