ServSafe Workplace: Sexual Harassment Prevention, New York
New York State requires that all employees complete sexual harassment prevention training on an annual basis. NYSRA has worked with ServSafe to offer restaurant-specific training at an exclusive 15% member discount.
Annual savings with your NYSRA discount add up!
Course Objective: Interactive training program designed for managers and employees working within the restaurant industry. Compliant with NYS and NYC regulations. Note: NYS requires all employees complete this type of training annually.
What You Will Learn:
- Define sexual harassment and the two forms it can take.
- Harmful impact sexual harassment can have on victims, businesses, and those who harass.
- Recognize conduct that's appropriate, and not appropriate, for work.
- Process for reporting sexual harassment.
- Recognize employer and manager liability.
- Learn how to create a harassment-free culture in the workplace.
- How to investigate sexual harassment claims.
Benefits:
- Clarifies responsibility each employee has in maintaining a respectful and inclusive workplace.
- Provides managers with the skills needed to care for and enforce a safe work environment.
- Empowers managers to make a difference in their workplace by creating a culture free of harassment.
- Mitigates the risk associated with permissive culture that can exist in the hospitality industry, leaving companies with significant liability.
- Addresses situations unique to the restaurant industry so staff is properly trained.
- Mobile-friendly and available on demand.
- Track employee progress through completion of course.
You will need your Company ID to receive your NYSRA member discount. If you don’t have a Company ID, follow these easy steps to get one:
- Create a personal account at servsafe.com.
- Email your company name, address, primary ServSafe contact phone number and email to servsafe@nysra.org.
We will create a Company ID for you which will be linked to your personal account. The 15% discount with be automatically applied when you order.
- Create a personal account at servsafe.com.
- Email your company name, address, primary ServSafe contact phone number and email to servsafe@nysra.org.
We will create a Company ID for you which will be linked to your personal account. The 15% discount with be automatically applied when you order.
NYS Sexual Harassment Prevention Requirements
To assist you in meeting the NYS requirements, download the PROTECT | NYS Sexual Harassment Prevention Compliance Checklist.
As of October 2018, every employer in New York State must adopt a sexual harassment prevention policy that meets or exceeds the NYS law's minimum standards. For your convenience, we have the following NYS Department of Labor documents available here: Additional New York City Requirements
In addition to the state mandated annual sexual harassment prevention training, employers in NYC must follow the local requirements. Under Local Law 95 of 2018 , all employers in New York City are required to:
In addition to the state mandated annual sexual harassment prevention training, employers in NYC must follow the local requirements. Under Local Law 95 of 2018 , all employers in New York City are required to:
- Conspicuously display anti-sexual harassment rights and responsibilities notice in both English and Spanish
- Distribute a fact sheet to individual employees at the time of hire (may be included in an employee handbook).
- Provide written notice of employees’ rights under the Human Rights Law both in the form of a displayed poster and as an information sheet distributed to individual employees at the time of hire.
- Sexual Harassment Prevention Poster (English)
- Sexual Harassment Prevention Poster (Spanish)
- Sexual Harassment Prevention Fact Sheet
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