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Cuomo Enacts Laws Aiding Victims Of Sex Harassment in the Workplace

By CRYSTAL LEWIS
Posted 8/19/19

Governor Cuomo Aug. 12 signed a series of bills that expanded protections against workplace sexual harassment, including one eliminating a standard that survivors prove the harassment they faced was “sufficiently severe or pervasive.”

The changes—which take effect in 60 days—make it easier for workers to report abuse and harassment. Survivors must now show that the misconduct they faced rose above a “petty slight or trivial inconvenience.”

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