Illinois Sexual Harassment Prevention: Employees, Supervisors, and Managers

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Welcome to KnowledgeCity's course on Sexual Harassment Prevention for Employees. In recent years, the MeToo and Time's Up movements put a spotlight on workplace sexual harassment. Research conducted by the University of Massachusetts Amherst Center for Employment Equity found that approximately five million employees are sexually harassed at work every year, but less than 1% file formal charges. Their research further showed that of the cases that were reported, very few went to court. Only 27% of the cases reported to the EEOC during the study period were brought to any resolution. Employees who work from home have experienced increased harassment, and the fear of losing job security in the current economic uncertainty may be contributing to the low incidence of formal reporting. A recent survey of 3,000 tech sector employees found that women, people of color, transgender, and non-binary workers were more likely to report that they have been harassed, with more than one in four respondents saying they experienced more gender-based harassment working remotely. This course is designed to help you understand and identify sexual harassment in your workplace and in remote work situations, your responsibilities, your employer's responsibilities, and compliance with federal law. You will also learn how to file a complaint, how to begin the complaint process, and how to keep yourself safe.