Online Sexual Harassment Prevention Training in Illinois
All employees are entitled to a comfortable and hostile-free work environment. Illinois law requires that businesses train their employees on state and federal anti-harassment laws, how to recognize harassment, how to report harassment, and the employer’s responsibility to investigate harassment complaints. Additional training requirements apply to employees of restaurants and bars. Employees and supervisors must be trained within 90 days of their hire date. All employees must be retrained each year. This Illinois Sexual Harassment Prevention training module meets and exceeds the minimum training standards as mandated by the Illinois Workplace Transparency Act and related state legislation.
Special Notice for Businesses in Chicago
Important note: Businesses operating in the City of Chicago have several different sexual harassment guidelines and must comply with more extensive sexual harassment prevention training requirements. This Illinois Sexual Harassment Prevention training module covers the one hour of training required for employees in Chicago, but it does not meet the two-hour training requirement for supervisors and managers or the additional hour of bystander training for all employees..
Included in This Module
This interactive training course for supervisors covers all the information required by Illinois law, including the definition of harassment, examples of harassment, strategies to prevent harassment, and resources available to victims of harassment. Supervisors also learn their role in preventing and stopping sexual harassment, as well as their personal liability should harassment occur on their watch. In addition, this module addresses and defines other forms of harassment that can occur in the workplace.
Key components covered in this supervisor version of Illinois Sexual Harassment Prevention training course include:
- Definition of sexual harassment under state and federal law.
- Examples of harassing conduct, including harassment based on gender identity, gender expression, and sexual orientation. Includes specific examples for the restaurant and bar industry.
- Resources for victims of harassment, including how to report it to the Illinois Department of Human Rights (IDHR) and the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
- Strategies to prevent harassment.
- Supervisor’s obligation to report and investigate harassment.
- Supervisor’s role in preventing harassment.
- Supervisor’s liability and responsibility under the law.
- Supervisor’s role in investigating and stopping harassment
This interactive training course for employees covers all the information required by Illinois law, including the definition of harassment, examples of harassment, strategies to prevent harassment, and resources available to victims of harassment. In addition, this module addresses and defines other forms of harassment that can occur in the workplace.
Key components covered in this employee version of Illinois Sexual Harassment Prevention training course include:
- Definition of sexual harassment under state and federal law.
- Examples of harassing conduct, including harassment based on gender identity, gender expression, and sexual orientation. Includes specific examples for the restaurant and bar industry.
- Resources for victims of harassment, including how to report it to the Illinois Department of Human Rights (IDHR) and the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
- Strategies to prevent harassment.
- Supervisors’ obligation to report and investigate harassment.
- Supervisor’s liability and responsibility under the law.
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What Does Illinois Sexual HarassmentPrevention Training Do for Your Business?
Knowledge is power. The best way to prevent harassment is to give employees and managers the information they need to recognize harassing behavior, report it, and handle it appropriately and according to the law. Our online sexual harassment training can help supervisors and employees see the big picture of harassment while showing them their role in prevention. For more information on our Illinois Sexual Harassment Prevention course and library of other important training topics, contact us today for a guided demonstration of our branded training suites and state-of-the-art LMS.
