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State-Specific Sexual Harassment Training Requirements

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○ Supervisors (3 hours of total training:: 2 hours of sexual harassment training; *1 hour of bystander intervention training ■ *1 hour of bystander intervention training must be separate/standalong from sexual harassment training ● Initial training requirements: By June 30, 2023 ● Retraining requirements: Annually Indiana Recommended, not required. Indiana Civil Rights Commission Iowa Public sector: ● Training: Required harassment prevention training ● Roles with required training: Directors of each department in a state agency ● Iowa Civil Rights Commission ● Executive Order 44 Kansas Recommended, not required. Kansas Human Rights Commission Kentucky Recommended, not required. Kentucky Commission on Human Rights Louisiana Recommended, not required. Louisiana Commission on Human Rights Maine ● Training: Mandatory Sexual Harassment Training ● Company size: Companies with over 15 employees ● Roles with required training: All employees ● Time requirements: None ● Initial training requirements: Train within 1 year of hire ● Retraining requirements: None ● 26 Me. Rev. Stat. § 807(3) ● Maine Human Rights Commission Maryland Recommended, not required. ● No requirements, but when deciding a sexual harassment case, the Maryland Commission on Human Relations will favorably consider steps employers took to prevent sexual harassment. Suggested steps include: ○ Establishing and implementing personnel policies regarding sexual harassers. ○ Establishing a complaint process that employees may access if they believe they have experienced sexual harassment. ○ Making staff aware of personnel policies, and training staff to recognize and avoid sexual harassment. Maryland Commission on Civil Rights

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