Compliance Training
***Compliance training is required of all CSU employees.
How-To Guides(opens in new window) for navigating CSU Learn are available online for both employees and managers. Supervisors: read What Supervisors Need to Do and Know(opens in new window) regarding compliance training.
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New Employees
New state employees (faculty, staff, management, and student employees) must complete online compliance courses within 30 days of their first day of work.
Employees are auto-assigned training through CSU Learn, typically a week or two before their first paycheck.
Note to Supervisors: After an employee is in active pay status in CHRS, allow three nights for processing before directing them to check email for training notices.
Employees can begin taking training(opens in new window) after it has been auto-assigned. Employees should work with their supervisor to schedule time to complete the online training. Please watch for emails from training@csuchico.edu(opens in new window).
Why is Compliance Training Required?
All CSU, Chico employees, including faculty, staff, managers, and student employees, must complete online compliance training as part of their job duties.
These courses are required to ensure compliance with state and university mandates established under federal law, state law, and CSU policy(opens in new window).
To learn more about these requirements, visit the Systemwide Compliance Training(opens in new window) page.
Online Compliance Courses
State Employees: In most cases, waiting for a course to be assigned(opens in new window) to you is best. Please wait for the assignment.
Auxiliary Employees: Click on the course name below to start a compliance course.
Users must select Register(opens in new window) before seeing a “Start” button to begin the activity. Course completions are displayed after nightly batch updates. Mobile usage (smartphones and tablets) is not currently supported.
- All Employees
- CSU, Chico Workplace Violence Prevention Program(opens in new window) (1 hour; 2 modules; due annually by 7/15)
- CSU - Injury and Illness Prevention Program(opens in new window)* (20 minutes; due every 3 years; formerly General Safety)
- CSU-Emergency Procedures(opens in new window)* (45 minutes; due every 3 years)
- Introduction to Emergency Preparedness(opens in new window)* (30 minutes; one-time requirement; formerly CSU – Chico Emergency Management Orientation – Online)
- Data Security and FERPA (Module 1-5)(opens in new window) (Modules 1–5; 25 minutes; due annually; rolling)
- Gender Equity and Title IX(opens in new window) Program* (30–45 minutes; due annually by Oct 1; formerly Gender Equity in Education (Title IX) and CSU Sexual Misconduct Prevention Program)
- Discrimination and Harassment Prevention Program
- For Non-Supervisors(opens in new window) (1 hour minimum; due every 2 years by Oct 1)
- For Supervisors(opens in new window) (2 hours minimum; due every 2 years by Oct 1)
- Position-Related Compliance Courses
Assigned based on job duties. This list is not all-inclusive and does not include most job-specific safety training.
- Avoiding Bias in Hiring(opens in new window) (required for recruitment committee members; due every 4 years)
- Avoiding Conflicts of Interest(opens in new window), (due every 2 years by Oct 1; includes optional Form 700 Tutorial(opens in new window))
- Bloodborne Pathogens (BBP) Awareness Training(opens in new window) & BBP One-time Paperwork(opens in new window) (required for employees in Student Health Services)
- Clery Training
- Defensive Driver Training (State Employees)*(opens in new window) (due every 4 years; Please review Defensive Driver Training(opens in new window) webpage first)
- Defensive Driver Training (Auxiliaries Employees, CSE, AS)*(opens in new window) (due every 4 years; Please review Defensive Driver Training(opens in new window) webpage first)
- Heat Illness Prevention
- Heat Illness Prevention - CAL/OSHA(opens in new window) (Non-Supervisors; 25 minutes; due annually)
- Heat Illness Prevention for Supervisors - CAL/OSHA(opens in new window) (Supervisors; 21 minutes; due annually)
- HIPAA: Protecting Patient Privacy(opens in new window)* (due annually; rolling; required for employees in designated departments including HRIS, HRSC, ITSS, Student Health, Payroll Services, and related areas)
- Mandated Reporters of Child Abuse (CANRA)(opens in new window) (45 minutes; required for designated roles including Student Health Services)
- Laboratory Safety Fundamentals(opens in new window)
- Protecting Payment Card Information (PCI DSS)(opens in new window)
- Red Flags(opens in new window)
* CSU Learn will auto-assign to CSU, Chico state employees
- Other Campus Required Courses
Required for system access or specific campus processes.
- Avoiding Bias in Hiring(opens in new window) (in-person workshop; required for search committees; due every 4 years)
- Laboratory Safety Fundamentals(opens in new window)
- CHRS PeopleSoft HR Security and Training(opens in new window)
- Data Security and FERPA(opens in new window) (see Knowledge Base article: I need to complete the Data Security and FERPA training(opens in new window))
- Protecting Payment Card Information (PCI DSS)(opens in new window)
- Red Flags(opens in new window)
Course Assignment Process
In CSU Learn, courses are assigned to groups of employees called audiences. Course assignments occur nightly, and courses may have rolling or fixed due dates. The assignment of a course depends on the audience rules, the course due date, and when/if the employee last completed it.
For example, Title IX is set up with several audiences and uses a fixed annual due date (October 1) after the initial course completion.
CSU Learn Notifications
CSU Learn will send confirmation of workshops in which you’ve enrolled and reminders of compliance training that is expiring or needs to be retaken.
Emails will come from training@csuchico.edu(opens in new window). Some reminders may go to Junk Mail or Clutter. Please ensure your email settings allow these messages.
Student Employee Email Accounts
In compliance with EM 23-019(opens in new window), student employees are automatically assigned a University-provided @csuchico.edu email address.
This account receives official employee information, including notices to complete required compliance training.
- Accessing Exchange Email(opens in new window)
- Login to CSU Learn(opens in new window) - Use your portal account and password to view assigned compliance training.