Online Connecticut Sexual Harassment Training
On June 18, 2019, Connecticut enacted a new state law, the Time’s Up Act, expanding sexual harassment training requirements for employers with employees working in Connecticut. Employers must now provide two hours of sexual harassment training to all employees in Connecticut, not just supervisors. New employees hired after October 1, 2019, must be trained within six months of hire. All current employees must be trained by October 1, 2020.
In October 2019, Connecticut issued guidance detailing the law’s training requirements. This article details employers’ posting and training obligations under the the Time’s Up Act and the expanded employee protections under the new law.
Which employers must provide sexual harassment training in Connecticut?
All employers of any size must provide sexual harassment training to their supervisors in Connecticut. Employers that have three or more employees must provide training to all employees in Connecticut. (The previous Connecticut law only applied to employers who had 50 or more employees and only required training for supervisors.)
Guidance issued by the Connecticut Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities (“CHRO”) makes clear that the law applies even to employers that are headquartered out of state. For example, if a company headquartered in Minnesota has ten employees in Minnesota and one in Connecticut, the employer must ensure that the one employee in Connecticut receives two hours of sexual harassment training compliant with the Connecticut law.
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