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In trying to eliminate sexual harassment in the workplace, how do we go beyond just training? That is, in essence, the question that my colleagues (Jarad Lucan and Ashley Marshall) and I have been talking about recently. And, fortunately for you, a topic of a free CLE webinar we are putting on a few weeks.  It’s set for February 13th at 12 p.m. What we are really looking at is how do you get your company culture and actions in line to try to reduce and eradicate sexual harassment from your workplace? It does not, obviously, happen overnight.  Perhaps it’s revising your policies. Perhaps it’s adding an ombudsman program if you’re large enough. Or perhaps it involves encouragement of employee complaints so that you can tackle the issue more directly. There is no one size fits all to this but it’s an important enough topic (naturally) that we wanted to devote a CLE webinar just to this. Hope you can join us for this timely topic. The post Beyond Trai...

Just wrapped up a trial so hoping to get these blog posts with a little more frequency. On October 1, 2019, the new training requirements on sexual harassment prevention became effective. I’ve recapped them before here in my “Definitive Employer Guide to Connecticut’s New Anti-Sexual Harassment Law” post from June. I noted then that all employers with three or more employees must train  all of their employees by October 1, 2020 (or within six months of hire, after that time). How is an employer going to do that at a minimal cost? Well, the Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities (CHRO) was required to develop a free, online training course for employers. That training is now live and is, in fact, free! You can access it here. I’ve taken a brief look through it and it’s set up with several different YouTube videos and some written materials as well.  While there is no substitute for in-person, classroom-style training, the CHR...