Are Massachusetts employers required to provide sexual harassment prevention training to their employees?
Massachusetts General Law 151B section 3a strongly encourages employers to provide sexual harassment training for all new employees within one year of hire or within one year of assuming a new supervisory position. Providing such training may help mitigate liability should harassment occur. Harassment prevention training should address not only sexual harassment, but all forms of discriminatory harassment covered under state law. The MCAD can provide a list of harassment prevention trainers to interested employers (call the Training Unit assistant at 617-994-6072).