As New York State employers are well aware, effective October 9, 2018, New York State Labor Law Section 201-g requires that employers adopt a sexual harassment policy and provide annual employee sexual harassment training. Employers may adopt the State’s Sexual Harassment Model Policy or establish their policy so long as it meets the State’s minimum standards for compliance, which can be found here. Alternatively, employers may utilize the State’s model sexual harassment training for annual compliance.
After publishing proposed revisions to the State’s policy and allowing time for public comment, on April 11, 2023, the New York State Department of Labor (NYSDOL) finalized and updated its Sexual Harassment Model Policy. The NYSDOL also released updated versions of the model complaint form, model training video, model training presentation slides, and model training script.
