A contractor grows from three employees to six. Regarding the sexual-harassment prevention training requirement, the contractor:
Explanation
Government Code §12950.1 applies at five or more employees, counting part-time and temporary workers, so a contractor going from three to six crosses the line and owes two hours of training to each supervisor and one hour to everyone else, repeated every two years. (d) is the answer a contractor most wants to be true, and there is no construction exemption anywhere in the section - the only industry-specific rule is §12950.2 for the construction industry, which ADDS requirements for employers of workers on a multiemployer agreement rather than removing any. (a) trains the wrong person; the owner-supervisor is covered, but so is every laborer. (c) denies the duty. Seasonal hires are trained within 30 days or 100 hours worked.
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