Online Course
Sexual Harassment (Employee)
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For employees learning to recognize and respond to sexual harassment at work. The course shows where the line actually falls — between a joke and a violation, between welcome and unwelcome, between one bad remark and a hostile work environment — using scenes of ordinary office behavior alongside the legal definitions.
It works from whether the conduct was unwelcome to the person receiving it, and from the fact that harassment is not one thing but a range of severity. The course sorts conduct into three levels — from unfocused comments, images and terms of endearment at Level 1, through targeted and repeated conduct, to the most serious violations — and shows how Level 1 behavior becomes Level 2 simply by being repeated after someone has asked it to stop.
It also covers who can be a harasser (not only a boss, and not only a man — co-workers, vendors, contractors, clients, customers and, in healthcare, patients), why the same remark can be acceptable in one workplace and a violation in another, and what to do if you are the person it is happening to or the person watching it happen.
Who it’s for: every employee, in any industry. Presented on camera by employment lawyers at Ogletree Deakins.
What’s inside
1 section · 25 items
Course content
- Introduction — Workplace Respect, Conduct and Speaking Up · video
- Chapter 1 — Recognizing Sexual Harassment: Three Levels of Severity · video
- Chapter 1 Quiz · knowledge check
- Chapter 2 — Answer to Chapter 1 Quiz: Communicating That Conduct Is Unwelcome · video
- Chapter 2 Quiz · knowledge check
- Chapter 3 — When Banter and Attention Become Unwelcome · video
- Chapter 3 Quiz · knowledge check
- Chapter 4 — Answer to Chapter 3 Quiz: Why Flirting Must Be Read in Context · video
- Chapter 4 Quiz · knowledge check
- Chapter 5 — Answer to Chapter 4 Quiz: Respecting Boundaries Around Physical Contact · video
- Chapter 5 Quiz · knowledge check
- Chapter 6 — Answer to Chapter 5 Quiz: How Unwanted Conduct Escalates · video
- Chapter 6 Quiz · knowledge check
- Chapter 7 — Repeated Requests, Rejection and Harassment · video
- Chapter 7 Quiz · knowledge check
- Chapter 8 — From Sexual Comments to Physical Abuse · video
- Chapter 8 Quiz · knowledge check
- Chapter 9 — Answer to Chapter 8 Quiz: Social Media Posts as Evidence of Workplace Conduct · video
- Chapter 9 Quiz · knowledge check
- Chapter 10 — Quid Pro Quo: Job Benefits in Exchange for Sex · video
- Chapter 10 Quiz · knowledge check
- Chapter 11 — Recognizing Retaliation by Coworkers and Supervisors · video
- Chapter 11 Quiz · knowledge check
- Conclusion — Bystander Reporting and Supervisor Responsibility · video
- Survey Slide · lesson
Common questions
What does this course actually teach?
How sexual harassment is judged and recognized at work. The course works from whether the conduct was unwelcome to the person receiving it, and sorts conduct into three levels of severity, from unfocused comments, images and terms of endearment at Level 1 through targeted and repeated conduct to the most serious violations, and shows how Level 1 behavior becomes Level 2 simply by being repeated after someone has asked it to stop.
Who can be a harasser?
Not only a boss and not only a man. The course is explicit that women can harass, that men can harass other men, and that vendors, contractors, delivery people, clients, customers, visitors and, in healthcare, patients can all be harassers. It also explains why the same remark can be acceptable in one workplace and a violation in another, because some employers set a lower standard than the law does.
Which of the nine courses does my organisation need?
Everyone takes the same starting point: Sexual Harassment (Employee). Anyone who supervises people adds the Supervisor Supplement on top of it — supervisors are held to a higher standard and that course is about what to do once you know. This is that starting point — every employee, in any industry. You do not have to work this out per person: when your people join with your company code they give their work state and say whether they supervise anyone, and the rules assign what each of them owes from that.
Can I buy this for my whole team, and do I assign it person by person?
You can buy it for a team: set the number of licenses on this page before adding to cart. And no, you do not assign it person by person — that is not how the platform works. Your people join with your company code, give their work state and city and say whether they supervise anyone, and the training rules decide what each of them owes from that — which is how a multi-state employer gets the right course to the right person without anyone maintaining a list. You hand out one code instead of picking names off a list. A license runs for 12 months from the day it is activated, not from the day you buy it.
Who is it for, and how is it structured?
Every employee, in any industry. 13 video chapters with 11 knowledge checks, presented on camera by employment lawyers at Ogletree Deakins. Progress saves as you go and a certificate is issued on completion.