Sexual Harassment Prevention Training Videos and Audio

(Closed Captioning provided in English and Spanish)

Employers should keep an internal record of training compliance to be made available for IDHR inspection upon request. Records that reflect compliance may include but are not limited to, a certificate of participation, a signed employee acknowledgement, or training sign-in worksheets.

A record of training should include the names of employees trained, the date of training, the sign-in worksheets, copies of certificates of participation issued, and a copy of all written or recorded materials that comprise the training as well as the name of the training provider, if applicable. 

Records may be paper based or electronic. 

Documentation of the training should not be sent to IDHR unless requested but should be kept on the employer's premises. 

For more information about compliance, please review our Frequently Asked Questions page on sexual harassment prevention training and associated subpages. 

Illinois employers may develop their own sexual harassment prevention training programs provided they meet or exceed the minimum training standards outlined in Section 2-109(B) which include:

• an explanation of sexual harassment consistent with the IHRA;
• examples of conduct that constitutes unlawful sexual harassment;
• a summary of relevant federal and State statutory provisions concerning sexual harassment, including remedies available to victims of sexual harassment; and
• a summary of responsibilities of employers in the prevention, investigation, and corrective measures of sexual harassment.

For more information, please review IDHR's informational handouts by visiting:

• FAQ for Sexual Harassment Prevention Training
• Minimum Sexual Harassment Prevention Training Standards for Employers

Illinois restaurants and bars may develop their own supplemental training and written sexual harassment policy, provided they meet or exceed the minimum training standards outlined in Section 2-110 of the IHRA.

• "Restaurant" is defined as any business that is primarily engaged in the sale of ready-to-eat food for immediate consumption, including, but not limited to, restaurants, coffee shops, cafeterias, and sandwich stands that give or offer for sale food to the public, guests, or employees, and kitchen or catering facilities in which food is prepared on the premises for serving elsewhere.
• "Bar" is defined as an establishment that is devoted to the serving of alcoholic beverages for consumption by guests on the premises and that derives no more than 10% of its gross revenue from the sale of food consumed on the premises, including, but not limited to, taverns, nightclubs, cocktail lounges, adult entertainment facilities, and cabarets.

For more information, please review IDHR's informational handouts by visiting:

• Minimum Sexual Harassment Prevention Training Standards for Restaurants & Bars;  and
• Minimum Standards for Policy on Sexual Harassment Prevention for Restaurants & Bars

1. Section 2-109 and Section 2-110 of the Illinois Human Rights Act
2. FAQ for Sexual Harassment Prevention Training
3. Minimum Sexual Harassment Prevention Training Standards for Employers
4. Minimum Sexual Harassment Prevention Training Standards for Restaurants & Bars
5. Minimum Standards for Policy on Sexual Harassment Prevention for Restaurants & Bars
   
6. Video/Audio Modules - Sexual Harassment Prevention Training (English and Spanish)