§ 42:343 — Preventing sexual harassment; mandatory training requirements

§343. Preventing sexual harassment; mandatory training requirements
A.(1) Each public servant shall receive a minimum of one hour of education and
training on preventing sexual harassment during each full calendar year of his public
employment or term of office, as the case may be.
(2) An agency head shall require supervisors and any persons designated by the
agency to accept or investigate a complaint of sexual harassment in his agency to receive
additional education and training.
B. The education and training required pursuant to this Section may be received
either in person or via the internet through training and education materials approved by the
public servant's agency head.
C. Each agency head shall ensure that each public servant in the agency is notified
of the agency's policy against sexual harassment and the mandatory training requirement on
preventing sexual harassment. The agency head, or his designee, shall be responsible for
maintaining records of the compliance of each public servant in the agency with the
mandatory training requirement. Each public servant's record of compliance shall be a public
record and available to the public in accordance with the Public Records Law.
D. Each agency head shall ensure that its policy against sexual harassment and its
complaint procedure is prominently posted on its website or, if the agency does not have a
website, that a notice on how to obtain the information is posted in a conspicuous location
in each of the agency's offices.

Legislative History

Acts 2018, No. 270, §1, eff. January 1, 2019.