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NY A03632

NY A03632
Establishes a civil cause of action for employees who are subjected to an abusive work environment.

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Introduced
01/28/2021
In Committee
01/05/2022
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
12/31/2022

Introduced Session

2021-2022 General Assembly

Bill Summary

Establishes a civil cause of action for employees who are subjected to an abusive work environment.

AI Summary

This bill establishes a civil cause of action for employees who are subjected to an abusive work environment. The key provisions of the bill include: 1. Defining "abusive conduct" as repeated verbal abuse, threatening/intimidating behavior, or undermining of an employee's work performance that causes physical or psychological harm. 2. Prohibiting employers and employees from subjecting employees to an abusive work environment or retaliating against employees who report such conduct. 3. Holding employers vicariously liable for abusive conduct by their employees, unless the employer exercised reasonable care to prevent and correct the behavior. 4. Allowing individual employees to be held liable for abusive conduct, unless they can show they acted at the direction of the employer under threat of an adverse employment action. 5. Establishing remedies such as reinstatement, lost wages, medical expenses, emotional distress damages, and punitive damages for violations. 6. Allowing the civil cause of action to be enforced solely by the injured employee within one year of the last abusive act. 7. Clarifying that the bill does not interfere with or supersede greater protections provided in existing collective bargaining agreements.

Committee Categories

Labor and Employment

Sponsors (49)

Karl Brabenec (R)*,  Vivian Cook (D)*,  Michael Cusick (D)*,  Steven Cymbrowitz (D)*,  Maritza Davila (D)*,  Steven Englebright (D)*,  Patricia Fahy (D)*,  Sandy Galef (D)*,  Joe Giglio (R)*,  Andy Goodell (R)*,  Richard Gottfried (D)*,  Dave McDonough (R)*,  Michael Montesano (R)*,  Danny O'Donnell (D)*,  Amy Paulin (D)*,  N. Nick Perry (D)*,  Ed Ra (R)*,  Phil Ramos (D)*,  Robert Rodriguez (D)*,  Colin Schmitt (R)*,  Fred Thiele (D)*,  Peter Abbate (D),  Jeffrion Aubry (D),  Charles Barron (D),  Michael Benedetto (D),  Chris Burdick (D),  William Colton (D),  Catalina Cruz (D),  Joe DeStefano (R),  Jeffrey Dinowitz (D),  Mathylde Frontus (D),  Aileen Gunther (D),  Andrew Hevesi (D),  Jonathan Jacobson (D),  Billy Jones (D),  Charles Lavine (D),  Donna Lupardo (D),  Yuh-Line Niou (D),  Crystal Peoples-Stokes (D),  Gary Pretlow (D),  Mike Reilly (R),  Karines Reyes (D),  Diana Richardson (D),  José Rivera (D),  Linda Rosenthal (D),  Nader Sayegh (D),  Rebecca Seawright (D),  Phil Steck (D),  David Weprin (D), 

Last Action

referred to labor (on 01/05/2022)
(1 Companion Bills)

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