Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Aug 15, 2018 |
referred to labor |
Assembly Bill A11303
2017-2018 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
CARROLL
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2017-A11303 (ACTIVE) - Details
2017-A11303 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 11303 I N A S S E M B L Y August 15, 2018 ___________ Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Carroll) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Labor AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to requiring public employers to provide bi-annual anti-bias and inclusion training THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The labor law is amended by adding a new section 201-h to read as follows: § 201-H. ANTI-BIAS AND INCLUSION TRAINING. 1. ALL PUBLIC EMPLOYERS AND STATE CONTRACTORS SHALL PROVIDE MANDATORY BI-ANNUAL ANTI-BIAS AND INCLU- SION TRAINING, AS DESCRIBED IN SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION, TO ALL EMPLOYEES. SUCH TRAINING SHALL ALSO BE OFFERED TO PRIVATE SECTOR EMPLOY- EES WHO ARE FRONT-LINE SERVICE PROFESSIONALS. 2. SUCH ANTI-BIAS AND INCLUSION TRAINING SHALL INCLUDE, BUT SHALL NOT BE LIMITED TO: (A) GENERAL DISCUSSIONS ABOUT DIVERSITY AND BIAS, INCLUD- ING UNCONSCIOUS BIAS; (B) TOOLS TO CREATE AN INCLUSIVE AND RESPECTFUL WORK ENVIRONMENT; (C) EXAMINATION OF EMPLOYEE'S OWN PERSONAL BIASES; AND (D) IDENTIFICATION OF WAYS TO RESPOND TO DISCRIMINATION AND BIAS. 3. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE TERM "FRONT-LINE SERVICE PROFES- SIONALS" MEANS ANY EMPLOYEE THAT DEALS DIRECTLY WITH CUSTOMERS. 4. THE COMMISSIONER MAY PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS AS HE OR SHE DEEMS NECESSARY FOR THE PURPOSES OF CARRYING OUT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD15758-01-8
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