NY S03065

Amends labor law section 27-b to include abusive conduct and bullying as a workplace risk factor that employers must evaluate when assessing occupational assault and homicide risks.

Requires employers with at least twenty full-time permanent employees to incorporate prevention of aggressive behavior, abusive conduct, and bullying into their written workplace violence prevention programs and reporting systems.

Mandates all employers provide employees with information and training on preventing and reporting workplace bullying and abusive conduct at initial assignment and annually thereafter.

Employee training must include how to identify and report workplace bullying and abusive conduct, protective measures employees can take, specific employer procedures implemented, and details of the written violence prevention program.

Takes effect 180 days after becoming law.