Bill > S1094

This bill mandates that restaurants employing 15 or more individuals must provide periodic sexual harassment training to all employees, including owners who act as employees, with training required for new hires within 90 days of employment and for all employees at least every five years. This training must be interactive, include practical examples, explain how to file a complaint, and be specific to the restaurant industry, featuring separate courses for supervisors and supervisees, and offered in English and Spanish. Additionally, restaurants must adopt and distribute a sexual harassment policy, typically within an employee handbook. While restaurants are not required to keep detailed records of who received training, the absence of such documentation will create a rebuttable presumption that the employee did not receive the training. Failure to comply with these training or policy requirements can result in fines of up to $500 for a first offense, with subsequent violations incurring higher penalties, and the Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development is empowered to establish rules for enforcement.

Labor and Employment

https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/bill-search/2024/S1094