Assembly Bill A1221

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to creating a company climate report system to assess the workplace environment of companies doing business in New York

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  • 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-A1221 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Add §295-a, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A9085
2021-2022: A700
2023-2024: A809

2019-A1221 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to creating a company climate report system to assess the workplace environment of companies doing business in New York with a focus on sexual harassment and discrimination policies and the frequency and handling of claims, settlements and cases by such companies.

2019-A1221 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1221
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 14, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. L. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Governmental Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation  to  creating  a  company
   climate report system to assess the workplace environment of companies
   doing business in New York

   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  295-a
 to read as follows:
   § 295-A. COMPANY CLIMATE REPORTS. 1. (A) EVERY COMPANY THAT DOES BUSI-
 NESS  IN  NEW  YORK  STATE SHALL FILE A BIENNIAL CLIMATE REPORT WITH THE
 DIVISION. THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE FORM  AND  CONTENT  OF  SUCH  CLIMATE
 REPORT  SHALL  BE PROMULGATED BY THE COMMISSIONER AND AT A MINIMUM SHALL
 INCLUDE:
   (I) COMPANY CLIMATE SURVEYS TO BE FILLED OUT ANONYMOUSLY BY EMPLOYEES,
 WHICH ARE  DESIGNED  TO  ASSESS  SUCH  COMPANY'S  WORKPLACE  ENVIRONMENT
 INCLUDING,  BUT  NOT  LIMITED  TO,  PAY  EQUITY,  SEXUAL  HARASSMENT AND
 DISCRIMINATION  BASED  ON  AN  INDIVIDUAL'S  AGE,  RACE,  CREED,  COLOR,
 NATIONAL  ORIGIN,  SEXUAL ORIENTATION, MILITARY STATUS, SEX, DISABILITY,
 PREDISPOSING GENETIC CHARACTERISTICS, FAMILIAL STATUS, MARITAL STATUS OR
 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VICTIM STATUS.
   (II) A COPY OF THE COMPANY'S SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND ANTI-DISCRIMINATION
 POLICIES.
   (III) RECORDS OF  ANY  SEXUAL  HARASSMENT  OR  DISCRIMINATION  CLAIMS,
 SETTLEMENTS AND CASES AND THE DISPOSITION THEREOF.
   (B)  A  COMPANY  FILING A COMPANY CLIMATE REPORT SHALL NOT INCLUDE ANY
 NAMES OR OTHER PERSONALLY IDENTIFYING INFORMATION IN SUCH REPORT.
   2. (A) THE COMMISSIONER SHALL DEVELOP  A  GRADING  SYSTEM  TO  RATE  A
 COMPANY'S  WORKPLACE  ENVIRONMENT  AND HANDLING OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND
 DISCRIMINATION ISSUES, DETERMINE WHAT CONSTITUTES  A  PASSING  SCORE  IN
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04806-01-9
              

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