NEW CALIFORNIA LAW REQUIRES EMPLOYERS TO PROVIDE SEXUAL HARASSMENT TRAINING TO ALL EMPLOYEES

Previously, California law required employers doing business in California and have "50 or more employees," as well as all public employers, to provide at least two hours of sexual harassment training every two years to each supervisory employee and to all new supervisory employees within six months of their assumption of a supervisory position.

New law, SB 1343, passed in 2018, requires that an employer with five or more employees must provide two hours of training regarding sexual harassment to all supervisory employees and at least one hour of training to all nonsupervisory employees.  The initial training must be completed by January 1, 2021.