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| Intro: | In the state audit of the Missouri Senate, a lack of sexual harassment training sits atop the list. |
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Wrap:The Missouri State Auditor’s office is asking for moresexual harassment training in the State Senate.
Among the Senate’s slush fund and paid-time off issues, thestate’s audit found that Senate employees are not required to complete sexualharassment training more than once.
The audit comes just a year after the resignation of a senatorfollowing allegations of harassment.
State Auditor Nicole Galloway said that Senators can go years with minimal sexual harassment training.
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| Description: Unfortunately the Senate only trains folks in instances of policy when they first start their term, so if they’re elected for 8 years that means they’re only trained one time. | |
The House requires all members and staff to undergoharassment training each year.
Reporting from Columbia with Shannon Shaver, I'm Jack Morrisroe.
| Intro: | Over a year after a Missouri State Senator resigned over sexual harassment allegations, the Senate was found to have limited harassment training for its employees. |
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Wrap: Missouri Auditor Nicole Galloway’s office reported that theSenate does not require its members or staff to undergo annual sexual harassmenttraining.
It’s now over a year after former State Senator Paul LeVotaresigned over sexual harassment allegations – spurring additional mandatoryreporting and oversight of interns in the Senate.
The revised policies did not include required annualtraining, which Galloway said would be ideal.
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| Description: We want to see periodic training because that reinforces appropriate and professional behavior in the workplace. | |
The audit of the House found that all House members andstaff are required to attend harassment training each year.
Reporting from Columbia with Shannon Shaver, I'm Jack Morrisroe.