Relates to requiring employers to obtain an acknowledgement of receipt from employees of their sexual harassment prevention policy and sexual harassment prevention training program

S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                     April 24, 2026
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  RAMOS  -- 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
          obtain  an  acknowledgement  of receipt from employees of their sexual
          harassment prevention policy and sexual harassment prevention training
          program in writing in English and in employees' primary languages

          THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
        BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

     1    Section  1.  Subdivision 3 of section 201-g of the labor law is renum-
     2  bered subdivision 5 and a new subdivision 3 is added to read as follows:
     3    3. A. EACH TIME AN EMPLOYER  PROVIDES  THEIR  EMPLOYEES  WITH  WRITTEN
     4  NOTICE OF SUCH EMPLOYER'S SEXUAL HARASSMENT PREVENTION POLICY AND INFOR-
     5  MATION  PRESENTED AT SUCH EMPLOYER'S SEXUAL HARASSMENT PREVENTION TRAIN-
     6  ING PROGRAM, THE EMPLOYER SHALL OBTAIN FROM THE EMPLOYEE  A  SIGNED  AND
     7  DATED  ELECTRONIC  OR  WRITTEN  ACKNOWLEDGEMENT,  IN  ENGLISH AND IN THE
     8  PRIMARY LANGUAGE OF THE EMPLOYEE, OF RECEIPT OF THIS NOTICE,  WHICH  THE
     9  EMPLOYER  SHALL  PRESERVE AND MAINTAIN FOR SIX YEARS.  SUCH ACKNOWLEDGE-
    10  MENT SHALL INCLUDE AN AFFIRMATION BY  THE  EMPLOYEE  THAT  THE  EMPLOYEE
    11  ACCURATELY  IDENTIFIED  THEIR PRIMARY LANGUAGE TO THE EMPLOYER, AND THAT
    12  THE NOTICE PROVIDED BY THE EMPLOYER TO SUCH EMPLOYEE  PURSUANT  TO  THIS
    13  SUBDIVISION  WAS  IN THE LANGUAGE SO IDENTIFIED OR IF SUCH NOTICE IS NOT
    14  AVAILABLE FROM THE COMMISSIONER IN THE EMPLOYEE'S PRIMARY LANGUAGE,  WAS
    15  PROVIDED TO THE EMPLOYEE IN ENGLISH, AND SHALL CONFORM TO ANY ADDITIONAL
    16  REQUIREMENTS  ESTABLISHED BY THE COMMISSIONER WITH REGARD TO CONTENT AND
    17  FORM.
    18    B. EVERY EMPLOYER SHALL NOTIFY  THEIR  EMPLOYEES  IN  WRITING  OF  ANY
    19  CHANGES TO SUCH EMPLOYER'S SEXUAL HARASSMENT PREVENTION POLICY OR TO THE
    20  INFORMATION  PRESENTED  IN  THEIR  SEXUAL HARASSMENT PREVENTION TRAINING
    21  PROGRAM, AT LEAST SEVEN CALENDAR DAYS PRIOR TO THE TIME OF SUCH CHANGES.
    22    § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
    23  have become a law.  Effective immediately the addition, amendment and/or
    24  repeal  of  any  rule  or regulation necessary for the implementation of
    25  this act on its effective date are authorized to be made  and  completed
    26  on or before such effective date.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01378-03-6