Massachusetts strongly encourages employers to provide sexual harassment training and requires them to maintain a written anti-harassment policy. Training is recommended rather than strictly mandated for most private employers, but it is the practical way to meet your obligations under state law, reduce liability, and protect your team. This course gives employees and managers a clear, useful grounding in the topic. It defines sexual harassment, dispels the common myths, and shows how it surfaces at work, how to recognize a hostile work environment, and the right way to report and respond.
What the course covers
A clear definition of sexual harassment, covering quid pro quo and the hostile work environment, and the misconceptions that hide it
How to report harassment, and how managers should receive, handle, and investigate a complaint
The elements of an effective anti-harassment policy and how to put it into practice
Broader workplace discrimination, including discriminatory hiring and firing, and how the Americans with Disabilities Act affects hiring and accommodations
Workplace ethics such as open-door policies and bullying
How Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 151B and the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (MCAD) require employers to prevent discrimination and harassment in the workplace
How the course works
The course is online and self-paced, runs about two hours, and works on any device, so managers can assign and track it across a team.
Common questions
Is sexual harassment training required in Massachusetts? Massachusetts requires employers to maintain a written anti-harassment policy and strongly encourages training. Training is the standard way to meet your obligations under Chapter 151B and limit liability.
What Massachusetts law applies? Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 151B, enforced by the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination, which prohibits workplace discrimination and harassment.
Is the course online and self-paced? Yes. You can take it anytime, from anywhere, at your own pace.