Workplace Harassment
The Department of Defense Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (the “DOD Act”) was signed by the White House on December 19 of last year and became effective on February 17, 2010. The DOD Act, section 8116, bars any company which is a party to any agreement in excess of $1,000,000 with the U.S. Department of Defense, and any company…Read More
On April 12, 2018, New York State Governor Andrew M. Cuomo signed, into law, a state budget for the 2018-2019 fiscal year, N.Y. State Senate Bill No. S07507C, N.Y. State Assembly Bill No. A09507-C (“the Act” or “the new law”). The Act includes a provision, Part KK, aimed at preventing sexual harassment in the workplace. Among other things, the Act requires employers in…Read More
On May 9, 2018, the New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio signed, into law, the Stop Sexual Harassment in NYC Act, Local Laws 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101 and 102 (the “NYCSSHA” or the “Act”), a group of eleven bills intended to prevent sexual harassment in the workplace. Among other things, the Act requires most nongovernmental employers in Manhattan, NYC to conduct annual anti-sexual harassment training…Read More