S 10057 NY
Relates to requiring employers to obtain an acknowledgement of receipt from employees of their sexual harassment prevention policy and sexual harassment prevention training program
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Summary
New York Senate Bill 10057 requires employers to obtain written or electronic acknowledgements from employees confirming receipt of the employer's sexual harassment prevention policy and training program information. The acknowledgements must be provided and signed in both English and the employee's primary language, and must include an affirmation by the employee that they accurately identified their primary language to the employer. Employers must preserve and maintain these acknowledgements for six years. The bill also requires employers to notify employees in writing of any changes to their sexual harassment prevention policy or training program information at least seven calendar days prior to implementing such changes. The bill takes effect 90 days after becoming law.
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Relates 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; requires employers to obtain acknowledgements from employees and keep such acknowledgements for six years.
Sponsor (1)
- Jessica Ramos Democratic · primary
Action history (5)
- Apr 24, 2026 REFERRED TO LABOR · upper
- May 13, 2026 1ST REPORT CAL.1116 · upper
- May 14, 2026 2ND REPORT CAL. · upper
- May 18, 2026 ADVANCED TO THIRD READING · upper
- May 19, 2026 SUBSTITUTED BY A368A · upper
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Bill No.: Summary Actions Committee Votes Floor Votes Memo Text LFIN Chamber Video/Transcript S10057 Summary: BILL NO S10057   SAME AS SAME AS A00368-A
  SPONSOR RAMOS   COSPNSR   MLTSPNSR   Amd §201-g, Lab L   Relates 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; requires employers to obtain acknowledgements from employees and keep such acknowledgements for six years.
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STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________
10057
IN SENATE
April 24, 2026 ___________
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
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