Harassment prevention training for California small businesses
Online training for supervisors and employees, with the tracking and records to show it was done. Made for companies without an HR department, and built for the anti-hate-speech requirement that starts January 1, 2028.
In development. Respect Hour is opening to a small group of California employers first. The course content is still being written; California's regulations require it to be created by a qualified trainer, and it will be before anyone is trained on it.
What California asks of employers
- Who
Every employer with five or more employees has to train all of them.
- How much, how often
Two hours for supervisors and one hour for everyone else, every two years.
- New in 2028
From January 1, 2028, the training must also cover hate speech at work (AB 1803).
Read the details: California harassment training requirements and AB 1803 explained.
What Respect Hour will do
Both courses, in one place
A two-hour course for supervisors and a one-hour course for everyone else. People take it on a phone or a computer, stop when they need to, and pick up where they left off.
The time requirement, actually met
California sets a minimum time for this training. The course keeps count as people work through it, so a certificate means the time was really spent.
A roster that runs itself
Add people one at a time or upload a spreadsheet. Invitations go out by email, and reminders follow on their own until each person is done.
Records when someone asks
See who has finished and who is overdue. Download each person's certificate, or your full training record, whenever you need it.