Senate Bill S1841

2021-2022 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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  • 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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2021-S1841 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A2423
Current Committee:
Senate Labor
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §201-g, Lab L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S4845, A8075
2023-2024: S2788, A7864

2021-S1841 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires employers to 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.

2021-S1841 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S1841 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1841
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 16, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens. SKOUFIS, BIAGGI, GOUNARDES, HOYLMAN, MYRIE -- 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.

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