Jackson Lewis: California Law Requires Sexual Harassment Prevention Training for Farm Labor Contractors | Practical Law

Jackson Lewis: California Law Requires Sexual Harassment Prevention Training for Farm Labor Contractors | Practical Law

This California Law Firm Publication by Jackson Lewis P.C. discusses an amendment to the California Farm Labor Contractor Act. This amendment requires farm labor contractors to participate in at least one hour of sexual harassment prevention training annually and requires all applicants for a farm labor contractor license to execute a written statement attesting that its managers are trained in sexual harassment prevention. Under this law, the California Labor Commissioner has authority to revoke, suspend, or deny renewal of a farm labor contractor’s license if the licensee is found by a court or administrative agency to have committed sexual harassment of an employee, or if the contractor has employed a supervisory employee that it knew or should have known had been found to have sexually harassed an employee within the previous three years. This law takes effect on January 1, 2015.

Jackson Lewis: California Law Requires Sexual Harassment Prevention Training for Farm Labor Contractors

by Jackson Lewis P.C.
Published on 02 Oct 2014California, United States
This California Law Firm Publication by Jackson Lewis P.C. discusses an amendment to the California Farm Labor Contractor Act. This amendment requires farm labor contractors to participate in at least one hour of sexual harassment prevention training annually and requires all applicants for a farm labor contractor license to execute a written statement attesting that its managers are trained in sexual harassment prevention. Under this law, the California Labor Commissioner has authority to revoke, suspend, or deny renewal of a farm labor contractor’s license if the licensee is found by a court or administrative agency to have committed sexual harassment of an employee, or if the contractor has employed a supervisory employee that it knew or should have known had been found to have sexually harassed an employee within the previous three years. This law takes effect on January 1, 2015.