Course Overview
This online Harassment & Retaliation Prevention for Employees and Supervisors (U.S.)-Construction course is an engaging, high impact, edutainment-style course for employees and supervisors (except for supervisors subject to 2-hour state training requirements) that covers all types of unlawful harassment and retaliation. It includes practical, easily understood explanations of employee complaint procedures and supervisor responsibilities and features a high-powered attorney, dynamic facilitators, and professional actors. It also includes a realistic, issue-rich, live action scene taking place in a construction workplace for learners to assess and apply their knowledge.
Course Topics
- Definitions and examples:
- Harassment, including quid pro quo, hostile environments, and physical, verbal, and visual harassment
- Retaliation
- Discrimination
- State and Federal laws
- Protected categories
- Consequences of discrimination and harassment
- Supervisory responsibilities and liability:
- Knew or should have known
- Immediate and appropriate action
- Confidentiality
- Employee complaint procedure
- Bystander reporting
- Intent vs. impact
- Reasonable person standard
- Workplace romance; favoritism
- Consenting vs. welcome
- Power abuse and intimidation
- 3rd-party non-employees (e.g. contractors, clients, vendors, and temps)
- Off-site work-related activities
- Cross cultural conflict
- Gender identity/expression and sexual orientation
- Potential for violence
- Social media and technology
- Workplace bullying
- The importance of documentation
- Personal liability
This course takes approximately 60 minutes to complete
A passing grade of 100% or higher required. Up to 1 attempts are provided.
A certificate will be provided upon the successful completion of this course.
