Description
This Illinois Sexual Harassment Prevention Training course satisfies 1 of the 30 hours of Professional Development Hours (PDH) required for Illinois licensed professional engineers and professional land surveyors. This professional engineer license renewal continuing education course in sexual harassment prevention is required in the state of Illinois.
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- The Illinois Human Rights Act makes it a civil rights violation “[f]or any employer, employee, agent of any employer, employment agency or labor organization to engage in sexual harassment.” 775 ILCS 5/2-102(D).
- The Illinois General Assembly finds that tolerance of sexual harassment has a detrimental influence in workplaces by creating a hostile environment for employees, reducing productivity, and increasing legal liability.
- The State of Illinois encourages employers to adopt and actively implement policies to ensure their workplaces are safe for employees to report concerns about sexual harassment without fear of retaliation, loss of status, or loss of promotional opportunities.
- Every employer the State of Illinois is required to provide employees with sexual harassment prevention training that complies with sections 2-109 and 2-110 of the Illinois Human Rights Act (“IHRA”).
- All employees regardless of their status (i.e. short-term, part-time, or intern) must be trained.
- If an employer has an independent contractor working on-site with the employer’s staff, the independent contractor should receive sexual harassment prevention training.
Course Objectives
Upon successful completion of this professional development course, the professional engineer and professional land surveyor will have reviewed:
- an explanation of sexual harassment consistent with the Illinois Human Rights Act;
- examples of conduct that may constitute unlawful sexual harassment;
- a summary of Federal and State statutory laws concerning sexual harassment including remedies available to victims; and
- a summary of employer responsibilities in the prevention, investigation, and corrective measures of sexual harassment