Senate Bill S8898

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to sexual harassment of state employees

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Archive: Last Bill Status - On Floor Calendar

  • 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-S8898 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Add §269-e, Exec L

2017-S8898 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that it shall be an unlawful discriminatory practice for the secretary and counsel to the governor to permit sexual harassment of a state employee who is sexually harassed in the course of state employment.

2017-S8898 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S8898 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8898
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               June 1, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- read twice and ordered printed, and
   when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law,  in  relation  to  sexual  harassment
   relating to state employees
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section  296-e
 to read as follows:
   § 269-E. SEXUAL HARASSMENT RELATING TO STATE EMPLOYEES. 1. IT SHALL BE
 AN  UNLAWFUL DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICE FOR ANY INDIVIDUAL APPOINTED PURSU-
 ANT TO SECTION FOUR OF THIS CHAPTER TO PERMIT  SEXUAL  HARASSMENT  OF  A
 STATE  EMPLOYEE  WHO IS SEXUALLY HARASSED IN THE COURSE OF STATE EMPLOY-
 MENT. SUCH APPOINTED INDIVIDUAL SHALL BE HELD LIABLE TO A STATE  EMPLOY-
 EE,  WITH  RESPECT  TO  SEXUAL  HARASSMENT,  WHEN THE INDIVIDUAL KNEW OR
 SHOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT SUCH  STATE  EMPLOYEE  WAS  SUBJECTED  TO  SEXUAL
 HARASSMENT IN THE COURSE OF STATE EMPLOYMENT, AND THE APPOINTED INDIVID-
 UAL  FAILED  TO  TAKE  IMMEDIATE AND APPROPRIATE CORRECTIVE ACTION.   IN
 REVIEWING SUCH CASES, THE EXTENT OF THE APPOINTED  INDIVIDUAL'S  CONTROL
 AND  ANY  OTHER  LEGAL RESPONSIBILITY WHICH THE APPOINTED INDIVIDUAL MAY
 HAVE WITH RESPECT TO THE CONDUCT OF THE HARASSER SHALL BE CONSIDERED.
   2. IT SHALL BE AN  UNLAWFUL  DISCRIMINATORY  PRACTICE  FOR  ANY  STATE
 EMPLOYEE  WHO  PROVIDES  DIRECT  NOTICE  OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT OF A STATE
 EMPLOYEE HARASSED IN THE COURSE OF STATE  EMPLOYMENT  TO  AN  INDIVIDUAL
 APPOINTED  PURSUANT  TO SECTION FOUR OF THIS CHAPTER TO RECEIVE NEGATIVE
 TREATMENT  REGARDING  EMPLOYMENT  STATUS,  EMPLOYMENT  PROMOTION,  OR  A
 REDUCTION  IN  SALARY,  EMPLOYMENT  CONDITIONS,  OR  ANY  OTHER NEGATIVE
 EMPLOYMENT ACTION AS A RESULT OF PROVIDING NOTICE OF SUCH SEXUAL HARASS-
 MENT OF A STATE EMPLOYEE TO SUCH APPOINTED INDIVIDUAL.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD16162-02-8

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