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<p>On October 17, 2018, the New York State Department of Labor (NYSDOL) 
released foreign language resources for employers and employees 
regarding the state’s new sexual harassment prevention laws and the 
necessary policy and training documents. As discussed in our August 29, 
2018 <a class="gmail-logclick gmail-ct_cont" target="_blank" href="https://www.fordharrison.com/new-york-state-issues-draft-anti-sexual-harassment-training">Alert</a>,
 earlier this year, New York State passed several new laws aimed at 
expanding employee awareness of sexual harassment. Among the new 
requirements placed on employers is mandatory annual anti-sexual 
harassment training and an anti-sexual harassment policy, which were 
required to be implemented by October 9, 2018. The state previously 
published English versions of a Model Sexual Harassment Policy, Model 
Complaint Form, Training Requirements, and FAQs, available at <a class="gmail-logclick gmail-ct_cont" target="_blank" href="https://www.ny.gov/combating-sexual-harassment-workplace/employers">https://www.ny.gov/combating-sexual-harassment-workplace/employers</a>.</p>
<p>In addition to the previously released English language version, 
these materials have now been released in the following languages: 
Chinese, Haitian-Creole, Korean, Italian, Polish, Russian, and Spanish 
and are available at <a class="gmail-logclick gmail-ct_cont" target="_blank" href="https://www.ny.gov/combating-sexual-harassment-workplace/combat-harassment-translations">https://www.ny.gov/combating-sexual-harassment-workplace/combat-harassment-translations</a>.</p>
<p>Employers are required to provide policy and training materials in an
 employee’s primary language. If the NYSDOL has not translated a 
document into the language spoken by an employee, an employer is 
considered in compliance by providing the employee English language 
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<br>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature">=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+<br><br> Harold F. Schiffman<br><br>Professor Emeritus of <br> Dravidian Linguistics and Culture <br>Dept. of South Asia Studies                     <br>University of Pennsylvania<br>Philadelphia, PA 19104-6305<br><br>Phone:  (215) 898-7475<br>Fax:  (215) 573-2138                                      <br><br>Email:  <a href="mailto:haroldfs@gmail.com" target="_blank">haroldfs@gmail.com</a><br><a href="http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~haroldfs/" target="_blank">http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~haroldfs/</a>    <br><br>-------------------------------------------------</div></div>