Yearly State ethics training is mandatory for State Employees and Special State Officers.  At least every three years, each State Employee and Special State Officer shall either attend live in-person or live virtual training, or complete the pre-recorded on-line training program.  In each of the two intervening years, State Employees and Special State Officers must take an ethics briefing, which is available online.

Ethics Liaison Officers (“ELOs”) are encouraged to contact the Commission’s Training Officer to discuss and/or schedule training for State Employees and Special State Officers. We encourage Executive Branch offices to consider ethics training as a component of other regularly scheduled employee training. Subject to availability, the Commission’s Ethics Training Officer can provide ethics training as part of employee development workshops, staff meetings, seminars, or new employee orientation programs.

Online training is also available for State Employees and Special State Officers. The Commission has separate on-line training programs for State Employees, Special State Officers, and State college and university faculty and trustees. The training module for State Employees is available on both the Commission’s website and the website of the Civil Service Commission, through its Learning Management System (“LMS”) for enrolled Divisions, Agencies, Authorities, or Departments. The remaining three modules for special State Officers and State college and university faculty and trustees are available only on the Commission’s website. All of the on-line training modules include slide presentations and detailed narratives that replicate the substance of the live in-person and live virtual training programs.

Employees of Agencies and Authorities who have completed ethics training are required to receive the mandatory ethics briefing in any year that they do not receive training. Employees and Officers should contact their agency ELO for information about the ethics briefing. The briefing is also available on LMS and the Commission’s website.

When a State employee or Special State Officer completes one of the SEC training modules on our website, they will receive an emailed receipt of attendance that they must provide to their ELO. 

Please contact the Commission’s Ethics Training Officer with questions and suggestions for providing ethics training to State Executive Branch employees. The Commission is committed to helping ELOs and Training Coordinators deliver ethics training to their departments and agencies in the most efficient and, effective manner. 

Last updated:  December 16, 2024