Employers will have to increase their sexual harassment training under a new Chicago ordinance that takes effect Friday or face fines of up to $10,000 a day.
The measure requires additional training for supervisors and broadens the legal definition of sexual harassment. It expands on the statewide Workplace Transparency Act that took effect Jan. 1, 2020, that placed some requirements on Illinois employers to combat sexual harassment in the workplace.
Archer Daniels Midland Co., Boeing Co., Caterpillar Inc., Deere Co., and Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. are just some of the city’s employers covered by the new ordinance.
Importantly, the ordinance requires employers to provide employees with one hour of “bystander” intervention training each year. A bystander is a person who is present when an alleged event takes place but not directly involved. Some sexual harassment training materials include tips on how bystanders can react if they witness an inappropriate action at work.
Jillian Molz, a Husch Blackwell LLP associate specializing in employment law, said the bystander mandate is the first time in her experience a municipality has imposed such a requirement on employers.
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