For urban organizations

California harassment prevention training

California requires employers with 5 or more employees to train supervisors for two hours and everyone else for one hour, every two years and within six months of hire or promotion. This training meets that requirement live, on Zoom or on site, with scenarios drawn from the workplaces your people actually work in.

Who it is for

Companies crossing 5 employees and setting up training for the first time.
Teams with new managers who have never handled a complaint.
Employers who want the reporting process explained by someone outside the chain of command.

What the sessions cover

Harassment, discrimination and retaliation under California and federal law, with practical examples.
Harassment based on gender identity, gender expression and sexual orientation.
Abusive conduct.
How to report, what happens next and the limits of confidentiality, using your actual policy.
For supervisors: the duty to report and what to say and do when a problem reaches them.

Formats

Supervisor session: two hours, live.
Staff session: one hour, live.
New-hire sessions: scheduled so new employees and new supervisors are trained within six months.

Every session includes a sign-in record, completion certificates and a copy of the materials for your files.

When we’re done

Every supervisor and employee trained on California’s schedule, with records ready if an agency or a lawyer asks.
Supervisors who know what to say and do the day a complaint reaches them.
A reporting process your people understand, explained by someone outside the chain of command.

Sample two-hour supervisor session agenda — What a supervisor session covers. Illustrative sample with a fictional company. Yours is built on your own documents.

Why the record matters

Training is required: two hours for supervisors and one for staff, every two years (Government Code 12950.1).
When a claim is made, California lets an employer reduce damages by showing it took reasonable steps to prevent and correct harassment. A documented training program is part of that showing (State Department of Health Services v. Superior Court, 2003).
The sign-in record and certificates are what prove the training happened. Every session includes both.

Figures come from the statutes cited. What applies to your company depends on your facts.

What I need from you

Your headcount, a roster of supervisors and staff, and your current harassment policy.
One or two real situations your managers have faced, so the scenarios fit your workplace.
Two hours for supervisors and one hour for staff, live.

Price

Priced per session or per seat and quoted in writing after a free consult, based on headcount and format.

If budget is tight, the California Civil Rights Department publishes free online courses that satisfy the requirement. Live training earns its cost when your managers need to practice the conversation, not only learn the rule.