Sexual Harassment and Discrimination Prevention Overview
Learning objectives
- Recognize what constitutes sexual harassment and its negative impacts
- Identify examples of quid pro quo sexual 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
- Recognize proper conduct, protections and procedures during a harassment investigation
- Explain retaliation as a result of 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.
- 14 minutes
- Format: Online Interactive
- English , Spanish
Course Outline
- Sexual Harassment and Discrimination Prevention Overview
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
- Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978 (PDA)