1. Labor Commissioner's Office

Sexual Harassment Prevention Training for Janitorial Services Employers

Update: Sexual Violence and Harassment Prevention Training for Janitorial Service Providers

Due to the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency, the biennial in-person sexual violence and harassment prevention training that janitorial employers must provide to their nonsupervisory and supervisory workers may now be conducted safely. The list of qualified organizations is posted on this website as of January 1, 2024. Consequently, janitorial employers must begin compliance with the biennial in-person sexual violence and harassment prevention training requirements under Labor Code section 1429.5. Please see below for additional information regarding the required training materials. 

The Property Service Workers Protection Act, as amended by the Janitor Survivor Empowerment Act, requires janitorial employers to provide in-person training in preventing sexual violence and harassment at least once every two years.

The regulations establishing the training requirements which were previously under development pursuant to Labor Code section 1429.5 have been adopted by the Labor Commissioner’s Office, effective July 15, 2020.

Employers must provide the training by using complimentary materials developed by the Labor Occupational Health Program (LOHP) at UC Berkeley for the Department of Industrial Relations and the Commission on Health and Safety and Workers Compensation. These materials will be updated, as needed, to help employers meet the regulation’s requirements for the sexual violence and harassment prevention training.  

An employer must work with a Qualified Organization to meet the training requirements established by AB 547.  

Worker Training                    Supervisor Training


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December 2023