Sexual Harassment Training for Texas Businesses
empathiHR provides sexual harassment prevention training for Texas businesses through our annual program. Employees learn conduct and reporting expectations, while managers receive role-specific training and ongoing guidance. Texas has no general private-employer harassment-training mandate; the practical need is preparing people to recognize and respond to concerns.
Texas does not have a statutory training mandate. The requirements summarized below reflect best practice given the statute's expanded liability framework.
Build a response process before a manager needs it
A small Texas business can face a complaint even without a statutory course requirement. We connect training with management guidance, employee reporting, and thorough investigations so owners and managers have a resource to use when questions arise.
Hosted training for your team
Training is delivered through our hosted platform. Employee and manager content addresses their different responsibilities, with assignments informed by workforce locations and roles.
Completion records and follow-through
We coordinate rollout and completion tracking against your roster. Individual completion records help HR see participation and keep evidence of the training delivered. That gives your team a coordinated process instead of another training project to manage on its own.
An annual program, with support beyond training
Training is included only in the annual empathiHR program. The relationship also brings management guidance, phone/email and in-app reporting, thorough investigations, and proactive quarterly engagement. Owners, managers, and HR have an experienced resource for employee concerns, with more capacity to focus on running the business.
Start with your workforce and current training
Tell us your locations, employee and manager counts, and recent training dates. We review applicable requirements and explain the annual program, delivery, records, and pricing before you decide. Once you join, onboarding establishes the relationship and we coordinate rollout and ongoing support.
Coverage scope
Training employees and supervisors is recommended for private employers. Public-sector or other specific requirements should be checked separately.
Duration & frequency
- Duration
- No general statutory minimum for private-employer harassment training. Select content and time appropriate to the team’s responsibilities.
- Frequency
- No general statutory cadence for private employers. Plan refreshers as a preventive practice, especially when policies or responsibilities change.
- New hires
- No general private-employer training deadline. Introducing conduct and reporting expectations during onboarding is recommended.
What a defensible program covers
Texas does not mandate training or prescribe its content, so there is no checklist to comply with. These are the elements that make a program hold up when the question becomes what you actually did about harassment.
Recognizing sexual harassment and prohibited conduct
How employees can raise concerns and seek help
Managers’ responsibilities for escalation and prompt response
Retaliation prevention
Practical application of the employer’s conduct and reporting policies
Recordkeeping
Maintaining dated training and policy records is recommended. Texas SB 45 does not set a training-record retention period; coordinate retention and any legal holds with counsel.
Penalties & enforcement
SB 45 does not create a penalty for failing to complete a training course. It addresses sexual harassment and an employer’s failure to take immediate and appropriate corrective action when the statutory conditions are met.
Texas Workforce Commission, Civil Rights Division (TWC-CRD); also EEOC for federal claims.
Fourteen or fewer employees?
Texas sexual harassment law reaches small employers. Our program brings training, reporting, investigations, and management guidance together so a small team has experienced help when employee matters demand attention.
Keep training connected across your locations.
Texas is one of 11 jurisdictions in this reference. We help your team organize training and records around its workforce, with management guidance and investigation support when concerns arise.
Texas training: buyer questions
Does SB 45 require my Texas business to buy training?
Why choose an annual program if Texas does not mandate a course?
Can my small Texas team get training without buying a separate course?
This page summarizes publicly available statutes and regulatory guidance, last reviewed October 2026. State and local mandates change frequently; verify current requirements with the enforcing agency or employment counsel before relying on this content for compliance decisions. empathiHR clients receive a written compliance matrix updated against their roster and locations.
Discuss training for your Texas team.
Training is included in our annual program. Tell us about your workforce, locations, and current training so we can explain the program and discuss the fit for your team.