Ohio AG requires harassment training

COLUMBUS (AP) — Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine required all employees to take a refresher sexual harassment course on the recommendation of a prosecutor who investigated a claim of office harassment involving “creepy” incidents, his office said.

The 24-minute online training began in November and over time was taken by 1,474 employees, including DeWine.

The training was required even though an internal investigation failed to find evidence of harassment or identify the alleged perpetrator.

“Providing this training was an appropriate response, among others, after the internal investigation had concluded and its results reviewed,” said Dan Tierney, a DeWine spokesman.

DeWine’s office first looked into the matter in April 2013 after the woman declined an offer of full-time employment, which the office’s human resources director considered suspicious because of the woman’s “excellent” work in the office.