Vermont does not require sexual harassment training up front, but it is the rare state where a regulator can impose it after the fact. Under the Fair Employment Practices Act, the Vermont Attorney General may in certain circumstances require an employer to conduct annual sexual harassment training for up to three years. The statute also lays out an unusually specific set of encouraged practices, which reads less like a suggestion and more like the standard you will be measured against.
What Vermont law requires
Training required up front: no
The Vermont Attorney General may require an employer to conduct annual training for up to three years in certain instances
Encouraged: an education and training program for all new employees within one year of hire
Encouraged: an annual education and training program for all employees
Encouraged: additional training for new supervisory and managerial employees within one year, covering their specific responsibilities and the corrective action they must take
State resource: Vermont Human Rights Commission
What the course covers
A plain-language definition of sexual harassment, including quid pro quo and the hostile work environment, and the misconceptions that hide it
How to report harassment, and how managers should receive and investigate a complaint
The pieces 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 the Vermont Fair Employment Practices Act applies across hiring, promotion, pay, dismissal, and the conditions of employment
How the course works
The course is online and self-paced, so your team can complete it on any device on their own schedule. Managers can assign it by role or location and pull completion records whenever they are needed.
Common questions
Is sexual harassment training required in Vermont?
Not as a general rule. Vermont encourages annual training for all employees and training for new hires within one year, and the Attorney General can require annual training for up to three years in certain cases.
What does Vermont encourage for supervisors?
Additional training within one year of taking the role, covering their specific responsibilities and the immediate corrective action they must take on a complaint.
Does this course meet requirements in other states?
This version is written around Vermont law. California, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Maine, and New York have their own training mandates, and Washington has an industry-specific one. We offer state-specific courses for those.
Harassment training in other states
Requirements differ sharply by state on duration, frequency, and headcount thresholds, so take the version for the state you operate in: Washington, California, Utah, and more in the full compliance catalog. If your state sets no mandate, the general non-state-specific course covers the federal baseline. Track completion across a roster from the Learn Brands dashboard.
Buying for a team?
Seats are $18.99 each. Register your business free and assign seats across your whole staff. You can see who has started, who has finished, and when certificates expire from the Learn Brands dashboard.