NY State Senate Bill 2019-S7613

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Investigations And Government Operations Committee

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Jan 30, 2020	referred to investigations and government operations

2019-S7613 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A9562
Current Committee:: Senate Investigations And Government Operations
Law Section:: Executive Law
Laws Affected:: Add §296-e, Exec L

2019-S7613 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes a workplace sexual harassment, harassment, and discrimination hotline which shall be created by the division of human rights in cooperation with the department of labor.

2019-S7613 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S7613

SPONSOR: MAY
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the executive law, in relation to establishing a work-
place sexual harassment, harassment, and discrimination hotline

 
PURPOSE:

This bill will put in place a single hotline to report workplace sexual
harassment, harassment, and discrimination. This legislation will also
establish cooperation between the Division of Human Rights and the
Department of Labor to increase awareness of the hotline.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Executive Law is amended by adding a new section 296-e that creates
technical definitions of terms used in the proposed legislation, estab-
lishes a single hotline to be developed by the NYS Division of Human
Rights and the NYS Department of Labor (DOL) for filing complaints of

workplace sexual harassment, harassment and discrimination. Rules and
regulations will be promulgated by the Division in cooperation with DOL.
The bill sets forth public information requirements to promote the
hotline for each agency.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Last year, the legislature held joint hearings on sexual assault and
harassment in the workplace. During those hearings, experts and victims
provided substantial insight as to actions that New York State should
take to combat this social ill.  Also provided during the hearing was
testimony that clearly indicated that there is no coordination between
complaints made to the NYS Department of Labor and the NYS Division of
Human Rights.

Experts pointed out that the complaints made by a victim to one agency
were not being shared with the other agency with jurisdiction in the
matter. Experts also pointed out that each agency had separate telephone
numbers to file a complaint. This matter alone created confusion for
victims of sexual assault or harassment in the workplace.

This legislation requires both these state agencies to work together to
create and manage one single hotline for reporting such workplace
hostile environment. It also requires the Division of Human Rights and
the Department of Labor to update their websites and public information
materials to promote the new hotline.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

Minimal

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to taxable years
beginning on or after January 1, 2021.

2019-S7613 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7613
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 30, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  MAY  --  read  twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
   ment Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to establishing  a  work-
   place sexual harassment, harassment, and discrimination hotline
 
   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:
   §  296-E.  WORKPLACE SEXUAL HARASSMENT, HARASSMENT, AND DISCRIMINATION
 HOTLINE. 1.  FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL
 HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   (A) "SEXUAL HARASSMENT, HARASSMENT, OR  DISCRIMINATION  IN  THE  WORK-
 PLACE"  SHALL INCLUDE ANY UNLAWFUL DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICES SET FORTH IN
 SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION TWO HUNDRED NINETY-SIX OF THIS ARTICLE.
   (B) "THE HOTLINE" SHALL MEAN THE  TOLL  FREE  NUMBER  DIRECTED  TO  BE
 ESTABLISHED BY SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION.
   2.  THE  DIVISION,  IN COOPERATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, SHALL
 ESTABLISH A SINGLE TOLL FREE NUMBER, WHICH A RESIDENT OF THIS STATE  MAY
 USE TO CONTACT A DESIGNEE APPOINTED BY THE DIVISION, IN COOPERATION WITH
 THE  DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, TO SUBMIT A COMPLAINT REGARDING SEXUAL HARASS-
 MENT, HARASSMENT, OR DISCRIMINATION IN THE WORKPLACE.
   3. THE COMMISSIONER, IN COOPERATION WITH THE  COMMISSIONER  OF  LABOR,
 SHALL  PROMULGATE  ANY RULES AND/OR REGULATIONS NECESSARY FOR THE IMPLE-
 MENTATION OF THE HOTLINE.
   4. TO INCREASE AWARENESS OF THE HOTLINE, THE DIVISION AND THE  DEPART-
 MENT OF LABOR SHALL EACH PROMINENTLY PROMOTE THE HOTLINE ON THEIR INTER-
 NET WEBSITES AND SHALL, IN COOPERATION, DEVELOP PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCE-
 MENTS  TO  BE  DISTRIBUTED  TO COMMERCIAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS,
 PUBLIC ACCESS TELEVISION STATIONS, AND PRINT MEDIA THROUGHOUT THE STATE,
 INFORMING THE PUBLIC OF THE HOTLINE. SUCH WEBSITE PROMOTIONS AND  PUBLIC
 SERVICE  ANNOUNCEMENTS  SHALL  BE  DISTRIBUTED IN ENGLISH AND SUCH OTHER
 LANGUAGES AS THE COMMISSIONER AND THE COMMISSIONER OF LABOR  SHALL  DEEM
 APPROPRIATE.
   5.  THE HOTLINE SHALL BE OPERATIONAL NO LATER THAN DECEMBER FIRST, TWO
 THOUSAND TWENTY.

   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13313-01-9

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Investigations And Government Operations Committee

2019-S7613 (ACTIVE) - Details

2019-S7613 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2019-S7613 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S7613 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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Rachel May

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Investigations And Government Operations Committee

2019-S7613 (ACTIVE) - Details

2019-S7613 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2019-S7613 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S7613 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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