Snapshot of Legal Drivers for Harassment, Discrimination and Ethics Training; New Interactive Chart Illustrates Mandatory Requirements for Employers

Several key legal developments have compelled employers to embrace mandatory harassment, discrimination and ethics training. ELT has developed a new interactive chart to help viewers quickly navigate and understand the complex legal landscape of compliance training requirements.

San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) May 22, 2007 -- Over the past decade, several key legal developments have compelled employers to embrace mandatory harassment, discrimination and ethics training for the entire workforce. ELT, a leading provider of online compliance training solutions, has developed a new interactive chart to help viewers quickly navigate and understand the complex legal landscape of compliance training requirements (http://www.elt-inc.com/ept_chart.html). (Go to http://www.elt-inc.com/ept_chart.html.)

The chart details each of the requirements and their significance in the current legal landscape, including:

* Supreme Court decisions

* EEOC guidelines

* Sarbanes-Oxley

* Federal Sentencing Guidelines

* State harassment training laws (the chart features a 50-state survey), including California's AB 1825.

"With so many different laws and regulations, it's hard for employers to understand their true mandatory training requirements." said Shanti Atkins, President & CEO of ELT. "We see organizations that are frequently confused by sales and marketing messages designed to sell a high volume of training licenses. In reality, all employers, regardless of size or industry, are most impacted by a few, select requirements tied to harassment and discrimination prevention, as well as ethics. We hope this new chart will help people easily understand their obligations and more importantly, avoid litigation."

About ELT:

ELT provides employers of all sizes and across multiple industries with online compliance training of unparalleled quality. Featured in the New York Times and Fortune Small Business Magazine as one of the premier online training providers, ELT's programs are now used by more than 2 million learners in leading companies across the United States. ELT's courseware is built upon the renowned legal expertise of the global law firms Littler Mendelson and Shearman & Sterling, using Legal Engineering™ to help establish invaluable defenses to workplace litigation. Programs also feature cutting edge instructional design to provide a training experience that educates, entertains and engages. ELT helps employers to comply with mandatory training laws and regulations, such as California's new harassment training law (AB 1825) and the recently amended Federal Sentencing Guidelines. Demos of ELT's courseware can be found at http://www.elt-inc.com.

Media Contact:

Rebecca Peterson, 415-962-3414

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