New York § 170-I - 170-IGender-based violence and the workplace

§ 170-I. 170-IGender-based violence and the workplace

§ 170-i. Gender-based violence and the workplace. 1. Each state agency shall formulate and issue a gender-based violence and the workplace policy for such agency. In formulating such policy, the state agency shall refer to the model gender-based violence and the workplace policy distributed by the office for the prevention of domestic violence pursuant to subdivision eleven of section five hundred seventy-five of this chapter, and adopt its provisions as appropriate. 2. Each state agency shall designate at least one domestic violence agency liaison who shall ensure agency compliance with the domestic violence provisions of the gender-based violence and the workplace policy, be trained to assist victimized employees, and serve as the primary contact for the policy distributed by the agency. 3. Each state agency, in formulating or revising its gender-based violence and the workplace policy, shall give due regard to the importance of increasing awareness of gender-based violence and informing employees of available resources for assistance; clearly specifying how to reach the domestic violence agency liaison; ensuring that personnel policies and procedures are fair to domestic and gender-based violence victims and survivors, and responsive to their needs; developing workplace safety response plans; complying with state and federal law including restrictions of possession of firearms by a person convicted of a domestic violence related crime or subject to an order of protection; encouraging and promoting gender-based violence education and training for employees; and holding accountable employees who misuse state resources or authority or violate their job duties in committing an act of gender-based violence. Each state agency, when it issues its gender-based violence and the workplace policy, shall provide a copy of that policy and the information for its designated domestic violence agency liaison to the office for the prevention of domestic violence, and shall notify the office of any subsequent modifications of the policy or the contact information for the domestic violence agency liaison. 4. (a) Every covered employee shall participate in a gender-based violence and the workplace training developed by the office for the prevention of domestic violence and made available on the statewide learning management system annually. (b) As used in this subdivision, "covered employee" shall mean all officers and employees working in the executive chamber in the office of the governor and New York State agencies who supervise other officers and employees, who serve as the domestic violence agency liaison, or who are employed in a human resources position. "Officers and employees" shall have the meaning given to "state officer or employee" in section seventy-three of the public officers law. 5. Each state agency shall cooperate with the office for the prevention of domestic violence and furnish such information, reporting, and assistance as the office determines is reasonably necessary to accomplish the purposes of this section.