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California employers have six months left to comply with a new law that took effect on January 1, 2019, which requires virtually all California employers to provide sexual harassment prevention training to all employees. Specifically, by January 1, 2020, employers with five or more employees must provide one hour of sexual harassment prevention training to nonsupervisory employees and two hours of such training to supervisors.

A number of new laws took effect on January 1, 2019 which affect severance agreements and other settlement agreements entered into in California. Taken together, these new laws should prompt a thorough review of severance and other settlement agreements.

As you may already have learned as a business proprietor, employers are exposed to the risk of lawsuits every time they take action related to their employees. One way to minimize the financial impact of employee lawsuits is through Employment Practices Liability Insurance (EPLI). EPLI is specialized insurance designed to protect against loss incurred in litigating wrongful employment practices claims by covering the costs of a company’s legal fees, as well as costs for settlements and judgments.