New York A 641: Requires sexual harassment training for hotel and motel employees

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A00641 Summary:

BILL NOA00641 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORRosenthal

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §202-m, Lab L

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Requires sexual harassment training for hotel and motel employees; requires operators to certify to the department that they have conducted sexual harassment training; provides such training every two years for employees; requires "know your rights" brochure and employee bill of rights.

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BILL NOA00641 

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01/08/2025referred to labor

01/07/2026referred to labor

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Go to topA00641 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 641

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Labor

 AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to requiring sexual harass-
 ment training for hotel and motel employees

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. The labor law is amended by adding a new section 202-m to
 2 read as follows:
 3 § 202-m. Sexual harassment training for hotel and motel employees. 1.
 4 On or after the ninetieth day after the effective date of this section,
 5 hotels and motels shall provide sexual harassment training to its
 6 employees via a classroom or other effective interactive training and
 7 shall include, but not be limited to, the following topics:
 8 (a) Information and practical guidance regarding federal, state and
 9 local statutory laws about sexual harassment;
 10 (b) Information about the correction of sexual harassment and the
 11 remedies available to victims of sexual harassment;
 12 (c) Practical examples aimed at instructing supervisors in the
 13 prevention of sexual harassment, discrimination, and retaliation.
 14 2. Hotels and motels shall have two months from the hiring date of any
 15 new employee to provide sexual harassment training for such employee.
 16 3. Employees shall receive training every two years following their
 17 initial training.
 18 4. On or before April first following the training required pursuant
 19 to subdivision one of this section, and every year thereafter, operators
 20 of such hotel or motel shall certify to the department that they have
 21 conducted sexual harassment training and shall include an electronic
 22 list of the employees who participated in the training. The department
 23 will issue a hotel or motel a certificate of compliance upon receiving
 24 such list.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02642-01-5

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 1 5. Immediately upon commencement of employment and prior to their
 2 sexual harassment training, employees shall be provided with a "know
 3 your rights" brochure detailing the rights and remedies available under
 4 federal, state and local law. The brochure shall be produced by the
 5 department, in plain English, and shall be made available in other
 6 languages, including but not limited to Spanish, Haitian French, Chinese
 7 and Russian. Employees shall sign a statement on a document to be
 8 produced by the department, certifying that they have received the "know
 9 your rights" brochure required pursuant to this section.
 10 6. Employers shall conspicuously post an employee's bill of rights to
 11 be promulgated by the department. The bill of rights shall be written in
 12 plain English, and shall be made available in other languages, including
 13 but not limited to Spanish, Haitian French, Chinese and Russian.
 14 7. The department shall establish protocol for sexual harassment
 15 training which shall be available online to hotels and motels subject to
 16 the provisions of this section.
 17 8. Under the supervision of the department, all employers shall create
 18 and implement a comprehensive and confidential incident reporting
 19 system, and shall put clear procedures in place to guide employees and
 20 managers in the reporting of sexual harassment incidents.
 21 9. Failure to comply with the provisions of this section shall result