Bill > A01494

This bill amends the Executive Law and the Civil Practice Law and Rules to address unlawful discriminatory practices based on delays in reporting workplace sexual harassment. Specifically, it prohibits employers, labor organizations, or employment agencies from restricting the timeframe during which an employee may bring a sexual harassment claim, unless such restriction is in accordance with the current statute of limitations. Additionally, it extends the statute of limitations for filing a sexual harassment complaint with the State Division of Human Rights to three years after the alleged unlawful discriminatory practice or, if the complainant did not file a complaint with their employer, three years after they ceased employment with that employer. The bill also extends the statute of limitations for civil claims or causes of action alleging sexual harassment in the workplace to the later of three years after the complainant filed a complaint with their employer or three years after they ceased employment with that employer.

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https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A1494