About Our Trainings
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The Janitor Survivor Empowerment Act. AB 547 requires janitorial employers to provide in-person sexual harassment training training by a state certified janitor instructor every two years.
It is important to submit your information to begin the registration process in the Ya Basta form below.
The regulations establishing the training requirements are pursuant to California Labor Code section 1429.5 and have been adopted by the Labor Commissioner’s Office, effective July 15, 2020.
1. Description of Trainings
The Ya Basta! center instructors provide the following training on-site at your convenience
Sexual Harassment and Sexual Assault in-person prevention trainings offered for:
- Collective Bargaining Agreement (Union) employers
- Non-Collective Bargaining Agreement (Non-Union) employers
- Our trainings are offered In the following regions: San Diego, Los Angeles, Oakland/Alameda, Orange County, San Jose, and Sacramento.
- In addition, we provide access to individual counseling, support groups, and other resources.
- Languages Available: Spanish & English
Costs of training:
- There will be no cost to Collective Bargaining Agreement (Union) employers
- $65.00/employee to Non-Collective Bargaining Agreement (Non-Union) employers
- There will be a charge for procedure costs when additional training is needed
2. Training Curriculum
Safe and Respectful Workplaces: Preventing Sexual Harassment and Abusive Behavior in the Cleaning Industry
Consists of 5 topics:
- Introduction: Describes the program and educational objectives.
- Understanding sexual harassment and abusive conduct: how sexual harassment affects workers, the legal definition of abusive conduct, common examples with videos.
- Responses to Sexual Harassment and Abusive Conduct: Will discuss how workers on scenes can respond to harassment.
- Workers’ Rights and Employers’ Responsibility: Fact Sheet and Key Parts of Employer’s Sexual Harassment Policy.
- Conclusion: Provide additional resources, message from survivors, and evaluation of the workshop.
Training goals:
- Define sexual harassment by its legal elements
- Recognize common examples of bullying and abusive behavior in the workplace
- Describe how bullying and abusive behavior affects workers
- Identify strategies for employers, supervisors, and co-workers to prevent and address unlawful conduct
- Identify resources available to victims of bullying under state and federal law
- Describe existing options for workers who experience harassment or abusive conduct at work.