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Summary of Program

The regulations regarding California’s Mandatory Sexual Harassment Prevention Training for supervisors require that certain employers provide training to their supervisors every two years.

The Labor and Employment Group at Weintraub Tobin Chediak Coleman Grodin is offering a two hour in-person training session that will comply with all the requirements outlined in the regulations.

Date:         December 4, 2013

Time:        9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

Location:   Weintraub Tobin, 400 Capitol Mall, 11th Floor, Sacramento, CA

Charge:     $75.00 per supervisor.

For more information and to register for this seminar, please click here.

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Summary of Program

Exposure to retaliation claims in the workplace today is like exposure to second-hand smoke in the workplace in the 1960s – It’s everywhere but few people understand the danger.  The Labor and Employment Group at Weintraub Tobin is pleased to offer this very important training session that will help business owners, human resource professionals…

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