Sexual Harassment Awareness Training

Every employer in the State of New York is required to provide employees with sexual harassment prevention training pursuant to Section 201-g of the Labor Law.

The Chamber will be offering an interactive webinar that meets the State requirements on February 16 2023. The cost will be $40 per person. Each person will receive a certificate of completion.

In the event employers fail to provide such training, and a complaint for sexual harassment is filed, it is likely the failure to provide this training will reflect negatively against the employer in the administrative or legal proceeding.

The training must:

(i)              be interactive;

(ii)             include an explanation of sexual harassment consistent with guidance issued by the Department of Labor in consultation with the Division of Human Rights;

(iii)           include examples of conduct that would constitute unlawful sexual harassment;

(iv)           include information concerning the federal and state statutory provisions concerning sexual harassment and remedies available to victims of sexual harassment;

(v)             include information concerning employees’ rights of redress and all available forums for adjudicating complaints; and

(vi)           include information addressing conduct by supervisors and any additional responsibilities for such supervisors.

Every employee must receive sexual harassment prevention training annually. During this annual training, employers must also provide employees a notice that contains:

(i)              the employer’s sexual harassment policy; and

(ii)             a copy of the information presented at the sexual harassment prevention training.

Employers must provide employees with this notice, policy and training information in English and in an employee’s primary language if it is Spanish, Chinese, Korean, Polish, Russian, Haitian-Creole, Bengali, or Italian.