Welcome to the Learning & Development (L&D) page at GitLab! L&D is an essential part of any organization's growth, success, and overall business strategy. We want to support the growth of our GitLab team-members' competencies, skills, and knowledge by providing them with the tools they need and the opportunities to progress their own personal and professional development.
GitLab has several compliance courses and resources. Explore the chart below to learn more.
Training | Tool | Frequency | Responsible Team |
---|---|---|---|
Anti-Harassment | WILL Interactive | Onboarding Varies based on Location |
Learning & Development |
Security | KnowBe4 | Onboarding Annually by the end of August |
Security |
Compliance | Navex | Annual | Legal |
All team members, regardless of location, are required to take harassment prevention training. All new team members will have a task during their onboarding to complete this training using Will Interactive's Platform within the first 30 days of hire. Additionally, on all new team members' 6th day with GitLab, they will receive a Slack message reminder to complete the training.
Once you get to that step in your onboarding, please do the following:
Please review our Anti-Harassment Policy which outlines guidelines, reporting, and disciplinary action.
We have four separate trainings, but you only need to complete one of them. For managers, leaders (job grade 10+), and all team members in Connecticut (regardless of role), the course is 2 hours long. For all other GitLab Team Members, the course is 1 hour long. There are separate courses for U.S. and non-U.S. due to states in the U.S. requiring a "gated" course. You do not need to complete the course in one sitting as you can stop and come back to it. Just ensure it is completed within your first 30 days at GitLab. Click on the Harassment Prevention training that aligns with your role (Supervisor or Team Member) and location (U.S. or Non-U.S.):
Your Role | Your Location | Course to Take |
---|---|---|
Supervisor or Job Grade 10+ | Not in the United States | Anti-Harassment Training for Non-U.S. Supervisors |
Individual Contributor | Not in the United States | Anti-Harassment Training for Non-U.S. Team Members |
Individual Contributor | In the United States and NOT in Connecticut | Anti-Harassment Training for U.S. Team Members |
Individual Contributor | In the United States and IN Connecticut | Anti-Harassment Training for U.S. Supervisors |
Supervisor or Job Grade 10+ | In the United States | Anti-Harassment Training for U.S. Supervisors |
If a Team Member moves from an individual contributor role to a manager role, they will be assigned a New Manager Enablement issue to work through. In this issue, it will be verified if they have completed the correct level of harassment prevention training. If the team member has completed the "Team Member" level of the training, they will have to take the "Supervisor" level of the training as well.
If you accidentally click on multiple courses, please reach out to the Learning & Development team in the #learninganddevelopment
slack channel so we can work with WILL Interactive to update on the backend.
When finished with harassment prevention training, follow the instructions to upload your completion certificate into Workday by using the guide link on the Workday Guide handbook page. In the Comment section, enter WILL Interactive Anti-Harassment Certificate.
In the United States, the training requirements may vary. If the state varies from the typical training, we have outlined them below.
State | Guidelines |
---|---|
California | - Within 6 months of hire date or assuming supervisory position - Nonsupervisory position - 1 hour of training - Supervisory position - 2 hours of training - All training must be completed every 2 years |
Connecticut | - Within 6 months of hire date or assuming supervisory position - Everyone - 2 hours of training - "Periodic supplemental training at least every 10 years" |
Delaware | - Required if there are 50 or more employees in the state - Within 1 year of hire date or assuming supervisory position - All training must be completed every 2 years |
New York | - "As soon as possible" - All training must be completed annually |
The L&D Team performs bi-weekly audits of team members that have completed the training. This will be done by opening an issue in the Learning & Development general project and following the steps outlined in the anti-harassment-training-tracking
issue template.
When tagged in an offboarding issue, follow these steps to check the completion/license status of appropriate anti-harassment courses in the WILL Learning platform.
The following steps are outlined in this private recording that can be found in the L&D Google Drive.
This step must be completed for each offboarding issue, as GitLab pays per license in WILL Learning. This compliance check ensures that GitLab is aware of, and making use of, all paid licenses.
2019 Anti-Harassment Training for Supervisors
course. Click the MANAGE
button to enter the course.Check for Completion: The following steps should be taken to determine the current status of the individual's WILL Learning license - either Finished
, In Progress
, or Not Started
. Please note - if the user does not appear in the first WILL Learning course you check, attempt to look for the user in other appropriate courses. Note that at this time, there is no function in the WILL Learning platform to search all courses at once.
Finished
status, check the de-provisioned box on the offboarding issue and comment on the issue WILL Learning course finished, no license to revoke
In Progress
status, check the de-provisioned box on the offboarding issue and comment on the issue WILL Learning in progress, cannot revoke license
. Email our WILL Learning account representative to request a refund of the license.Not Started
status, check the de-provisioned box on the offboarding issue and comment on the issue WILL Learning in progress, cannot revoke license
. Email our WILL Learning account representative to request a refund of the license.Revoke License: The following steps should be taken if you cannot find a record of the course status for the offboarding team member.
Invite Participants
Pending Invitations
section, click View All
Pending Invitations
section, click the revoke
link to remove their access to the licenseWILL Learning course not started, license revoked
When new team members join the GitLab team as managers of people, the L&D team reminds them to take the assigned WILL Learning anti-harassment course.
Checking Compliance for Offboarded Team Members
section to determine if the new manager has completed the courseWhen current team members transition to roles and become managers of people, the L&D team assigns a new anti-harassment course in WILL Learning for the team member to complete.
Invite Participants
and copy the shareable linkHello [NAME]! Please follow this link [COURSE LINK] to complete the [COURSE NAME] in WILL Learning. Thanks!
Checking Compliance for Offboarded Team Members
section to determine if this team member has completed the individual anti-harassment course in their previous role. If they did not complete the course, follow the steps to revoke their license.Please follow the payment process outlined on the coupa handbook page starting at how to create a requisition when purchasing new licenses from WILL Interactive. Before you start the process in Coupa, you will need to request an invoice from WILL Interactive.
If you have questions throughout the process, reach out to the Senior Accounts Payable Specilaist via the #finance
Slack channel.
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