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Connecticut 2-Hour Supervisor Sexual Harassment

118 minutesENHR ComplianceConnecticut Time's Up Act (Public Acts 19-16 and 19-93)
Quick Answer

The Connecticut 2-Hour Supervisor Sexual Harassment course is a 118-minute online course that fulfills the training mandate under Connecticut's Time's Up Act for supervisory employees at companies with three or more employees, and for supervisors at all other Connecticut businesses. It covers supervisor-specific liability, Connecticut harassment law, federal EEO protections, bystander intervention, and diversity management, and includes a downloadable certificate of completion.

Course Overview

Connecticut requires all employers - regardless of size - to provide sexual harassment prevention training to supervisors. For companies with three or more employees, the Time's Up Act mandates two hours of training for every employee, but the supervisor obligation applies even to smaller employers. Newly promoted supervisors must complete training within six months of assuming their supervisory role, and supplemental training is required at least every ten years. The CHRO enforces these requirements through workplace inspections and may levy fines of up to $1,000 for noncompliance. Supervisors who lack training create significant legal exposure for their employers, particularly under Connecticut's expanded statute of limitations of 300 days for harassment claims.

This course prepares your supervisors and managers for their elevated legal responsibilities in preventing and responding to sexual harassment. The curriculum covers Connecticut-specific harassment laws tailored for supervisors, federal protections including age discrimination, and real-world case studies such as Faragher v. City of Boca Raton. Your management team will learn to keep employment decisions job-related, handle harassment complaints with proper documentation, and recognize the specific responsibilities supervisors carry under state law. The course includes interactive modules on bystander intervention, workplace bullying prevention, and managing diversity.

What You'll Learn

  • Connecticut sexual harassment laws specific to supervisor responsibilities and liability
  • Federal protections for age, pregnancy, religion, and disability discrimination, and how they intersect with Connecticut state law
  • Landmark case studies including Faragher v. City of Boca Raton and their implications for supervisor conduct
  • How to keep employment decisions job-related and free from discriminatory bias
  • Procedures for receiving, documenting, and escalating harassment complaints
  • Bystander intervention techniques and the supervisor's role in setting workplace expectations
  • Workplace bullying prevention strategies and corrective action protocols
  • Managing diversity and promoting an inclusive workplace culture

Who Needs This Training

  • Supervisors and managers at any Connecticut employer, including companies with fewer than three employees
  • Newly promoted supervisors who must complete training within six months of assuming a supervisory role
  • Any employee who has authority to hire, promote, transfer, reward, suspend, discipline, or discharge other employees
  • Team leads and department heads who direct other employees' daily work activities
  • HR managers who receive and investigate harassment complaints in Connecticut
  • Business owners who exercise direct supervisory authority over employees working in the state

Regulatory Background

Connecticut's Time's Up Act requires employers with three or more employees to train all employees, and even smaller employers must train their supervisors. Under Connecticut law, a supervisor is any individual who has the authority to hire, promote, transfer, reward, suspend, direct, or discipline other employees, or effectively recommend any of these actions. Supervisors must receive training within six months of assuming a supervisory role. The CHRO can inspect workplaces to verify training compliance and examine records and policies. Violations of the posting, notice, and training requirements carry fines of up to $1,000. The Time's Up Act extended the statute of limitations for discrimination complaints to 300 days and authorized courts to impose punitive damages. Employers who take corrective action after a complaint may not change the complaining employee's conditions of employment without written consent. Employers who fail to train supervisors face difficulty raising an affirmative defense in harassment litigation, as courts evaluate whether reasonable steps were taken to prevent and correct harassment.

Frequently Asked Questions

Yes. Even employers with fewer than three employees must provide sexual harassment prevention training to their supervisors. While the two-hour all-employee mandate applies to companies with three or more employees, the supervisor training obligation applies to all Connecticut employers regardless of size.
Under Connecticut law, a supervisor is any individual who has the authority to hire, promote, transfer, reward, suspend, direct, or discipline other employees, or who can effectively recommend such actions. The definition is based on the employee's actual duties and authority, not their job title. If someone exercises independent judgment on personnel decisions on behalf of the employer, they are classified as a supervisor.
Newly promoted supervisors must receive supervisor-level sexual harassment prevention training within six months of assuming their supervisory role. If the employee previously completed non-supervisory training, they still need the supervisor version, which includes additional content on supervisor-specific liability, complaint handling, and employment decision-making.
Yes. The Time's Up Act authorizes a representative of the CHRO to enter an employer's place of business to determine compliance with posting requirements and to examine training records and policies. While Connecticut does not require employers to maintain training records by statute, the CHRO encourages maintaining documentation including curriculum used, names of trainers, names and titles of those trained, and dates of completion.
This course meets Connecticut's Time's Up Act requirements for supervisor sexual harassment prevention training. It covers both Connecticut state law and federal statutes including Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. While there is no standalone federal mandate for sexual harassment training, this course addresses federal harassment standards and provides documentation that can support an employer's affirmative defense under Title VII's Faragher-Ellerth framework.
$34.95
per person
Volume Pricing
Team Size Price per Person
1 - 9$34.95
10 - 24$27.96
25 - 49$25.16
50 - 99$17.50
Subtotal $34.95

Certificate of completion included. Downloadable upon passing the final assessment.

$34.95
per person