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Assembly Bill A6207

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Establishes the unlawful act of abusive conduct in the workplace; provides remedies and defenses

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2009-A6207 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Labor
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 20-D ยงยง760 - 762, Lab L

2009-A6207 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the unlawful act of abusive conduct in the workplace; provides remedies and defenses; imposes vicarious liability on an employer who, when made aware of such abuse, fails to make a good faith effort to correct it.

2009-A6207 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  6207

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 26, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. BARRA -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Labor

AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to the prevention of  abusive
  conduct in the workplace

  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  article  20-D  to
read as follows:
                              ARTICLE 20-D
             PREVENTION OF ABUSIVE CONDUCT IN THE WORKPLACE
SECTION 760. STATEMENT OF PUBLIC POLICY AND FINDINGS.
        761. DEFINITIONS.
        762. ABUSIVE CONDUCT AN UNLAWFUL ACT.
  S 760. STATEMENT OF PUBLIC POLICY AND FINDINGS. THE LEGISLATURE HEREBY
FINDS AND DECLARES IT NECESSARY TO ATTEMPT TO PREVENT ABUSIVE CONDUCT IN
THE  WORKPLACE.  STUDIES  HAVE DOCUMENTED THAT ABUSIVE WORK ENVIRONMENTS
CAN HAVE SERIOUS ADVERSE EFFECTS ON TARGETED EMPLOYEES, INCLUDING  FEEL-
INGS   OF  SHAME  AND  HUMILIATION,  STRESS,  LOSS  OF  SLEEP,  ANXIETY,
DEPRESSION, STRESS RELATED GASTROINTESTINAL DISORDERS AND  HYPERTENSION.
THEY  ALSO  SUGGEST THAT ABUSIVE WORK ENVIRONMENTS CAN ALSO HARM EMPLOY-
ERS, BY RESULTING IN LOWER  EMPLOYEE  PRODUCTIVITY  AND  MORALE,  HIGHER
TURNOVER  AND ABSENTEEISM, AND GREATER MEDICAL AND WORKERS' COMPENSATION
CLAIMS.
  S 761. DEFINITIONS. AS USED IN THIS ARTICLE, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL
HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
  1. "CONDUCT" MEANS ALL FORMS OF BEHAVIOR, INCLUDING ACTS AND OMISSIONS
OF ACTS.
  2. "MALICE" MEANS THE DESIRE TO SEE ANOTHER PERSON  SUFFER  PSYCHOLOG-
ICAL, PHYSICAL, OR ECONOMIC HARM, WITHOUT LEGITIMATE CAUSE OR JUSTIFICA-
TION.    MALICE  CAN  BE  INFERRED FROM THE PRESENCE OF FACTORS SUCH AS:
OUTWARD EXPRESSIONS OF HOSTILITY; HARMFUL CONDUCT INCONSISTENT  WITH  AN

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD07281-01-9
              

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