Stop Sexual Harassment:
Interactive Training
for Supervisors
A complete training package on DVD, VHS, and CD-ROM

Preventing sexual harassment is a crucial duty for supervisors. Employers want to train supervisors about this important topic. But how can the typical HR professional or trainer conduct training like this without a huge amount of preparation?

The answer is Stop Sexual Harassment: Interactive Training for Supervisors This complete training program gives you everything you need to conduct training that's authoritative and attention-grabbing - on DVD, VHS, or computer.

Stop Sexual Harassment makes it easy for you to lead a thorough, two-hour training session for a roomful of supervisors. Or you can use the individual, self-guided version of the video to have one supervisor train himself - whether it's a newly promoted supervisor or one who has committed inappropriate behavior.

Do you have employees in California?

Then you may be required by law to give two hours of harassment training to all of your supervisors in California. In that case, you'd need the California Edition of this video training program.

Everything you need to conduct crucial two-hour training

Stop Sexual Harassment is a complete turnkey training program that includes everything you need to train your organization's supervisors to prevent sexual harassment. You get a classroom version of the video to let you train a roomful of supervisors and an individual version so one supervisor can train himself on a computer.

Classroom training

Stop Sexual Harassment includes all of these tools so you can easily train a roomful of supervisors:

1. 90-minute video on both DVD and VHS. This entertaining and educational video containing fast-paced vignettes and concise commentary from leading experts. The video includes frequent discussion breaks.
   
   
2. Trainer's Manual. This booklet arms you to lead discussions, with questions, handouts, and more.
   
   
3. CD-ROM. This separate disk contains overhead slides, along with a certificate of completion you can customize.
   
   
4. "Getting Started" guide. These easy-reading instructions help you get on your way.

To conduct classroom training with Stop Sexual Harassment, you only need a DVD or VHS player, a TV, and a knowledgeable person to lead the discussion.

Training an individual supervisor

Stop Sexual Harassment also enables supervisors to self-train on a computer using the individual version of the program. This two-hour program includes interactive quizzes — just pop the DVD into a computer that meets these requirements:

A PC needs a minimum of Pentium III, 128MB RAM, a DVD-ROM drive, and Windows 98, 2000 or XP (NT and Me not supported). Mac requires a DVD-ROM and OS 10.3.

What makes 'Stop Sexual Harassment' the best?

Unlike other training programs, the comprehensive kit is:

• Simple. For you and your staff. You get a complete turnkey training solution, and your organization's supervisors learn through observing re-enactments of common, highly plausible situations.
  
  
• Engaging. Professional actors depict reality-based scenarios from the workplace, not the unrealistic, wooden and often absurd vignettes used in other programs.
  
  
• Authoritative. Each scenario is followed by frank and easily understood commentary from leading authorities such as employment law attorney Mark Schickman, who has over 20 years of experience defending employers.
  
  
• Cost-effective. Train as many supervisors as you need to for one low price, then as needed as your operation expands and your management team changes. No per-user cost or expensive annual fee. The more you train, the more economical it becomes!
  
  
• Convenient. Conduct training as it fits your organization's schedule, not that of some busy consultant. And the included self-training program means individual supervisors can train themselves without your direct involvement.

Do you have employees in California? You may need the California Edition of this video training program.

Outline of 'Stop Sexual Harassment' video

The video Stop Sexual Harassment includes lively instruction by attorneys Mark Schickman and Linda Walton. Professional actors perform thought-provoking scenes and Whaddaya Do features, where a supervisor asks what to do in a difficult situation. The video is divided into 11 brief chapters to help supervisors follow along — and to give you, the trainer, plenty of chances to pause for discussion.

1. Consequences of Harassment
. Losing a lawsuit, your job, and maybe your spouse

2. 'Quid Pro Quo' Harassment
. What is quid pro quo harassment?
. Scene: Gary the Sleazy Manager - Get in his hot tub and you'll get a promotion
. Company is vulnerable to three lawsuits

3. Overview of Harassment Law
. What laws prohibit harassment? Title VII and your state's law
. Damages
. Protected classes under federal law
. Your obligations under harassment law

4. Hostile Environment: Pervasive Harassment
. What is hostile environment harassment?
. Whaddaya Do ... Employees Tell Sexual Jokes
. Supervisor's duty to protect employees from a harassing environment
. Scene: Beefcake vs. Cheesecake - Sexy pictures on a cubicle wall get out of control
. Are they really offended?
. Supervisor wants a fun department
. Dangers of the Internet and e-mail

5. Hostile Environment: Severe Harassment
. One severe incident can be harassment
. Scene: Physical Attack - After two employees break up, she has mixed emotions but he won't take no for an answer
. What did the boss do wrong?
. Attacker can be sued or arrested

6. Dating a Subordinate
. Dating a subordinate is never a good idea
. Whaddaya Do ... Gary Looks for a Date
. The imbalance of power - she says yes, but does she mean it?
. Messy breakups

7. Harassment by a Customer
. Harassment by a customer is prohibited by Title VII
. Scene: Harassment by Customer - When salesmen take a big customer to dinner, she wants something that's not on the menu
. Harassment outside of the office
. Boss is on notice of employee's harassment "complaint"
. Alcohol makes harassment easier

8. Hostility Based on Gender
. Sexual harassment is not only about sex
. Scene: Rosie in a Blue-collar Job - Why do the guys always pick on Rosie? (Don't be so sure until you see the video)
. Is the hostility based on gender?
. Supervisor isn't qualified to investigate, so he needs to go to HR


9. Procedures and Investigations
. Whaddaya Do ... Boss Thinks She's Lying
. Why you shouldn't threaten an employee who complains: retaliation and more
. What if the employee lies?
. Don't promise confidentiality to complaining employee

10. Sexual Orientation
. Whaddaya Do ... Lesbian and Straight Friend
. For a sensitive situation, supervisors should go to HR for advice
. Sexual orientation harassment isn't directly protected under Title VII, but it might be protected in a roundabout way

11. Look Out for Harassment
. Whaddaya Do ... Gary Buys Lingerie
. If you think it might be a bad idea, don't do it!
. Courts look at harassment from the victim's point of view

About the video hosts Stop Sexual Harassment: Interactive Training for Supervisors features the energetic Mark Schickman, an attorney with Freeland, Cooper & Foreman in San Francisco and Linda Walton, an attorney with the seattle office of the Perkins Coie law firm. They deliver vital information in a clear and captivating style that makes everyone sit up and pay attention. No groans of boredom or snickers of disbelief with these two leading the discussion. Mark Schickman has litigated every kind of employment matter over the past 30 years. He advises and counsels employers to ensure compliance with applicable laws, avoid costly lawsuits, and defend against challenges to policies and procedures. Mark has defended leading corporations against claims of age discrimination, sexual harassment, and discrimination under FMLA. He's an editor of California Employment Law Letter, the premier biweekly newsletter for California employers, and a member of the Employers Counsel Network. Linda Walton has extensive experience representing corporate and institutional clients in employment law disputes. She has defended a six-count whistleblower/discrimination charge, a hostile environment sexual harassment claim, sexual harassment, sex discrimination, and retaliation claims. She also defended one of America's leading companies against charges of same-sex sexual harassment, religious discrimination, and retaliation. She is a lively and engaging speaker much in demand for executive and management training in employment law. She is Of Counsel in the Perkins Coie Seattle office.

Why Train Supervisors? It makes sense. Maybe you've never had a claim of sexual harassment at your organization and figure you can't justify even the modest expense of this training system. Yet you've probably never had a fire at your workplace, so why do you bother with fire insurance? It's too expensive to ignore. An average of 56 claims of sexual harassment are filed with the EEOC every day and the average jury award in harassment cases is $250,000.

Stop Sexual Harassment: Interactive Training for Supervisors Do you have employees in California? You may need the California Edition of this video training program.