Sexual Harassment Prevention
   - It's the Law!

In a major employment law ruling, the NJ Supreme Court, in Gaines vs. Bellino on July 24, 2002, unanimously upheld that the failure to provide managerial and supervisory employees with anti-harassment training is negligence and may deprive an employer of the right to raise its workplace anti-harassment policy as an affirmative defense against claims of sexual harassment.

• Have you trained your supervisory employees?
• Are you sure they know how to handle a harassment complaint?

Can you afford to have a sexual harassment incident at your place of business?

• $250,000 attorney fees if the case goes to trail
• Plus, $150,000-$250,000+ range of settlement costs or jury awards
• Plus, staff hours investigating and processing the claim
• Soft costs include staff distraction and reduced morale, insurance costs, and impact on company reputation!

Ocean County College can provide this training for you at a very modest cost and it only takes a morning or afternoon to do so. Call Kathy Baranowski, Coordinator, at the Center for Business Education & Training, for more details. She can be reached at 732-255-0509 or, if you would rather, via email at kbaranowski@ocean.edu.