New York Employers Must Meet Two Set of Training Requirements
Tuesday, March 26, 2019

Don’t forget – April 1 marks the beginning of a new set of sexual harassment training requirements in New York City. While the training requirement began across New York State on October 9, 2018 (and must be completed by October 9, 2019), the City imposes additional requirements on certain employers. Both laws require training to be provided on an annual basis.

While the State law requires training of all New York employees, regardless of the number of employees in the State, the City law applies only to employers with 15 or more employees. However, when counting employees under the City law, an employer must also count independent contractors who work for the employer in New York City.

What topics need to be covered? There is some overlap in the training requirements for the City and State laws, but the City law has a few additional requirements. The chart below summarizes the requirements:

Interactive Training Content

NYS

NYC

Define sex harassment, with specific examples

Yes

Yes

Explain federal & state harassment laws

Yes

Yes & NYCHRL

Describe employees’ remedies & right of redress

Yes

Yes

Detail forums for adjudicating complaints – EEOC & NYSDHR

Yes

Yes & Commission

Educate on “bystander” intervention

No

Yes

Explain the responsibilities of supervisory and managerial employees

No

Yes

Define & provide examples of retaliation

No

Yes

As a reminder, all New York State employers should have a sexual harassment policy in place. New York City employers also need to post a sexual harassment prevention poster and provide a copy to new hires.

 

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