It’s the Law…

California legislation (Assembly Bill 1825) requires all UCSF managers and supervisors, including academic employees, who supervise others, but who do not have supervisory titles, to attend sexual harassment prevention training.

The definition of a supervisor under this law is an individual having the authority to hire, transfer, suspend, lay off, recall, promote, discharge, assign, reward, or discipline other employees, or the responsibility to direct them, or to adjust their grievances, or effectively recommend that action.  See full announcement sent to campus leadership.

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MANAGEMENT TRAININGS

Sexual harassment is not wrong because it is illegal; it is illegal because it is wrong. It is a form of discrimination by one person upon another. It has negative impacts on the parties involved, as well as on workplace morale and productivity. It is also costly to the University.

But many managers and employees still do not understand what sexual harassment is, nor do they always recognize it in its more subtle form - or know what to about it when they do see it. In this briefing, you will learn to:

• Recognize and evaluate situations of sexual harassment in academic and hospital settings
• Discuss ways to improve your work environment: (Respect vs. Harassment)
• Discuss how to handle sexual harassment complaints
• Discuss UCSF's sexual harassment policy and complaint procedures

Faculty and Management Say:

"I was grousing about having to attend the mandatory training. But you not only managed to make the session lively, you conveyed a lot of useful information that goes beyond merely preventing sexual harassment."

"I want to express my sincere appreciation for the top notch quality of the training provided. It was engaging, humorous, and able to effectively get her salient points across. In addition she relates extremely well to her audience."

"Your presentation gave some interesting perspectives on this important topic. Your candid approach was a very effective way to address this topic."

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UPCOMING SESSIONS

IN-PERSON MANAGEMENT BRIEFINGS
The Sexual Harassment Prevention and Resolution office will continue to provide quarterly in-person sexual harassment prevention trainings for managers and supervisors.

NEXT SESSION:

Management Briefing: AB1825 Training

No management trainings are currently scheduled. There is an upcoming LIFE THEATER training. (click for details)

  LIFE THEATER SERVICES: Presented a third Sexual Harassment Prevention Training on October 27, 2011. Participants enjoyed the real life scenarios and appreciated the opportunity to interact directly with the characters.  The following comments speak to the value of such a presentation:

"Very effective actors; I enjoyed the training."
"Excellent way to communicate the issues surrounding sexual harassment."
"Good open forum - brought out 'the layers' "
"This was a really good way to get the information across and it was fun."

From the first training presented by Life Theater Services, April 2009:

"The training was really excellent - one of the best I've ever seen. It was just good for so many reasons."
"Fabulous!! Great acting. Great facilitation. Educational and Fun"
"Very effective!"
"Excellent! Far surpassed my expectations."
"The actors were fabulous and I thought the ambiguity in the scenarios helped with discussions."
"Excellent method for covering this material, especially for supervisors who have had the on-line version multiple times. This was a lively and useful refresher."

WOULD YOU LIKE TO REQUEST DEPARTMENTAL OR ONE-ON-ONE TRAINING?
If you are interested in coordinating staff training within your department, please contact SHPR at 476-5186 or email joyce.hammel@ucsf.edu.

ONLINE SEXUAL HARASSMENT PREVENTION TRAINING
This Sexual Harassment Prevention training is administered using the new system-wide learning management system that allows managers to directly track training compliance.

Please refer all inquiries related to the online Sexual Harassment Prevention training to training@ucsf.edu.

See previous correspondence regarding mandatory sexual harassment prevention training for all managers and supervisors:

Members of the UCSF Community  
Full announcement from the UC Office of the President.

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