HomeMy WebLinkAbout7206_CCv0001.pdf RESOLUTION NO. 7206
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDLANDS
ESTABLISHING THE REQUIREMENT FOR MANDATORY SEXUAL
HARASSMENT PREVENTION TRAINING FOR CITY COMMISSIONERS AND
COMMITTEE MEMBERS
WHEREAS, the state legislature in 2005 approved Assembly Bill No. 1825 ("AB 1825")
to establish California's sexual harassment prevention training requirements based upon its
determination that then-current laws, while prohibiting sexual harassment, had not done enough
to eliminate the problems; and
WHEREAS, AB 1825 was incorported into Government Code Section 12950.1 which
requires California employers with fifty or more employees to provide sexual harassment training
and education to each supervisory employee once every two years, and to new supervisory
employees within six months of their assumption of a supervisory position; and
WHEREAS, AB 1825 is interpreted and enforced by the California Fair Employment and
Housing Commission ("FEHC"), which enforces the state's civil rights laws regarding
discrimination employment, housing, public accommodations, pregnancy disability leave, family
and medical leave and hate violence; and
WHEREAS, according to FEHC regulations, the mandated harassment prevention
training shall include,but is not limited to, the following:
1. The types of conduct that constitutes sexual harassment;
2. Remedies available for sexual harassment;
3. Strategies to prevent sexual harassment in the workplace;
4. Resources for victims of unlawful sexual harassment, such as to whom they should
report any alleged sexual harassment;
5. The employer's obligation to conduct an effective workplace investigation of
harassment complaints; and
6. The essential elements of anti-harassment policy and how to utilize it if a harassment
complaint is filed; and
WHEREAS, the City's Human Resources Department is currently responsible for
administering the City's AB 1825 training program, and, in that capacity, manages a process to
identify supervisors, provide training, and document completion of training within the required
reporting period; and
WHEREAS, the City Council members and all supervisory employees of the City have
regularly undertaken the mandatory harassment prevention training since approval of AB 1825;
and
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WHEREAS, the California Fair Employment and Housing Act makes it an unlawful
practice for an employer to fail to take "all reasonable steps" necessary to prevent sexual
harassment from occurring, and AB 1825 does not "discourage or relieve" any employer from
providing for longer, more frequent or more elaborate training and education regarding workplace
harassment or other forms of unlawful discrimination or to make or meet its obligations to take all
reasonable steps necessary to prevent and correct harassment and discrimination; and
WHEREAS, this City Council has determined that it is beneficial to the City and in the
best interest of the City's employees, its residents, and the members of the general public using
City services that harassment prevention training be extended to, and be required of, all appointed
City commissioners and committee members who serve on standing City commissions and
committees;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Redlands as
follows:
Section 1. The City Council hereby mandates that all commissioners and committee
members of standing City Commissions and Committees complete a mandatory harassment
prevention training program consistent with the requirements of Assembly Bill No. 1825.
Section 2. The manner and method for providing the harassment prevention training shall
be determined by the City's Human Resources Director.
Section 3. A copy of this Resolution shall be posted on the City's website along with the
description of City Commissions and Committees, and shall be provided to applicants for City
standing Commission and Committee vacancies.
ADOPTED, SIGNED AND APPROVED this 26th day of July, 2012.
Pete Aguilar, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Sam Irwin, City Clerk
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I, Sam Irwin, City Clerk of the City of Redlands,hereby certify that the foregoing resolution was
duly adopted by the City Council at a special meeting thereof held on the 261'of July, 2012 by
the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Harrison, Bean, Gardner; Mayor Aguilar
NOES: None
ABSENT: councilmember Foster
ABSTAIN: None
Sam Irwin, CityOerk
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