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

Management Briefings
The Office of Sexual Harassment Prevention and Resolution will continue to provide quarterly in-person sexual harassment prevention trainings for managers and supervisors. You can register for these sessions at http://learningcenter.ucsf.edu. Once you log in using your employee ID number, click on 'Learn' found on the menu bar at the top of the page. Choose Catalog from the drop-down menu, go to Supervision and Management (a sub category under Supervision, Management and Leadership) and register.

Next sessions for 2009:

OCTOBER 27, 2009
2:00 to 4:00 PM
Parnassus, Room N-225

NOVEMBER 10, 2009
1:00 to 3:00 PM
Mission Bay, Genentech Hall Auditorium

Please print a copy of the training packet and bring it with you to your training session.

If you are interested in coordinating staff training within your department, please contact OSHPR at 476-5186 or email cwilliams@worklife.ucsf.edu.

Presenting...Life Theatre - A Special Event
Life Theatre Services premiered their sexual harassment prevention training for managers and supervisors on April 16th at Mission Bay.  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:

"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."

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. For more information, please visit Human Resources / Development & Training.

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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