Ounce of Prevention Worth Pound of Cure Department

Today, let's talk about avoiding litigation instead of what to do when you're in litigation.  December 13th's  National Journal (subscription required) has good coverage on California's law requiring sexual harassment training, Government Code section 12950.1 (scroll down).  Bottom line:  any U.S. firm with 50 or more employees and at least one supervisor in California must provide two hours of interactive sexual harassment training for supervisors at least every two years.  Live or via webinar.  Employment lawyers warn that "ignoring the mandate could be held against [the employers] in any future employment litigation."   While I agree, what they leave out is that evidence of training, besides reducing the likelihood of sexual harassment in the work place (always a good thing) is helpful when companies have to defend against these claims.