This page details sexual harassment prevention training (SHPT) requirements for Illinois licensed professionals training themselves.

TL,DR:  Every year.

Illinois has an annual sexual harassment prevention training requirement (SHPT) for every worker.Licensed professionals with a Continuing Education requirement who work in Illinois must take their SHPT with CE, from an accredited Continuing Education provider, in the calendar year their license renews.

In years the license doesn’t renew, the training without CE may be taken.

If you work within the City of Chicago

The City of Chicago requires three hours of training for supervisory and managerial personnel every year:  two hours of sexual harassment prevention training and one hour of bystander intervention training.

The City of Chicago requires two hours of training for non-supervisory personnel: one hour of sexual harassment prevention training and one hour of bystander intervention training.

You will need to know if you are a supervisor or not a supervisor in your professional role. The definition of a supervisor can be found here.

Without CE credit (nonrenewal years):

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The Chicago City Training Deadline

The Chicago City sexual harassment prevention training deadlines are June 30th of every year.  So the compliance year runs July 1st to June 30th. 

If you DON’T work in Chicago

Without CE credit (nonrenewal years):

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The Illinois Non-Chicago Training Deadline

For the rest of Illinois that is outside of Chicago, the deadline is the calendar year end, so December 31st of each year.

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