Senate Bill S4845

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to requiring employers submit an affirmative acknowledgement of implementing a sexual harassment prevention policy which meets or exceeds the minimum standards

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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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2019-S4845 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8075
Current Committee:
Senate Labor
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §201-g, Lab L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: S1841, A2423
2023-2024: S2788, A7864

2019-S4845 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires employers submit an affirmative acknowledgement of implementing a sexual harassment prevention policy which meets or exceeds the minimum standards upon the completion of the employer's annual training or the training of a newly hired employee.

2019-S4845 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S4845 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4845
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 27, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens. SKOUFIS, BIAGGI -- 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  employers  to
   submit an affirmative acknowledgement of implementing a sexual harass-
   ment prevention policy which meets or exceeds the minimum standards

   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,  as  added
 by  section 1 of subpart E of part KK of chapter 57 of the laws of 2018,
 is amended to read as follows:
   3. A. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL CONSULT WITH THE DIVISION OF  HUMAN  RIGHTS
 TO  CREATE A SYSTEM FOR EVERY EMPLOYER TO AFFIRMATIVELY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT
 THE EMPLOYER HAS MET OR EXCEEDED THE SEXUAL HARASSMENT PREVENTION POLICY
 MINIMUM STANDARDS REQUIRED BY THIS SECTION AND THE  REGULATIONS  PROMUL-
 GATED BY THE COMMISSIONER IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS SECTION.
   B.  EACH  EMPLOYER  SHALL  SUBMIT  TO  THE  DEPARTMENT  AN AFFIRMATIVE
 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT THAT THE EMPLOYER HAS MET OR EXCEEDED THE SEXUAL HARASS-
 MENT PREVENTION POLICY MINIMUM STANDARDS REQUIRED BY  THIS  SECTION  AND
 THE  REGULATIONS PROMULGATED BY THE COMMISSIONER IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS
 SECTION UPON THE COMPLETION OF THE EMPLOYER'S ANNUAL  SEXUAL  HARASSMENT
 PREVENTION  TRAINING  AND  UPON  THE COMPLETION OF THE SEXUAL HARASSMENT
 PREVENTION TRAINING IF ANY PERSON  NEWLY  HIRED  BY  THE  EMPLOYER.  THE
 EMPLOYER  SHALL USE THE SYSTEM CREATED BY THE DEPARTMENT UNDER PARAGRAPH
 A  OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION  TO  SUBMIT  THE  AFFIRMATIVE  ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
 REQUIRED BY THIS PARAGRAPH.
   4.  The  commissioner [may] SHALL promulgate regulations [as he or she
 deems necessary] for the purposes of carrying out the provisions of this
 section.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10906-01-9

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