What this page does not tell you
This is not legal advice, and state legislatures add training mandates over time -- Alabama having none today does not mean it always will. Confirm the current position with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) or your own counsel before treating this page as the final word.
Federal Title VII training
Common questions
Does Alabama require sexual harassment prevention training?
No. As of 2026, Alabama does not have a state-wide law requiring private employers to provide sexual harassment prevention training. That is different from states like New York, California or Illinois, which do. Check this page periodically, or confirm directly with the EEOC or your state labor agency, since state legislatures do add these requirements over time.
Does federal law require anything?
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits workplace sexual harassment for employers with 15 or more employees, and the EEOC enforces it. Title VII does not mandate a specific training program the way some state laws do, but courts and the EEOC both treat documented prevention training as evidence an employer took reasonable care, which matters if a complaint is ever filed.
Should we train anyway, if it is not required?
Most employers who train do so regardless of a state mandate, because a documented prevention program is part of the standard legal defense to a harassment claim, and because policies change: several states added training mandates in the last decade where none existed before. A dated certificate on file costs less than a claim with no documented prevention effort behind it.
What if we have employees in multiple states?
The mandate follows where the employee works, not where the company is headquartered. If any of your staff are in a state with a real mandate (see the list on this site), that state's rules apply to those employees even if Alabama itself has none.