Senate Bill S8415

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Requires public employers to provide bi-annual anti-bias and inclusion training

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Labor Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2017-S8415 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A11303
Current Committee:
Senate Labor
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Add §201-h, Lab L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S215, A3162
2021-2022: S607, S8103, A609
2023-2024: S5105, A427

2017-S8415 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires public employers to provide bi-annual anti-bias and inclusion training; requires such training also be provided to private sector employees who are front-line service professionals.

2017-S8415 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S8415 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8415
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                May 7, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. BENJAMIN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed 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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