The University’s Employee Sexual Misconduct Prevention and Response Course (ESPARC), Workplace Violence Prevention Training (WVP), and the new Gender-Based Violence Training (GBVT) are now available to employees for the 2023-2024 academic year.
New York State Law and CUNY’s policies on Sexual Misconduct Prevention and Workplace Violence Prevention require employees to complete the ESPARC and WVP compliance trainings at least once every year. All part-time employees, including adjuncts, are responsible for completing both training courses by the end of the current semester to ensure the University logs their completion. All full-time employees will have until Friday, May 31, 2024 to complete both courses.
Additionally, this year, the state-mandated Gender-Based Violence Training has also been launched. This training will only be available for all HR professionals, as well as all managers with at least one direct report. If employees receive an automated email notification regarding GBVT, they are required to complete it by Friday, May 31, 2024 if they are a full-time employee, or by the end of the current semester if they are a part-time employee.
Active employees are automatically registered for the trainings in Blackboard. Employees can sign into their CUNY Blackboard account and navigate to My Organizations to view and complete both the ESPARC and WVP trainings. Employees also required to complete the new Gender-Based Violence Training will find the course listed under My Organizations in Blackboard, as well. Step-by-step instructions for completing the trainings can be found on the course Announcements page. New hires will have access to their courses on the next business day after becoming an active employee in CUNYfirst.
Campus Compliance Administrators are responsible for monitoring campus completion rates, providing additional live trainings as needed, and for providing follow-up reminder notices routinely throughout the year. Additionally, employees with any questions regarding the trainings can access the Compliance Training FAQs or contact our campus compliance administrators for assistance at Humanresources@csi.cuny.edu or HRtraining@csi.cuny.edu.
Last year, the University was able to achieve 80% University-wide completion for both WVP and ESPARC. This year, they expect each campus to reach 100% for all compliance training programs.
Thank you for your cooperation and support in completing these mandatory training sessions.
By the Office of Human Resources
