California State Law AB1825 mandates state-wide sexual harassment training for any employee who performs supervisory functions within a company of 50 employees or more. AB1825 is part of the Fair Employment and Housing Act, which first became effective August 17, 2007. California harassment training requirements set the standard for the rest of the country. Serious consequences will result if the training requirements are not complied with properly.
Along with the sexual harassment training already required by law. AB2053 went into effect on January 1, 2015, requiring that California employers provide training on the “prevention of abusive conduct.” “Abusive conduct” is defined under California Government Code Section 12950.1(g)(2) as the “conduct of an employer or employee in the workplace, with malice, that a reasonable person would find hostile, offensive and unrelated to an employer’s legitimate business interests."