CUNY Compliance Training FAQs

Employee Sexual Prevention Response Course (“ESPARC”) – Deadline dates denoted.

• Part-timers & Adjuncts hired as of the Fall 2025 semester–12/22/25.
• Part-times and Adjuncts hired as of the Spring 2026 semester–5/15/26.
• All full-time employees–5/29/26.

Workplace Violence Prevention (“WVP”) – Deadline dates denoted.

• Part-timers & Adjuncts hired as of the Fall 2025 semester–12/22/25.
• Part-times and Adjuncts hired as of the Spring 2026 semester–5/15/26.
• All full-time employees–5/29/26.

Separately, if a faculty or staff employee supervises one or more employees, they are also required to take:

Gender Based Violence Training (“GBVT”) – Deadlines dates denoted.

• Part-timers & Adjuncts hired as of the Fall 2025 semester–12/22/25.
• Part-times and Adjuncts hired as of the Spring 2026 semester–5/15/26.
• All full-time employees–5/29/26.
   

GBVT is only for supervisors and all Human Resource professionals.  We are aware that some faculty and staff members who are currently not supervising any employees, have questioned why they are being asked to complete the training.  This is an issue that we are working with CUNY to resolve.  In the meantime, if an employee is a supervisor of staff, they are required to take the training.

Currently employees listed as POIs (Persons of Interest) and Federal Work Study are not required to complete CUNY’s Compliance Trainings. Should this change for either employee group, HR will notify the affected the individuals. 

The Research Foundation (“RF”) provides the compliance trainings to employees hired through RF.  Hence, RF employees are not required to complete CUNY’s Compliance Trainings.

Employees who work at more than one CUNY campus, their compliance trainings will be assigned to their primary campus.  If CCNY is not an employee’s primary campus, then CCNY’s Office of Human Resources (“HR”) Compliance Training Administrators will not have access to the training records in Brightspace for the employee and CCNY will not be accountable for their training completion. Find the list of Compliance Training Administrators here. 

Periodically, CCNY HR will provide reports of employees who are assigned to the campus. In as much as possible, the divisions and departments should only communicate notifications about compliance trainings to the employees who appear on these reports.

• ESPARC, WVP, and GBVT are available in CUNY Brightspace, which require CUNYfirst credentials (i.e., @login.cuny.edu) to access the trainings. Employees will then find the compliance courses within the Compliance tab under My Courses.
• Employees active in CUNYfirst are automatically registered for the training in Brightspace.
• For Brightspace navigation and job aid, please reference CCNY Compliance Training website.
• Please contact Brightspace Support at bbsupport@ccny.cuny.edu or (212) 650-6990 if you require log on support.
• If you require computer access to complete the training, please contact the campus Tech Center at (212) 650 8752 or visit NAC 1/301 to schedule a reservation.
• If you need assistance with access to CUNYFirst, please contact ServiceDesk@ccny.cuny.edu