Preventing Sexual Harassment in Illinois

Course Abstract

12 minutes

Meet the additional training requirements required by The Illinois Human Rights Act for both managers and employees. This course covers Illinois’ expanded definition of sexual harassment, how to report harassment, and explains employer requirements. This course must be taken each calendar year in combination with Harassment-free Workplace for employees or Preventing Harassment in the Workplace for managers to fulfill Illinois’ harassment prevention training requirements.

• Provides Illinois’ expanded definition of sexual harassment in terms of working environment, victims, and online conduct
  
  
• Explains how welcome behavior can become unwelcome and that consent can be revoked at any time
  
  
• Lists additional examples of behaviors that can be considered sexual harassment

• Identifies rights of victims and details the four ways to report sexual harassment
  
  
• Provides instructions for how to file a complaint with the Illinois Department of Human Rights and how to file a claim with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
  
  
• Shares employer requirements in terms of training, preventing harassment, and correcting harassment