California Employer Advisor Audio Conference
(This conference was originally produced on Wednesday, August 10, 2005.)

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Are you ready to comply with the new California law mandating harassment prevention training? All employers in California with 50 or more employees MUST provide every supervisor with two hours of training on sexual harassment prevention by January 1, 2006.

Complying with the new law is just one more harassment concern that California employers have to worry about. Not only are employers in our state automatically liable for harassment by supervisors, but you also risk getting sued if your workers get harassed by clients and vendors!

The jury verdicts resulting from claims of workplace harassment can be HUGE. Consider these examples:

• An Orange County jury awarded $1,350,000 to a real estate agent who claimed she was terminated because she had complained about being harassed by a corporate vice president.
• A Los Angeles jury awarded $1,125,000 to a transit employee who claimed she was harassed by her supervisor and that the employer failed to take steps to discipline or transfer the supervisor.

The bottom line is that employers in our state face a challenging legal environment with regard to harassment. Training your employees—whether you're covered by the new law or not—is one of the most effective ways to protect your company.

So how can you create a training program that can prevent harassment and act as an effective shield against liability when a complaint arises?

Join us on Wednesday, August 10, for a fast-paced 90-minute audio conference and find out:

• What the new California sexual harassment training law requires of you
• Why effective sexual harassment training is so critical from a legal and management standpoint
• The penalties you face if you fail to meet your training responsibilities
• The best way to organize and prepare your training program
• How to get your supervisors up to speed quickly and effectively
• What your sexual harassment training MUST include to be effective
• The concrete steps to take TODAY to get started
• How to set up an effective complaint reporting system

Plus, with your conference handout, you'll receive:

• A sample policy against sexual harassment
• A self-audit checklist
• And much more!

About your speaker:

REBECCA SPEER, Esq., is founder and principal of Speer Associates. She has extensive experience working with a wide range of organizations, providing employment law consulting with a specialized focus on employee relations management, internal investigations of misconduct, and the prevention of workplace violence and sexual harassment.

Ms. Speer has lectured nationally and published extensively on workplace topics. She was designated by the U.S. Department of Labor as a United States Representative to a Tri-National Conference on Violence as a Workplace Risk, sponsored by the governments of Canada, Mexico, and the U.S. And, she has testified in Washington, D.C., before a House Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.

Ms. Speer has conducted numerous workplace investigations regarding a wide variety of alleged or suspected misconduct at all levels of an organization. Investigations have examined claims of sexual harassment; discrimination based on gender, race, and other protected characteristics; abusive management; assaults and other physical impropriety; drug and alcohol use; and substandard performance or neglect of duties.

Ms. Speer is a graduate of Stanford University and the Santa Clara University School of Law. She was associated with the national law firms of Morrison & Foerster and Seyfarth, Shaw, Fairweather & Geraldson in San Francisco prior to establishing Speer Associates.

Approved for Recertification Credit

This program has been approved for 1.5 recertification credit hours toward PHR and SPHR recertification through the Human Resource Certification Institute (HRCI). For more information about certification or recertification, please visit the HRCI homepage at www.hrci.org.

How do audio conferneces work?

An audio conference is remarkably cost-effective and convenient. You participate from your office using a regular telephone. You have no travel costs and no out-of-office time. Plus, for one low price you can get as many people in your office to participate as you can fit around a speakerphone. Because the conference is live, you can ask the speakers questions—either on the phone or via e-mail. With your registration, you also receive conference materials with additional practical information from California Employer Advisor sent to you via e-mail shortly before the conference.

Why you can sign up to attend this event with confidence

As with all California Employer Advisor products, you're completely protected. If for any reason you are unsatisfied with this audio conference, simply let us know and we will return your entire registration fee.