§ 170-I — Gender-based violence and the workplace

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