California AB 1825 mandates that all businesses, with 50 or more employees, must train their managers and supervisors in sexual harassment prevention by January 1, 2006.

Public workshops and business onsite workshops are being offered in Chico by Seaton Consulting. 

These 3-hour workshops will cover basic information about sexual harassment and workplace discrimination and will include:

• Participant's guide to the law and workbook
• Pre-assessment and post-assessment of understanding
• Group discussions and tasks
• Video presentations of different types of sexual harassment using workplace dilemmas

The information learned will assist managers and supervisory personnel in understanding their role and will give them the tools necessary to carry out their company's sexual harassment prevention policy.

At the conclusion of the training, participants will:

• Be able to define sexual harassment and workplace discrimination
• Understand the existing laws and how they apply to their workplace setting
• Recognize the behaviors that are considered sexual harassment, including hostile workplace issues, and how these behaviors affect co-workers
• Have an increased awareness of the impact of sexual harassment on both the company and employee morale
• Be able to explain sexual harassment to other employees and vendors
• Know how to support a sexual harassment free workplace and avoid situations that might be interpreted as sexual harassment
• Understand the perspective of the victim and the alleged perpetrator
• Be able to identify their workplace policies, including reporting process
• Have an increased awareness of more nuanced issues of sexual harassment including electronic and other communications
• Be able to intervene, educate and help offenders correct behaviors
• Possess heightened awareness of the complexity of sexual harassment legal cases and how they might apply to their role as supervisor
• Be enabled to set a standard of mutual respect and professional dignity in their workplace