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     S. 5132                                                  A. 7139
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                       S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 10, 2019
                                ___________
 
 IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. RAMOS -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Labor
 
 IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. ROZIC -- read once and referred to
   the Committee on Labor
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the labor law, in relation to requiring employers to
   obtain an acknowledgement of receipt from employees  of  their  sexual
   harassment prevention policy and sexual harassment prevention training
   program in writing in English and in employees' primary languages
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 201-g of the labor law  is  renum-
 bered subdivision 4 and a new subdivision 3 is added to read as follows:
   3. A. EACH TIME AN EMPLOYER PROVIDES HIS OR HER EMPLOYEES WITH WRITTEN
 NOTICE OF SUCH EMPLOYER'S SEXUAL HARASSMENT PREVENTION POLICY AND INFOR-
 MATION  PRESENTED AT SUCH EMPLOYER'S SEXUAL HARASSMENT PREVENTION TRAIN-
 ING PROGRAM, THE EMPLOYER SHALL OBTAIN FROM THE EMPLOYEE  A  SIGNED  AND
 DATED WRITTEN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, IN ENGLISH AND IN THE PRIMARY LANGUAGE OF
 THE  EMPLOYEE,  OF  RECEIPT  OF  THIS  NOTICE,  WHICH THE EMPLOYER SHALL
 PRESERVE AND MAINTAIN FOR SIX YEARS.  SUCH ACKNOWLEDGEMENT SHALL INCLUDE
 AN AFFIRMATION BY THE EMPLOYEE THAT THE EMPLOYEE  ACCURATELY  IDENTIFIED
 HIS  OR  HER  PRIMARY  LANGUAGE  TO  THE  EMPLOYER,  AND THAT THE NOTICE
 PROVIDED BY THE EMPLOYER TO SUCH EMPLOYEE PURSUANT TO  THIS  SUBDIVISION
 WAS  IN  THE  LANGUAGE  SO IDENTIFIED OR IF SUCH NOTICE IS NOT AVAILABLE
 FROM THE COMMISSIONER IN THE EMPLOYEE'S PRIMARY LANGUAGE,  WAS  PROVIDED
 TO THE EMPLOYEE IN ENGLISH, AND SHALL CONFORM TO ANY ADDITIONAL REQUIRE-
 MENTS ESTABLISHED BY THE COMMISSIONER WITH REGARD TO CONTENT AND FORM.
   B.  EVERY EMPLOYER SHALL NOTIFY HIS OR HER EMPLOYEES IN WRITING OF ANY
 CHANGES TO HIS OR HER SEXUAL HARASSMENT  PREVENTION  POLICY  OR  TO  THE
 INFORMATION  PRESENTED IN HIS OR HER SEXUAL HARASSMENT PREVENTION TRAIN-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09740-01-9
              

 S. 5132                             2                            A. 7139
 
 ING PROGRAM, AT LEAST SEVEN CALENDAR DAYS PRIOR  TO  THE  TIME  OF  SUCH
 CHANGES.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 have become a law.  Effective immediately the addition, amendment and/or
 repeal of any rule or regulation necessary  for  the  implementation  of
 this  act  on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed
 on or before such effective date.