New York Sexual Harassment Prevention Training

WHAT ARE THE NEW YORK SEXUAL HARASSMENT TRAINING REQUIREMENTS?

The New York State Human Rights Law requires every employer in New York State to provide employees with sexual harassment prevention training every year. The law applies to all employers regardless of size, and includes all workers, regardless of immigration status, including: exempt, non-exempt, part-time, seasonal, and temporary.

The Law

Section 201-g of the New York Labor Law requires employers to provide:

•  Annual sexual harassment prevention training
•  A sexual harassment notice distributed prior to, or at the start of the first day of work, which includes:
      › A sexual harassment prevention policy
      › An explanation of sexual harassment according to the Department of Labor and the Division of Human Rights
      › A copy of the training
•  The notice, policy, and training must be provided in both English and the employee’s primary language if it is Spanish, Chinese, Korean, Polish, Russian, Haitian-Creole, Bengali, or Italian.

Employee Requirement 

•  Annual training
•  New employees must be trained within 30 days of hire, including:
       › Part-time employees
     › Employees who work just 1 day in New York (even if based out of state)
     › Employees who work in New York even if their company headquarters is located out of state

Manager Requirement 

•  Annual training
•  New supervisors and managers must be trained within 30 days of hire or assuming supervisory position 

Additionally, New York State requires Contractors who bid on state contracts to certify under penalty of perjury that they have provided annual sexual harassment prevention training to all of their employees, even those outside of the state of New York.

Additional Topic Requirements in New York 

•  Definition of unlawful sexual harassment
•  Sexual harassment based on gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, LGBTQ+
•  Sex stereotyping
•  Bystander intervention
•  Formal complaint process/ contact information for NY/NYC
•  Recourse and remedies
•  Explanation that severe/pervasive legal standard is no longer required to prove hostile work environment based on sex

Media Partners' Once & For All sexual harassment prevention training is your best solution.

The 7-time award winning program features:

•  A 200% Compliance Protection Guarantee that ensures all New York mandates are met
•  A modular approach that allows for short training sessions if desired
•  Employee and Manager Versions
•  Compelling stories and relatable examples
•  Expert scripting and conversational host narrative to clarify legal points
•  Concepts linked to lasting behavior change (such as upstander and culture of respect) 
•  Scenarios filmed in a variety of locations: restaurant, healthcare, warehouse, and office

OUR NEW YORK SEXUAL HARASSMENT PREVENTION eLEARNING MEETS ALL REQUIREMENTS

Our courses for managers and employees include New York and New York City-specific content, define quid pro quo and hostile work environment based on sex (including third-party and when you're not the target), and teach the importance of speaking up. They also include content on sex stereotyping and bystander intervention, mandated by New York and New York City. The manager course also addresses how to handle a complaint.

→ Once & For All NY Employee Course  

• Estimated Seat Time 45 minutes 
• The course includes video clips, knowledge checks, summary application questions, state-specific information, and a Post-Test to measure the learner’s understanding of the topics

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→ Once & For All NY Manager Course  

• Estimated Seat Time 60 minutes
• The course includes video clips, knowledge checks, summary application questions, state-specific information, and a Post-Test to measure the learner’s understanding of the topics

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For specifics on New York (and other state) training mandates, and how they are met by Once & For All see our Interactive Compliance Guide and Requirements Matrix.

MULTI-STATE DEPLOYMENT

If your organization has employees in New York as well as in states with a different or no sexual harassment training mandate, we will work with you to ensure the most effective deployment possible. Many organizations in this situation train employees with state-version courses where needed, then use general courses for staff in states without mandates.  Other versions of Once & For All, include: 
California, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Maine, Washington