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Colorado Harassment Prevention for Employees training

Seven microlessons for employees in Colorado: recognizing harassment, the POWR Act's lower threshold, reporting and documenting incidents, and protection from retaliation, with a situational test and a certificate of completion.

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About this course

What the Colorado Harassment Prevention for Employees course covers

This course helps employees in Colorado recognize, prevent and respond to harassment in seven microlessons. It covers the forms of harassment, federal protections, preventing a hostile work environment and reporting without retaliation, then two Colorado lessons on the POWR Act. These cover Colorado's expanded protected categories, including creed, immigration status and protective hairstyles, and the standard under which a single incident can be unlawful harassment without being "severe or pervasive".

Learning outcomes

What your people will be able to do

  • Identify and understand the forms of workplace harassment
  • Recognize the protections against harassment under federal and Colorado law
  • Prevent and address a hostile work environment
  • Report harassment through the right channels and understand the protections against retaliation
  • Document harassment incidents to support investigations
  • Promote a respectful, inclusive workplace
Course contents

7 microlessons

Each microlesson is a short, TikTok-style video lesson, with knowledge checks along the way.

1Introduction to Workplace Harassment Prevention
2Recognizing and Understanding Harassment
3Legal Protections Against Workplace Harassment
4Preventing a Hostile Work Environment
5Reporting Harassment and Retaliation Protection
6How Does Colorado Define Harassment?
7Harassment Reporting, Protection & Prevention in Colorado

  1. Introduction to Workplace Harassment Prevention: What workplace harassment is, and the part employees and employers play in preventing it.
  2. Recognizing and Understanding Harassment: Verbal, physical, visual, digital and sexual harassment, including quid pro quo and hostile work environment.
  3. Legal Protections Against Workplace Harassment: Title VII, the ADA and the ADEA, what employers must do and your rights at work.
  4. Preventing a Hostile Work Environment: What makes a workplace hostile, how to prevent it and how bystanders can step in.
  5. Reporting Harassment and Retaliation Protection: How to report a concern, what happens next and the protections against retaliation.
  6. How Does Colorado Define Harassment?: Colorado's broader definition of harassment, and when conduct becomes unlawful.
  7. Harassment Reporting, Protection & Prevention in Colorado: How to document and report harassment in Colorado, and the protections against retaliation.
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Certificate

A certificate for every learner who completes it

Learners finish every microlesson and complete the assessments. 5Mins then issues a certificate of completion for Preventing Harassment: Employees (Colorado).

  • Certificates and e-signatures stored against each learner
  • Audit-ready records, ready whenever an auditor asks
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Audience and regulation

Who it's for and the law it covers

Who it's for

  • Employees who work in Colorado
  • New joiners in Colorado teams
  • Remote employees based in Colorado
  • Organizations with Colorado sites

Laws covered

  • Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act, as amended by the Protecting Opportunities and Workers' Rights (POWR) Act, SB23-172. Since August 7, 2023, harassment doesn't need to be severe or pervasive to be unlawful.
  • Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Prohibits harassment based on race, color, religion, sex and national origin.
Background

What Colorado law says

Colorado's Protecting Opportunities and Workers' Rights (POWR) Act, in force since August 7, 2023, changed the harassment standard in the Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act:

  • No "severe or pervasive" test: unwelcome conduct directed at someone because of a protected characteristic can be unlawful harassment without being severe or pervasive.
  • Prevention programs matter: to rely on a defense against some harassment claims, an employer must show it set up a program reasonably designed to prevent harassment.

Source: Colorado General Assembly, SB23-172. This summary is background, not legal advice.

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Your questions answered

Questions about Colorado Harassment Prevention for Employees training

How long is the Colorado Harassment Prevention for Employees course?

It's made up of 7 microlessons, each under 5 minutes. Learners can finish it in one sitting or spread it over a few days, and 5Mins sends reminders until it is done.

Is there a certificate?

Yes. Learners get a certificate of completion once they finish every microlesson and complete the situational test. The record is stored in 5Mins for audits.

What changed in Colorado harassment law?

Under the POWR Act, in force since August 7, 2023, unwelcome conduct linked to a protected characteristic can be unlawful harassment without being severe or pervasive. The sixth microlesson explains how Colorado defines harassment.

Who should take this course?

Employees who work in Colorado. Supervisors and managers can take Preventing Harassment: Supervisors/Managers (Colorado).

How often should staff take this training?

Your own policies set the schedule. Many organizations train people when they join and refresh it every year. In 5Mins you can set the course to repeat, for example every 12 months.

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Yes. Request a free sample lesson and book a short demo with our team. After your demo, we'll share sample lessons with you so you can see the format for yourself.

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