2012 New York Consolidated Laws
EXC - Executive
Article 15 - (290 - 301) HUMAN RIGHTS LAW
296-B - Unlawful disciminatory practices relating to domestic workers.


NY Exec L § 296-B (2012) What's This?
 
    §  296-b.  Unlawful  discriminatory  practices  relating  to  domestic
  workers. 1. For the purposes of this section: "Domestic  workers"  shall
  have the meaning set forth in section two of the labor law.
    2. It shall be an unlawful discriminatory practice for an employer to:
    (a)  Engage  in unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors,
  or other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual  nature  to  a  domestic
  worker when: (i) submission to such conduct is made either explicitly or
  implicitly  a  term  or  condition  of  an individual's employment; (ii)
  submission to or rejection of such conduct by an individual is  used  as
  the  basis  for employment decisions affecting such individual; or (iii)
  such conduct has the purpose or effect of unreasonably interfering  with
  an  individual's  work performance by creating an intimidating, hostile,
  or offensive working environment.
    (b) Subject a domestic worker to unwelcome harassment based on gender,
  race, religion or national origin, where such harassment has the purpose
  or  effect  of  unreasonably  interfering  with  an  individual's   work
  performance  by  creating an intimidating, hostile, or offensive working
  environment.

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