Sexual harassment training is a form of compliance training common in organizations of all sizes and across industries. Mandated by federal and Illinois laws, this training aims to prevent workplace sexual harassment in any form, including inappropriate remarks, unwanted physical contact, showing pornographic material, and demands for sexual favors. Use this 1-hour training course for employees to stay compliant with all the latest applicable laws. Sexual harassment training is vital to reducing workplace violence and providing a safe work environment.
Required by Illinois
All employers
Within 1 year of employment
1 hour (all employees)
Every year
Sexual harassment definition, examples, reporting, responsibilities
All businesses with employees working in Illinois, regardless of size and industry, are required to provide sexual harassment prevention training annually to create a safe, respectful & healthy workplace for everyone.
Every employee in the state of Illinois, from entry-level to senior management positions, should undergo regular anti-sexual harassment training to gain awareness about sexual misconduct and minimize legal & financial risks.
Human resources professionals in Illinois must take comprehensive training since they have the responsibility to enforce strict sexual harassment policies in the workplace to regulate employee behaviors.
Supervisory and managerial employees are also required to undergo the training to understand their vital role in preventing workplace harassment in any form and lead by example.
Employers in Illinois are encouraged to provide sexual harassment training to contractors who work on-site or interact with other employees. This will bring the contractors within the purview of applicable laws.
NPOs in Illinois should deploy sexual harassment prevention training to protect their staff, volunteers, members, and other stakeholders from unwanted incidents of harassment and ensure their safety.
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Meets U.S. Federal and Illinois state sexual harassment training requirements.
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Includes real-life case studies and examples to illustrate incidents of workplace sexual harassment.
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The state of Illinois sexual harassment training is a sexual harassment prevention training program intended for employees. According to the Illinois Human Rights Act, it is illegal to make unwelcome sexual advances or request sexual favors. It is illegal in the state for anyone to sexually harass another person or commit an act of discrimination. The Illinois Workplace Transparency Act, which amended the Illinois Human Rights Act, requires all employers in Illinois to provide sexual harassment training to all employees every year.
All employees based in Illinois must undergo sexual harassment training. All supervisory and non-supervisory employees, including part-time employees and interns, must be trained.
Administering sexual harassment training is easy with a ready-to-use course and a learning management system to deliver it. All you need to do is pick the sexual harassment training course for your state from ProProfs library. Alternatively, if you like, you can customize a course with your branding, company harassment policy, and make any changes you wish to. Next, you can simply upload a spreadsheet containing a list of learners or add them one by one. At ProProfs, you can do an automated sync with your HRIS. Take a look at this easy guide to learn How to Conduct Sexual Harassment Training.
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Yes, LGBTQIA+ employees are protected from workplace sexual harassment, just like all other employees. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, EEOC, has said that workplace harassment because of an employee's gender identity or expression is sexual harassment. Harassment that happens because someone doesn’t fit traditional gender stereotypes of masculinity or femininity is a type of sexual harassment. Workplace harassment against LGBT people is always rooted in other people's belief that they are not acting how a woman or man "should" act, therefore making it sexual harassment.
It is unlawful to harass a person because of that person's sex, including the person's sexual orientation, gender identity, or pregnancy. Learn More
This course is self-paced, and is available as soon as you open your account. You can assign the course to your employees anytime, and you can set deadlines for them. The course is always available to you, so you can require employees to take it again or as required by your policy or state (e.g. every two years).
As long as your account is active, you can access the course. If you cancel your account, you will lose access to the course.
You can archive the user if they leave your organization. The reports would remain intact, and it would free up the license so you can now train a new employee without any additional cost.
Yes. You can make any changes to the course, such as adding your logo, company information, or custom content. If you do make changes, please check federal and state guidelines to ensure you maintain compliance.
You will be able to administer and manage the course from your ProProfs Training Maker account. You can share the course with your employees using our Classroom feature. Or you may send them an email containing a link to the course if you prefer. Your employees can access the course via phone, tablet, or desktop. You can set up groups and automate course notifications & reminders.
There is a placeholder location in the course where you can add your company’s harassment policy. You can type in, copy and paste or even upload files directly into the training course, including: zip, doc, docx, ppt, pptx, pdf, swf, jpg, png, gif, flv, mp4, mp3, m4v. You can also add your policy to the classroom as a downloadable file.
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The course completion and pending reports are automatically generated in your account. You can share access to these reports easily within your company. You can also use these reports to send reminders to improve completion.
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