Cláudia Schwartz’s harassment training sessions engage supervisors in a unique way. While meeting training requirements under California law, Cláudia builds interaction into harassment training sessions by using:
- Thought-provoking questions based on “real life situations” and case law
- "Games" that draw participants’ attention but do not make them feel uncomfortable
- Impactful “real life” stories told from her perspective as a head of HR, investigator, expert witness, and EEOC consent decree consultant
- Handouts, including those used to document participants’ learning and commitment to adhering to company policy and legal expectations
As required by California law, the training is designed to last two hours and emphasizes sexual harassment. At the same time, the session addresses harassment, discrimination and retaliation based on any characteristic or right protected under state law. Topics include but are not limited to:
- Why training and prevention matter
- Remedies available to those who are subject to harassment, discrimination, and retaliation
- Liability (including individual liability)
- Related charges
- California vs. federal standards
- What is considered harassment (definitions)
- Who it may involve and where it may occur
- How it may happen
- What supervisors should and should not do
- Steps supervisors can take when they become aware of possible harassment
Cláudia Schwartz’s goal is to make the training session as easy as possible for the HR team at the client company. She provides the following materials:
- Sample announcement HR can send participants to ask them to attend the training
- Handouts for every participant, including:
- Legally required Department of Fair Employment and Housing pamphlet
- Knowledge assessment test
- Acknowledgment and commitment form for participants to sign and the company to keep on
- LCD projector (unless the company prefers to use its own) and lap-top computer
- Court-appointed consultant implementing the EEOC consent decree that resulted from a $47 million sexual harassment class action suit with 5,000 women nationwide.
- Investigator of harassment, discrimination, and retaliation charges for over 27 years. (Working under a PI’s license.)
- Expert witness in employment litigation, including harassment lawsuits.
- Held Human Resources management positions for eighteen years at companies with up to 10,000 employees across industries.
- Developer and instructor of employment law review courses for 17 years. Faculty at the UCSD HR Certificate Program and Director of UCSD’s HR Leadership Program.
- Facilitator of interactive harassment training sessions at dozens of client companies.
- Instructor / key note speaker for SHRM (including national conference), NHRA, NCPA, PIHRA, UCSD and HR Connect, Vistage, PHR classes, BEDC, CEO groups.
- Representing corporations in responses to government agency charges, audits and employment litigation.
- Resource and coach for managers in 40 states on how to address employee performance problems, corrective action, discharges, complaints and legal issues.
- Born in Latin America with experience in cultural diversity and language skills.
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“Cláudia Schwartz provides informative, entertaining, interactive harassment and management training…” “… Participants remember what they learn because she keeps them engaged and ‘on their toes’. We receive a lot of good feedback after Cláudia’s training programs.” “Those who have participated in her classes offer extravagant praise, the gist of which is that Claudia is a gifted teacher and a generous mentor…” “…she is a magnificent teacher…” “It was a perfect class... Muchas gracias.” |
