1429.5.
(a) The Division of Labor Standards Enforcement shall establish a biennial in-person sexual violence and harassment prevention training requirement for employees and employers covered by this part by January 1, 2019. To assist in developing these standards, the director shall convene an advisory committee to recommend requirements for a sexual harassment prevention training program. The advisory committee shall be composed of representatives of the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement, the Division of Occupational Safety and Health, and the Department of Fair Employment and Housing, and shall also include representatives from a recognized or certified collective bargaining agent that represents janitorial workers, employers, labor-management groups in the janitorial industry, sexual assault victims advocacy groups, and other
related subject matter experts. The director shall convene the advisory committee on or before July 1, 2017. The advisory committee shall consider the requirements of Section 12950.1 of the Government Code when developing the recommended standard. The Division of Labor Standards Enforcement shall propose the requirements for the sexual violence and harassment prevention training requirement no later than January 1, 2018.(b) To assist in refining the standards described in subdivision (a), the director shall convene an advisory committee to develop requirements for qualified organizations and peer trainers that employers covered by this part shall use to provide the training required. The training provided under this section shall be in lieu of, and not in addition to, the requirements for training under the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (Part 2.8 (commencing with Section 12900) of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code). The
advisory committee shall be composed of representatives of the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement, the Division of Occupational Safety and Health, and the Department of Fair Employment and Housing, the Department of Consumer Affairs, and shall also include representatives from a recognized or certified collective bargaining agent that represents janitorial workers, employers, labor-management groups in the janitorial industry, sexual assault victims advocacy groups, and other related subject matter experts. The director shall convene the advisory committee no later than July 1, 2019. The Division of Labor Standards Enforcement shall adopt the requirements for the qualified organizations and peer trainers no later than January 1, 2020.
(c) The Division of Labor Standards Enforcement shall require employers covered by this part subject to the biennial training requirement to provide the training content created by the advisory committee.
(d) An employer covered by this part, upon employee request, shall provide to the employee a copy of all training materials used during a training he or she attended.
(e) Employers covered by this part subject to the biennial training requirement shall be required to use a qualified organization from the list of qualified organizations developed and maintained by the director to provide the required training to nonsupervisors. Qualified organizations shall provide peer trainers that employers covered by this part shall use to provide the required training to nonsupervisors, in addition to the trainer or trainer educators qualified to provide training under Section 12950.1 of the Government Code. The employer shall be required to pay the qualified organization. The qualified organization shall ensure that the peer trainer is paid an hourly rate of at least twice the state minimum wage
per hour to cover the peer trainer’s regular wages. The hourly rate shall be reviewed every five years by the advisory committee. A covered employer shall be required to document compliance with the training requirement by completing and signing a form, to be created by the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement, certifying that the training was conducted and that the qualified organization was paid in full, and the form shall be produced upon request by the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement. A qualified organization shall submit a report to the director of a training within 48 hours of completion, and the report shall include the names of employers and employees trained and shall identify management and supervisors.
(f) The advisory committee shall approve and recommend the qualified organizations to the director. A qualified organization may work with a training partner to provide the required training. As used in this subdivision,
“training partner” means a nonprofit or Taft-Hartley labor management organization that has an established contractual relationship with a qualified organization to provide training required under this part or to provide education and training to peer trainers. A qualified organization, on its own or through its training partners, shall:
(1) Have at least 100 qualified peer trainers or educators.
(2) Have at least five years of experience in training on issues specific to sexual harassment and assault or in workplace education within the janitorial or property service industry.
(3) Have at least five years of experience in coordinating and managing statewide technical assistance and training efforts.
(4) Have access to local and regional sexual
violence-related trauma services and resources for local referrals documented through letters of support from service providers.
(5) Be committed to ongoing education and development as documented by a minimum of 10 hours of professional development each year for qualified organization staff in areas of research and strategies to prevent and respond to sexual assault and sexual harassment.
(g) To be qualified as a peer trainer under this section, a person shall have the training and experience necessary to train employees and employers and shall, at the minimum, have the following qualifications:
(1) At least 40 hours of advocate training in the following:
(A) Survivor-centered and trauma-informed principles and techniques.
(B) The long-term effects of sexual trauma and the intersection of discrimination, oppression, and sexual violence.
(C) The availability of local, state, and national resources for survivors of sexual violence.
(D) Interactive teaching strategies that engage across multiple literacy levels.
(E) Conducting discrimination, retaliation, and sexual harassment prevention training.
(F) Responding to sexual harassment complaints or other discrimination complaints.
(G) Employer responsibility to conduct investigations of sexual harassment complaints.
(H) Advising
employees regarding discrimination, retaliation, and sexual harassment prevention.
(2) Have two years of nonsupervisory work experience in the janitorial or property service industry and be employed in the industry in a nonsupervisory capacity.
(3) Be culturally competent and fluent in the language or languages that the relevant employees understand.
(h) The director shall develop and maintain a list of qualified organizations and qualified peer trainers as recommended by the advisory committee. The list shall be updated by the director as recommended by the advisory committee every three years.
(i) The advisory committee shall meet every three years to review and update the list of qualified organizations and qualified peer trainers.
(j) The advisory committee may recommend to the director to waive the requirement to use a qualified organization or qualified peer trainer in a specific county. The director, with the recommendation of the advisory committee, may grant a waiver, if it is demonstrated that a qualified peer trainer or qualified organization cannot provide the training in the county. If a waiver is granted for a county, an employer in the county may use a trainer as prescribed by the Department of Fair Employment and Housing with respect to sexual harassment training and education.