Sexual Harassment Training for City Officers and Employees

(a) Each officer and employee shall receive training of the highest standards on the sexual harassment policy at least once every two years in accordance with this section. (1) An officer or employee who enters city employment after July 1, 1997 shall receive the training during the orientation provided upon entering employment. (2) An officer who enters city service, other than employment, after July 1, 1997 shall receive the training within the one-month period following entrance into service. (3) An officer or employee who is in city employment or service on July 1, 1997 shall receive the training within the two-year period following that date. (4) For the duration of city employment or service after the training described in subdivision (1), (2), or (3), an officer or employee shall again receive the training at least once within each two-year period following the immediate previous training. (b) The department of human resources shall be responsible for scheduling and enrolling an officer or employee for the training on the sexual harassment policy. In doing so, the department of human resources shall consult with the officer’s or employee’s appointing authority to set a training date and time which will cause the least possible disruption to the officer’s or employee’s work, service, or department or office of employment. After the department of human resources enrolls an officer or employee for training, the officer’s or employee’s appointing authority shall require the officer or employee to attend the training on the scheduled date and time. The department may excuse an enrolled officer or employee from attending for legitimate reason, but shall again enroll the excused officer or employee for training on another date and time in accordance with this section. (c) The department of human resources shall be responsible for providing the training on the sexual harassment policy to officers and employees. The training shall be designed to make officers and employees aware of the policy, actions that constitute sexual harassment, and impacts of violating the policy. For management or supervisory officers or employees, the training required under this section shall be integrated with that required under § 1-17.11 .