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Adopt the County's Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Harassment/Discrimination Policy as amended to reflect the provisions of Senate Bill 1343 (2018) and update departmental complaint options
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DEPARTMENTAL RECOMMENDATION:
The Director of Human Resources recommends that the Board of Supervisors adopt the County's Equal Employment Opportunity Harassment/Discrimination Policy (EEO Policy) as amended to reflect the provisions of Senate Bill 1343 (2018) and update departmental complaint options.
SUMMARY:
As part of the 2018 California Legislative Session, Governor Jerry Brown signed into law Senate Bill 1343, which expands existing harassment training requirements. The Department of Human Resources conducted its annual March review of the County's EEO Policy, as required, and recommends that the Board of Supervisors adopt the amendments to the EEO Policy to reflect the provisions in Senate Bill 1343 (SB 1343, 2018). The County already provides sexual harassment training to supervisors every two years and within six months of appointment and nonsupervisory employees every three years; however, by January 1, 2020 the bill requires employers to provide at least one hour of sexual harassment training to all nonsupervisory employees within six months of hire date, and once every two years thereafter. Beginning January 1, 2020, for seasonal and temporary employees, or any employees that is hired to work for less than six months, an employer shall provide sexual harassment training within 30 calendar days after the hire date or within 100 hours worked, whichever occurs first.
The amendments to the EEO Policy also propose to remove Departmental EEO Representatives to receive complaints at the department level. There are individuals listed who are not at a supervisory and/or management level; therefore, they neither have the authority and/or training to...
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