Best Sexual Harassment Training Programs

Compare the Top Sexual Harassment Training Programs as of October 2024

What are Sexual Harassment Training Programs?

Sexual harassment training and prevention software programs offer training programs that organizations can use to educate their workforce on the do's and don'ts of workplace behavior. Sexual harassment training programs enable companies to remain compliant with state and federal regulations. Compare and read user reviews of the best Sexual Harassment Training programs currently available using the table below. This list is updated regularly.

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    Bridge

    Bridge

    Bridge

    Bridge is a Learning (LMS) & Employee Development (performance management and skills) platform that uniquely combines learning management, career & skill development, and performance management – all in one easy to use solution. With Bridge, you can consolidate your learning tech stack resulting in streamlined training and development programs, saved admin time, and a more engaging experience for employees and managers alike. Featuring a world-class LMS with personalized and automated learning journeys, 2 different course authoring tools, advanced media and video management, analytics and more. Add on top of that performance tools like managers 1 on 1s, performance conversations, career development plans, and skill management, and its easy to see the power in streamlining your tools into one platform with Bridge. Used by more than 1000 organizations, Bridge helps them achieve their strategic people development goals by through learning, performance and skills management.
    Starting Price: $3/month/user
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    Seertech

    Seertech

    Seertech Solutions

    Seertech is an all-in-one solution that consolidates your learning and development investment in multiple systems: one contract, one software, one relationship, and one place for all your learners. As an award-winning LMS, Seertech is trusted by over 5 million users globally. With a customer retention rate 78% higher than industry average, Seertech will be the LAST LMS you will ever need. At its core, Seertech is designed to rapidly upskill and retain resources at scale. What sets Seertech apart is how personalized and configurable the software is. This makes our LMS ideal for enterprise organizations with intricate and ‘mission-critical’ learning needs. The Seertech learning approach reduces tribal knowledge, time to contribution, fragmented learning, and manual reporting. These outcomes enable enterprise organizations to better address the current skills shortage. To achieve exceptional learning outcomes, boost retention and reduce costs - talk to Seertech today.
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    Coassemble

    Coassemble

    Coassemble

    We are your first training platform for growing businesses. We're also much more than an online training platform - we turn people into the workplace hero by empowering you to deliver genuinely engaging training experiences your employees deserve, from beginning to end. Our exceptional customer service team is led by some of the industry's best US-based training experts! We'll show you how every area of our platform has been built to mold around your employees, allowing you to design a structured, visually stunning training experience that captures your employees' attention. With over 20+ course templates choose from, our incredible instructional designers have built a genuinely brilliant platform so you can create an excellent training course effortlessly. Drop your content into our onboarding template, marketing plan template, or sales playbook template, for example, and get started straight away – it is that simple!
    Starting Price: $49/month
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    Compliance Training Group

    Compliance Training Group

    Compliance Training Group

    Compliance Training Group has trained thousands of employees for employers of all sizes throughout North America. Our training programs help reduce the risk and expense caused by unethical, illegal or irresponsible employee activities in the workplace. Compliance Training Group’s convenient online training makes it easy to meet your state’s compliance requirements. Our popular, self-paced supervisor and employee courses allow the individual learners to take the course at their leisure over the course of a month! eLearning courses on Sexual Harassment Awareness are now available for executives, supervisors, and employees. We offer two-hour sexual harassment training courses that satisfy specific state laws, such as California (SB 1343, U.S. Government Code 12950.1), Maine (Maine Revised Statute, Title 26, Section 807), and Connecticut (General Statutes, Section 46a-54 (15) (B) and 46a-54-204) as well as a general two hour course for all other states.
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    Skillsoft

    Skillsoft

    Skillsoft

    180,000+ tools. 29 languages. The broadest and deepest library of courses, books, and videos to help you stay sharp. This award-winning, AI-driven, immersive learning platform offers tailored learning programs to prepare companies and their learners for the future of work. Skillsoft is designed to make corporate digital learning easier, more accessible, and more effective. Unlock the potential of your greatest asset – your people. 70% of the Fortune 1000 trust us to train their people to overcome critical skill gaps and drive demonstrable change. In fact, we train more people than any other company. Our courses are accessed by more than 45 million learners in over 160 countries. Our courses are 100% on the cloud, so they can be accessed anytime, anywhere – helping people get into the habit of continuous learning. While COVID-19 has caused a global health pandemic, its economic shockwaves have induced another crisis: the mass exodus of women from the global workforce.
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    TIS Training

    TIS Training

    Training Improvement Solutions (TIS)

    The TIS Integrated eLearning Platform has 200+ training courses for safety, compliance, governance, mental health literacy, and leaders, managers and supervisor soft skills, use microlearning, have a robust assessment, and comprehensive reporting. We offer several LMS features such as assigning courses and pass rates, and our API to get the results back into a customer's systems. Use as a stand-alone platform or integrate into your existing LMS. Also, anything on the platform can be modified to suit customers' needs and we can even upload their videos and help create their assessments. The reporting package is complimentary and provides critical evidence of competence and compliance. We offer training in multiple languages other than English, and currently have Spanish and French courses available. Our pricing is flexible with 2 options. Pay per use with no lock-in contract, or annual unlimited-use plans.
    Starting Price: $15 per person per course
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    NAVEX One
    The NAVEX One Governance, Risk, and Compliance Information System (GRC-IS) helps to create a stronger corporate culture backed by business integrity because it unifies your risk and compliance program into one holistic solution. This provides a comprehensive view of your GRC program to better manage all types of risks that come from doing business such as employee actions, constantly changing regulations, and global events. This comprehensive system streamlines how your employees, third parties, and business processes work together. Our cloud-based suite of proven solutions helps you manage risk and compliance processes like onboarding new employees with ethics training and policy attestations, screening and monitoring third parties and automating business processes by integrating risk discovery and workflows. And with experience handling the data of thousands of customers, we know how to improve the bottom line with insights from data to drive better decision-making.
    Starting Price: Multi-Product Discounts
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    Ving

    Ving

    Ving

    Ving the software of choice for organizations that want to keep their employees safe and their business out of any jeopardy due to compliance matters. Developed to be the all-in-one system for administrators to measure risk proactively, ensure their staff is up to date with necessary safety paperwork, and most importantly everything is easily managed through the automation portal within the app. With a mobile-friendly version, employees encouraged to complete training, forms, and reports with the use of customizable alerts. Try Ving today and see why they are one of the top choices for Risk Management solutions.
    Starting Price: $50.00/month/user
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    NAVEXEngage
    NAVEXEngage, an eLearning solution, provides users with ethics, risk, and compliance training content for their employees with the goal of strengthening the company. NAVEXEngage, a part of our NAVEX One GRC Information System, features customizable courses, multiple language translations, in-built course authoring, interactive and adaptive content, and more. NAVEXEngage also features an online training library that contains all of the unique education and communications strategies for employers to use.
    Starting Price: $1200.00/year
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    Traliant

    Traliant

    Traliant

    Traliant, a leader in compliance training, is on a mission to help make workplaces better, for everyone. Committed to a customer promise of “compliance you can trust, training you will love," Traliant delivers continuously compliant online courses, backed by an unparalleled in-house legal team, with engaging, story-based training designed to create truly enjoyable learning experiences. Traliant supports over 14,000 organizations worldwide with a library of curated essential courses to broaden employee perspectives, achieve compliance and elevate workplace culture, including sexual harassment training, diversity training, code of conduct training, and many more. Backed by PSG, a leading growth equity firm, Traliant holds a coveted position on Inc.’s 5000 fastest-growing private companies in America for four consecutive years, along with numerous awards for its products and workplace culture.
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    ProProfs Training Maker
    ProProfs offers free professionally created online courses on topics like HR, customer service, compliance, employee education and more. You can add your own branding and edit the content of the course to craft an entirely personalized experience for your learners. Our state-of-the-art reporting features make it easy to keep track of your courses and learners. View reports and manage certificates for individuals, teams, or locations. Administer any number of learners from anywhere, anytime. Set reminders for course completion and meet compliance. Track the performance of thousands of learners easily with groups, roles, and more. Start with ready-made customizable courses built for your industry or create your own. Our online training management system makes it easy to create, streamline, and standardize employee training. It is a learner-centric software application hosted in the cloud. The training courses created and designed using Training Maker offer anytime.
    Starting Price: $79.00/month
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    Apex Workplace Solutions

    Apex Workplace Solutions

    Apex Workplace Solutions

    Online sexual harassment prevention training platform. Are you in compliance with the California AB 1825 Law? If your company has 50 or more employees, all supervisors are required by law to complete a Sexual Harassment Prevention training every 2 years. Effective 01/01/2021 companies with 5 employees or more will be required to provide training to both supervisory and non-supervisory employees within 6 months of them assuming their new position (SB 1343). Meets & exceeds requirements per California's Fair Employment Housing Commission (FEHC) guidelines. Management team specializes in training development, presentation delivery. Trained and consulted over 1,000 organizations in California across multiple industries. 40+ collective years of experience. Training curriculum developed based on best instructional design practices.
    Starting Price: $2.95 per person
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    Ryley Learning

    Ryley Learning

    Ryley Learning

    Workplaces urgently need tools to combat racism and sexual harassment. Ryley Learning’s online courses provide high quality, effective tools to help you promote health and safety in the workplace and to protect your brand reputation. Our training is easy to use, cost effective and mobile, using smart, real life stories to engage employees and promote understanding of difficult workplace issues. Follow true-to-life characters in a range of scenarios as employees and managers witness, experience, and address workplace sexual harassment. Four, ten-minute animated episodes tell the stories of employees at Future Generation, a leading (but fictitious!) manufacturer and retailer. Follow true-to-life characters in a range of scenarios as employees and managers witness, experience, and address workplace sexual harassment. Interactive, gamified activities ensure the message sinks in.
    Starting Price: $39.99 per seat
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    Sentrient

    Sentrient

    Sentrient

    Our workplace compliance solution makes it easy for you to do the right thing and protect your business from the ever-increasing cost associated with breaches in safety, invasion of privacy, workplace bullying, sexual harassment and discrimination. Sentrient is Australia's most reliable online workplace compliance system for small and medium business and larger organizations. Unlike legacy compliance regimes, Sentrient is affordable and can be deployed in just minutes, without setup costs or any of the stress associated with complex system configurations. It comes pre-loaded with legally endorsed online compliance courses, a workplace policy builder and ready-made reports for audit purposes. This makes it easy for you to do the right thing and protect your business from the ever-increasing cost associated with breaches in safety, invasion of privacy, workplace bullying, sexual harassment and discrimination.
    Starting Price: $99.00/year/user
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    360training

    360training

    360training

    360training is a leader in regulatory-approved online training and certification across a wide range of industries and professions in the United States. We focus on regulated training that helps ensure the health, safety, and financial security of customers and employees for the communities they serve. With more than 6 million users worldwide, our integrated strategy of content, regulatory rigor, technology, and service helps organizations and professionals qualify for jobs, manage their careers, and ensure they fulfill compliance requirements. We also provide exciting career opportunities for self-motivated individuals who are interested in joining a growing company focused on improving the outcomes for its customers and partners. At 360training, we promote a culture of excellence that fosters the success of our employees, while maintaining a team-centric environment that inspires them to do their absolute best.
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    Grovo

    Grovo

    Cornerstone OnDemand

    We make it easy to find, create and deliver effective Microlearning experiences, allowing resource-constrained teams to grow quickly in a cost-effective way. Simply put, employees like Grovo. You can trust us to provide relevant, actionable, and digestible lessons resulting in higher adoption, engagement and lesson completion. With Grovo, you can expect faster onboarding, higher retention, better cross-functional collaboration, and improved team performance. Our Microlearning library is timeless and timely, constant and current, evergreen and— sorry, sometimes our library makes us wax poetic. We’re always creating new content on relevant topics, while also refreshing our existing stuff to stay ahead of the curve. We’ve got 2500+ Microlearning® lessons at the ready. You can take them as-is off-the-shelf, tailor them to your needs, or create new ones from scratch using our best practice lesson templates.
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    SafetySoft

    SafetySoft

    SafetySoft

    Combine the best in safety training with record keeping and incident investigation tracking. Atlantic Training and WAVE present a sophisticated way to train employees and monitor your workplace. Want a Safety/HR training library chock-full of subjects you need for workplace compliance? We have exactly what you’re looking for! Our extensive choice of safety topics spans across all industries and helps companies stay up-to-date with the latest OSHA standards. You can even license all of our content for use inside your LMS of choice. High-resolution video, detailed procedure coverage, and updated content will keep your training routine fresh. Have site-specific training that's crucial for your employees to take? Upload your company training courses into our system or build your own courses with our Course Builder feature. Sure, we can cover you for general compliance but sometimes it's important to cover procedures that are specific to your organization.
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    EasyLlama

    EasyLlama

    EasyLlama

    Our online courses for individual learning provide content that is relevant to today’s issues and challenges and comply with federal, state, and local laws. If you are located in California, New York, or anywhere in between, we have you covered. We make it easy for your entire organization to comply with the latest training regulations, through interactive bite-sized episodes designed to be watched on-the-go. Our training is fully compliant and created by HR experts. We make courses that exceed state and federal requirements so you can rest at ease. We make tracking progress and course completion easy, as well as certifying employees across all functions and locations. As a leader in online sexual harassment training and compliance, our mission is for managers to make it fast, easy, and painless to use our software. We've done all the hard work so you don't have to. Sexual harassment and abusive conduct in the workplace is a persistent problem that can affect anyone.
    Starting Price: $12.95 per credit
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    Sexual Harassment Prevention Institute

    Sexual Harassment Prevention Institute

    Sexual Harassment Prevention Institute

    The goal of the Sexual Harassment Training Institute is to help you prevent all occurrences of sexual harassment in your workplace. In our Sexual Harassment Prevention and Awareness training seminars your employees will learn what constitutes violations of your company's standards and policies and the EEOC laws that govern sexual harassment. Our interactive training seminars will assure you that all of your employees know and understand the simple standards concerning violations of sexual harassment in the workplace. Your employees will receive a Pre-Test and Post Test of their understanding of what is improper behavior. This test can also become a permanent part of their personnel file. This will assure you that your employees both comprehend the law and your company's sexual harassment policy. This sexual harassment prevention seminar is a major step in your company's commitment to stopping incidences of sexual harassment in your workplace.
    Starting Price: $34.95 one-time payment
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    OSHA.com

    OSHA.com

    OSHA.com

    Sexual harassment training is imperative for protecting your company from costly fines and a damaged reputation. Your business can be hit by fines exceeding $1,000,000.00, plus legal fees for defending a workplace harassment lawsuit. Documented HR training and a documented and posted anti-sexual harassment policy are imperative to protect your company and employees. Avoid costly fines by choosing one of our Workplace Harassment Training programs. The answer to dealing with harassment in the workplace is education not litigation. The Real Deal delivers an engaging, powerful, high impact, “edutainment” style 44-minute video for managers and employees (except for supervisors subject to 2-hour state training requirements). Covers all types of unlawful harassment and retaliation. Includes practical, easily understood explanations of manager/supervisor responsibilities and liability, and employee complaint procedure.
    Starting Price: $24.99 one-time payment
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    Inspired eLearning HR & Compliance
    A single harassment claim or compliance violation can be enormously costly – not just in lost dollars, but in lost time, productivity, morale, and reputation. Inspired eLearning’s HR and Compliance training online solutions guard against these risks. Backed by the nationally recognized employment law firm of Fisher Phillips, our programs provide proven culpability protection, while educating organizations on important governmental and industry requirements. Harassment in the workplace can lead to expensive lawsuits, low morale, lost reputation, and diminished profits. Inspired eLearning’s online harassment training program can protect your organization from litigation while building a supportive work environment in which all employees feel safe. Ethics form the bedrock of any organizational culture. Inspired eLearning can help build a culture in which employees reliably make decisions which reflect organizational values and conform with industry standards and regulations.
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    Plato360

    Plato360

    ShapeMinds UG

    We train your employees online with a certificate — anytime, anywhere. Instruct employees on important compliance topics such as data protection, occupational health and safety or sexual harassment With Plato360, you can easily train your employees on important topics from anywhere and at any time. Use our portfolio of 20 different training topics such as data protection, occupational health and safety, sexual harassment and anti-discrimination. You can also easily train nursing expert standards such as fall prevention, pain management or nutrition in nursing care online with Plat360. Employees and the HR department receive a certificate of participation as proof of completion of the training. We also create individual training courses with your desired content on your own subdomain with your company CI.
    Starting Price: €5/training/user
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    Emtrain

    Emtrain

    Emtrain

    Emtrain AI, a new data-driven online training platform, with modern content, Workplace Culture Diagnostic™ and Workplace Culture Benchmark™. Go beyond check the compliance box with interactive learning scenarios, modular training programs, and high-quality workplace videos. A library of video-based microlessons to build and maintain a dialogue in your workplace on topics that suit your specific needs. We assembled a team of learning technology pioneers to build a revolutionary new workplace culture platform from the ground up. Designed to compliment your existing learning and HR platforms, Emtrain AI delivers a consumer-grade user experience to employees. And Emtrain AI goes beyond training to deliver new levels of engagement and workplace culture insight. Construct a unique learning experience for one group or many. Start a culture dialog with provocative microlessons. Plan campaigns a year in advance or launch in minutes.
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    EVERFI

    EVERFI

    EVERFI

    EVERFI partners with organizations, institutions, and educators to revolutionize the way education is developed and delivered—using today’s technology to connect learning to the real world and equip communities with the skills they need for success in the 21st century. From STEM readiness to career preparedness to corporate compliance, EVERFI’s compelling, interactive and impact-driven digital content turns passive learners into capable leaders. Learn how our critical skills curriculum is changing the face of education, and find the EVERFI offering right for your education needs. We’d love to show you how our platform is opening new doors of opportunity for organizations, industries, and individual learners. So go ahead, give us a shout. Using cutting-edge technology, EVERFI is connecting learning to the real world by delivering research-backed education with a measurable impact.
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    Thomson Reuters Compliance Learning
    Discover customized online training and provide employees with the tools and knowledge to build a culture of compliance. Employing instructional design techniques optimized for risk and compliance training our courses are driven by practical examples and interactive scenarios. They’re tailored to support your business at a country, regional, and global level supported in over 25 languages and with full audit trail capabilities. Content for our course library is powered by world-leading regulatory intelligence and courses are updated in response to the latest regulatory and legislative changes. Our courses are fully customizable and scalable to fit the exact learning objectives set by your business. We offer a range of options and courses can be built from scratch to fit your business requirements on any governance, risk and compliance topics.
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    Vantage Point

    Vantage Point

    Vantage Point

    While technology can cause apathy, immersive technology can drive empathy and fundamentally make the world more human. This is our mantra. Vantage Point unites Fortune 500s, Law Firms, Startups, and the workforce of tomorrow by unlocking and elevating Soft Skills comprehension through research-backed training programs driven by market needs. We are now delivering distributed Virtual Reality training to remote teams in a way that is cost-effective, easy-to-manage, and accessible to all employers, especially in the wake of COVID-19. We are committed to continuing to innovate and leverage technology to deliver a future beyond the crisis that is empathetic, empowered, inclusive, and united, our anti-bias training is just the beginning. Control the learning experience, market-driven immersive training programs, optimize with a 360° view of your workforce, analytics and data, continued learning, and growth.
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    HRTrain

    HRTrain

    HRTrain

    Content is an important component of the training, but so is tracking of employee completion of the training. HRTrain's Compliance Tracking Tool makes tracking training progress and completion easy. The training is customized to include your organization's branding, policies and message. We can also build your organization's training into online courses, complete with hosting and compliance tracking. The training material is developed by employment attorneys and subject matter experts who are knowledgeable about both the federal and specific state requirements. A full suite of elearning courses to meet your organization's human resources and compliance training requirements. Our Award Winning Discriminatory and Sexual Harassment Training can help reduce incidents of harassment in your workplace and take advantage of the various affirmative defenses that are available in discrimination cases.
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    High Speed Training

    High Speed Training

    High Speed Training

    We know that training is often a necessity and learning about legislation can be tough. That’s why our courses are written by professional authors to communicate information clearly and engage learners. Collaborating with experts and customers to share best practice and insight through a library of outstanding and innovative content. Together with these partners, we can be the most trusted online vocational training team, creating and delivering high quality, certified courses to millions of people. Learning is our passion. We recognize the importance of personal development not only for our customers but for ourselves too. We see through the screen and recognize our learners as individuals, just like us, and we continually strive to deliver better quality training for everyone. Increased the number of courses that we offer from one to over 160, and still counting. Delivered training to learners all over the world, from the UK to Australia.
    Starting Price: $34.60 per course
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    ADP HR Pro
    Get live HR support, online employee training and legal assistance*, so you can spend less time on HR and more time growing your business. To get started, upgrade your current RUN Powered by ADP® payroll package to ADP HR Pro. The HR HelpDesk puts you in touch with a designated team of HR business advisors, available for both one-off questions and scheduled, proactive check-ins. Also navigate everyday HR and state/federal compliance responsibilities with step-by-step best practice guidelines, essential forms and documents, and related policies. The employee handbook wizard helps you make a comprehensive, professional-quality employee handbook (based on federal and state employment law) in a few simple steps. Get live business/marketing advice from a network of verified executives, plus take advantage of tools and optimization features to build your digital marketing presence and plan and grow your business.
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    Shift HR Compliance

    Shift HR Compliance

    SHIFT HR Compliance

    Our HR DEI compliance training company is trusted by Fortune 500 clients and others across all industries including financial services, media, healthcare, retail, technology, and legal services. Real life scenarios and interactions. Interactive exercises and embedded gamification. Designed to educate, build empathy and teach strategies to neutralize bias and harassment. Dedicated to helping clients meet their goals with excellent client service. Courses are designed to work on your desktop, tablets and phones.
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Sexual Harassment Training Programs Guide

Sexual harassment training programs are designed to educate employees about the definition of sexual harassment, as well as how to recognize and prevent it. Training programs can be delivered in a variety of formats including online, classroom-based sessions or webinars. Participants will learn about their legal obligations under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, which prohibits sexual harassment in the workplace. Additionally, participants are taught about federal and state laws that protect workers from discrimination based on gender, sex, race or national origin.

The primary goal of these programs is to create an inclusive work environment free from sexual harassment by setting expectations and norms for behavior. By providing education on what constitutes sexual harassment, employers can ensure that everyone understands the types of behavior that could lead to potential claims or disciplinary action. Training should cover topics such as inappropriate comments or jokes related to sex, gender identity or orientation; unwelcome physical contact; suggestive looks; persistent requests for dates; displaying sexually explicit materials; and making threats if someone does not engage in a request for sex-related activities.

Participants should also receive information regarding different forms of retaliation that employers cannot take against individuals who report incidents or oppose discriminatory practices in the workplace. Examples may include demotion, suspension without pay, reduced hours or termination based solely on a person’s decision to make a complaint about alleged misconduct in the workplace.

Furthermore, training should cover how to properly handle complaints as they arise within an organization. This includes outlining procedures for filing reports internally with supervisors and HR personnel when necessary and appropriate external resources such as reporting agencies outside the business (i.e., police departments). Finally, training should include steps organizations can take to investigate possible cases of sexual harassment and detail policies regarding confidentiality throughout any investigation process.

Overall, these tools provide employees with an understanding of their rights at work while promoting respect among all members within their organizations—which is essential for creating safe work environments free from sexualized behavior in any form.

Features Provided by Sexual Harassment Training Programs

  • Training Materials: Sexual harassment training programs typically provide employees with materials that explain the company’s policies and procedures on workplace harassment, as well as any applicable federal or state laws.  These materials often include handbooks, brochures, and videos.
  • Education: Courses are typically provided by experts in the field of workplace harassment to help educate employees about their rights and responsibilities when it comes to protecting themselves from sexual harassment. This can include information about recognizing potential situations and responding appropriately in different contexts.
  • Support Services: Sexual harassment training programs may provide additional resources for employees who need support after experiencing a situation of sexual harassment. These resources could include confidential counseling services, as well as legal advice if necessary.
  • Assessment Tools: Programs can also offer assessment tools to gauge an employee’s understanding of the material presented in the training sessions. This is meant to ensure that all employees have a thorough understanding of their rights and responsibilities under the law.
  • Reporting Mechanisms: Many sexual harassment training programs will provide a reporting system so that victims can formally record incidents they experience or witness without fear of reprisal or retribution from their employer or coworkers. This provides an avenue for victims to be heard while maintaining confidentiality.

Types of Sexual Harassment Training Programs

  • Traditional Training: This type of training typically includes an informational presentation given by a qualified trainer that provides details about sexual harassment and its consequences. This type of program may also include role-playing activities, interactive discussions, and visual aids to help better illustrate the topics discussed.
  • Online/Video Training: With online or video training programs, employees can access the training anytime and from any location. These types of trainings often use videos with simulated scenarios that demonstrate what constitutes inappropriate behavior and provide examples of how to handle such situations.
  • Self-Paced Learning Programs: Self-paced learning programs engage learners in activities like quizzes, role play simulations, and case studies to help them learn more about sexual harassment. Self-paced learning programs are usually available on demand and can be completed at the learner’s own pace.
  • Individual Coaching/Mentoring Sessions: These sessions focus on developing individual skills that enable employees to recognize potential risks associated with sexual harassment and how to prevent it. The goal is to empower employees through one-on-one interactions with experienced professionals who can provide strategies for dealing with such situations in the workplace.
  • Live Seminars/Workshops: These sessions are typically presented before large groups in an interactive environment where employees can ask questions about various topics related to sexual harassment including state laws, employer responsibilities, employer liability, employee rights, proper complaint procedures, etc.

Advantages of Sexual Harassment Training Programs

  1. Prevention: Training programs provide information and education that can help prevent sexual harassment by teaching employees about their rights, workplace etiquette, and laws. This knowledge can help employees recognize potential incidents of harassment before they occur.
  2. Improved Workplace Environment: By providing training, organizations can create a culture of respect which will lead to improved employee morale and productivity. Employees who feel safe in their work environment are more likely to be engaged with their job and remain loyal to the organization.
  3. Compliance: Sexual harassment training programs demonstrate an employer’s commitment to compliance with applicable laws designed to protect workers from sexual harassment. Such training also provides employers with evidence that they took steps towards preventing unlawful behavior in the workplace.
  4. Risk Mitigation: Training programs guard against potential legal action from employees claiming a hostile work environment or retaliation for reporting such incidents. In addition, employers who encourage a culture of open dialogue about inappropriate behavior can make it easier for victims to report incidents without fear of repercussions.

What Types of Users Use Sexual Harassment Training Programs?

  • Employees: People employed by a company, organization or public institution who are required to attend sexual harassment training to learn how to prevent and report incidents of sexual harassment.
  • Supervisors: People in positions of power who are responsible for ensuring that employees receive the right training and can handle any workplace disputes related to sexual harassment.
  • Managers: Those with the authority to make decisions, hire and fire personnel, and approve budget requests related to sexual harassment prevention.
  • Executives: Top-level leaders responsible for setting policy on sexual harassment training across different departments.
  • Volunteers/Interns: Individuals working for an employer without pay or in exchange for experience who must undergo sexual harassment training just like any other employee.
  • Independent contractors: People hired by employers on a contract basis who must understand the company’s policies regarding sexual harassment in order to continue their work relationship with the employer.
  • Third-party vendors/service providers: Companies or individuals providing services at a given location who may be interacting with staff members, so they need to understand their role as it relates to preventing and responding to cases of sexual misconduct.
  • Board Members: Corporate directors responsible for understanding any relevant laws as well as providing guidance on appropriate steps taken when an incident occurs within their organization.

How Much Do Sexual Harassment Training Programs Cost?

The cost of sexual harassment training programs can vary greatly, depending on the size and needs of your organization. If you are looking to implement a comprehensive program, factors such as the number of employees that need to be trained, how long the training should last, and whether you'll use an online or in-person training format will affect the overall cost.

At a minimum, providing basic sexual harassment prevention information to all employees typically costs several hundred dollars per employee. This may include printed materials such as handbooks and posters, as well as online video modules or interactive sessions with facilitators. A higher level of training, including more detailed scenarios and discussion about applicable laws, could cost around $50-$80 per participant for an in-person session and around $20-$30 for an online module.

Organizations may also need additional services from third party providers such as legal consultants or webinar services if they are seeking more intensive training experiences. For example, hiring professional trainings to lead multiple in-person sessions throughout an organization could cost thousands of dollars depending on their experience level and specific requirements. Similarly engaging with external lawyers for test cases/scenarios can be expensive compared with having internal personnel create these types of engagements. Additionally there are often administrative fees associated with providing external trainings or scheduling webinars that should be taken into consideration when budgeting for a sexual harassment program.
 
Overall, it is important to consider all of these factors when deciding how much to invest in a sexual harassment training program. Ultimately whatever you spend on this kind of program will likely end up benefitting your organization by creating a safe work environment that values respect among employees at all levels.

What Software Do Sexual Harassment Training Programs Integrate With?

Software that can integrate with sexual harassment training programs includes Learning Management Systems (LMSs), Human Resources Information Systems (HRISs), Office 365, and software tools specifically designed for sexual harassment training, such as e-learning platforms. LMSs and HRISs are used to store employee records and track compliance with legal and organizational requirements, which includes tracking of completion of courses related to sexual harassment. Office 365 is a suite of productivity tools including Outlook, Teams, SharePoint and other services that can help deliver and manage sexual harassment training. Finally, there are also software tools specifically designed for delivering sexual harassment training, typically in the form of e-learning platforms. These platforms often provide interactive content with specialized features such as quizzes to assess comprehension and reminders to complete annual refresher courses.

Trends Related to Sexual Harassment Training Programs

  1. The number of sexual harassment training programs has increased exponentially in the past few years, due to the growing awareness of the issue and greater acceptance of these programs as a necessary part of workplace culture.
  2. Companies and organizations are investing more in these programs, to ensure that employees are trained on how to recognize and report instances of sexual harassment.
  3. Employers are also emphasizing the importance of creating a safe, respectful workplace environment.
  4. These training programs are designed to provide employees with a better understanding of what constitutes sexual harassment, how to respond when it occurs, and how to prevent it from happening in the first place.
  5. Many organizations are now offering online training modules to make it easier for employees to access this important information.
  6. In addition, more companies are providing ongoing training and education sessions to keep their workers up-to-date on best practices for preventing and responding to sexual harassment.
  7. There is an increasing focus on providing support and resources to victims of harassment, which includes providing counseling services and creating an effective complaint process.
  8. Additionally, many employers are implementing policies that outline specific consequences for those who violate the company’s sexual harassment policy.

How to Pick the Right Sexual Harassment Training Program

  1. Identify Your Needs: The first step is to determine what kind of training you need. Do you need online, in-person, or a combination of both? Consider who will be participating in the training and what types of topics should be covered to best meet their needs.
  2. Research Available Programs: Once you’ve identified your needs, research available programs that meet those requirements. Look for programs with experienced facilitators, who provide comprehensive education on workplace sexual harassment policy and provide opportunities for discussion about potential scenarios and solutions.
  3. Determine Budget & Time Frame: Before selecting a program, consider your budget and how much time is needed for the training sessions. Make sure to factor in any other materials such as handouts or instructor fees associated with the program before making a final decision.
  4. Ask for References: Reach out to other businesses that have used the same program to get references and feedback on their experience with the program itself as well as the facilitator’s ability to engage participants during the session.
  5. Review Program Content & Delivery Methods: Finally, review samples of content provided by different programs as well as delivery methods they use during their sessions (i.e., video clips, group discussions). This will help ensure that what you select meets all of your requirements and is delivered in an engaging manner that will make it meaningful for employees participating in it.

Make use of the comparison tools above to organize and sort all of the sexual harassment training programs products available.