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1 HR Basics Sexual Prevention Course Guide brought to you by

2 Table of Contents Getting Started... 1 What is Sexual?... 1 Sexual Prevention: Purpose...1 The Management System...1 The Lessons...2 Focus Questions and Lesson Tests...2 Glossary Entries...2 Lesson Summaries Achievement Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved.

3 Getting Started What is sexual harassment? Sexual harassment is defined as uninvited and unwelcome verbal or physical conduct directed at an employee because of his or her sex (Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary, 1975). It is a form of sex discrimination, which is illegal under both federal and state law. When sexual harassment occurs in the workplace, everyone suffers. It negatively impacts morale and productivity, and it can result in expensive, time-consuming lawsuits. To eliminate sexual harassment, we need to understand it. To accomplish this, each individual in the workplace from the entry-level employees to the highest ranks of management must be able to identify sexual harassment and know which proactive steps to take in order to stop it. Once we understand it, we have the power to stop it and the power to prevent it. Sexual Prevention: Purpose The purpose of the Sexual Prevention program is to help employees recognize and understand sexual harassment and to teach them effective ways to prevent and address sexual harassment at their workplace. Through these lessons: 1. Current laws and concepts related to the prevention of sexual harassment in the workplace will be reviewed. 2. Supervisors and managers will be informed of their responsibilities as representatives of their employer. 3. Completion of a sexual harassment prevention training program will be documented. 4. Your knowledge of the materials covered in this training program will be measured. The Management System The HR Basics management system provides several important features: Tests employees knowledge, providing both pretests and posttests to make initial assessments and gauge employee progress Monitors employee scores and completion of activities Produces reports on individual employee performance Provides online documentation This guide outlines the content and activities of Sexual Prevention. Information about the management system is provided under separate cover in the HR Basics User s Guide

4 The Lessons Each lesson begins with a list of objectives. Some lessons continue with informational paragraphs and bullet points, others exhibit real-world scenarios or case studies. Lessons are often followed by yes/no, true/false, or multiple-choice questions to reinforce your understanding of the topic. The following information will help you take full advantage of the features of HR Basics lessons: Use the mouse to answer questions: click on the correct answer. If a question is answered incorrectly, you will be provided with the correct answer and be asked to try again. For questions pertaining to case studies, you will be provided with the opportunity to review the case study. You can not move to the next question until the current question is answered correctly. You may review the instructional material at any time during the lesson by clicking Review. By clicking Review, you are taken to the first tutorial screen. From there, you may proceed step-by-step through the tutorial screens. Click Go Back to review the tutorial screens that immediately precedes the one on which you are currently working. Click Return to return to the page from which you originally began. After reviewing the tutorial screens, you will return to the question that was being answered before you began your review. There may be times when you need to exit the program before completing a lesson. To end a lesson, close the activity window. No score is recorded, and reports show incomplete. When you take the lesson again, you must start from the beginning. When you finish answering all of the questions in an activity, a score is displayed. The score, expressed as a percent, is the number of questions answered correctly out of all the questions attempted. Focus Questions and Lesson Tests Prior to beginning the first lesson, a pretest will be given. At the end of some of the lessons, you will be required take a short quiz. The test questions may address information that is contained in the lesson and in the glossary entries referenced in the lesson. After completing all of the lessons, you will be required to take a posttest. You will be required to respond to Focus Questions during each lesson. Each Focus Question is designed to direct your attention toward an important aspect of the information presented on the previous screen(s). Glossary Entries Glossary entries are words or phrases used in lessons and explained in detail in the glossary. Glossary entries are italicized. To look up words or phrases, click on the Glossary button

5 Lesson Summaries Lesson Title What is Sexual? Lesson Summary This lesson introduces the subject of sexual harassment Lesson Objectives To provide a clear definition of sexual harassment. Why is Sexual Illegal? This lesson informs employees of their right to raise a complaint and how to raise it. It encourages them to develop a policy prohibiting sexual harassment, and develop discipline for dealing with sexual harassment. Identify how employees are protected from sexual harassment Recognize the penalties and damages that may result from charges of sexual harassment. Identify effective methods for preventing sexual harassment Quid Pro Quo Sexual Quid pro quo harassment occurs when both of these elements are present: 1) unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, or conduct of a sexual nature; and 2) loss of a job benefit or detriment to the employee based on the employee's response to the sexual conduct, advance, or demand for sexual favors. Recognize the occurrence of quid pro quo harassment. Identify everyone's responsibilities in cases of quid pro quo harassment. Identify effective ways to reduce the risk of quid pro quo harassment occurring in the workplace. Identify effective methods for dealing with quid pro quo harassment. Hostile Work Environment Sexual A work environment is hostile to employees when verbal or physical conduct, pictures, calendars, or other objects or behavior of sexual nature unreasonably interfere with work performance; or is intimidating, hostile, or offensive to an employee. Courts consider workplace conduct from the viewpoint of a reasonable person. Identify conditions that contribute to a hostile work environment. Recognize how hostile work environments differ from quid pro quo harassment. Identify responsibilities of employers and employees in sexual harassment situations

6 Lesson Title Unwelcome vs. Consensual Lesson Summary Sexual harassment is unwelcome conduct of a sexual nature. Consensual sexual conduct occurs when all of the people involved consent, agree to, and want the sexual conduct to occur. Consensual sexual conduct is NOT sexual harassment. Lesson Objectives Recognize the difference between consensual sexual activity and unwelcome sexual conduct Sexual When You Least Expect It Employees will be able to identify conditions that may make an employer liable for sexual harassment, such as: harassment that is committed by someone who is not employed by the employer harassment in same-sex situations harassment that does not involve sexual overtures harassment outside working hours and/or away from the workplace Identify how employees are protected from sexual harassment Recognize the penalties and damages that may result from charges of sexual harassment. Identify effective methods for preventing sexual harassment 6 4 6