Michigan lawmakers to get more sexual harassment training
Lansing – The Michigan Legislature is mandating more frequent sexual harassment training amid the national reckoning with sexual misconduct.
Until now, lawmakers were required to take anti-harassment training only after they were elected to the House or Senate. Starting next week in the Senate and in February in the House, all legislators and staff members will be required to participate in training once a year.
“It’s not going to be a one-time deal for members and employees when they first come here,” said Doug Simon, House business director.
The Legislature so far has not seen lawmakers publicly accused of sexual misconduct, by name, as in other statehouses around the country. Yet some prominent political figures, such as gubernatorial candidate and former legislative leader Gretchen Whitmer, have detailed inappropriate behavior they attribute in part to a “locker room” culture in the male-dominated Capitol.
Read more: http://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2018/01/11/michigan-lawmakers-sexual-harrassment-training/109366696/
