NY S01893

Creates the "New York Workplace Bullying Prevention Act" establishing legal protections against abusive work environments, regardless of whether the mistreatment is based on protected class status like race, sex, or disability

Defines "abusive conduct" as repeated verbal abuse, threatening or humiliating behavior, or sabotage of work performance that causes physical or psychological harm, with a reasonable person standard applied

Holds employers vicariously liable for abusive conduct by their employees, though employers have an affirmative defense if they exercised reasonable care to prevent and correct the behavior and the employee failed to use available corrective opportunities

Allows individual employees who engage in abusive conduct to be held personally liable, with available remedies including reinstatement, lost wages, medical expenses, pain and suffering, emotional distress, punitive damages, and attorney fees

Requires civil actions to be filed within one year of the last act of alleged abuse, and preserves collective bargaining agreements that provide greater protections than the statute