Does It Make Sense to Depend on These People?
If you're one of those who depend on government for your physical, financial, or social welfare, you'll like what the State and City of New York just came up with. In response to the expanding influence of the so-called "Me-Too" movement, they've concocted new legislation that goes into effect over the next year. As reported by a law firm today, employers will be required to not only respond to charges of sexual harassment, but will also need to provide "training" to their employees to assure they understand how to behave themselves. Here's how the law firm reported this "good news":
Effective April 1, 2019, employers with 15 or more employees are required to conduct annual sexual training for all employees. The training must be conducted on an annual basis for all current employees, and new employees, including interns, who work 80 or more hours per year after 90 days of initial hire. The training must also be “interactive” and each employee must sign an acknowledgment that he or she attended the training.
Did the law firm get this right? Will employers "conduct annual sexual training" for their employees? And if so, how would "interactive" sexual training work?
Okay, so there must be some mistake here, right? But even so, should we be celebrating this? Imagine owning a small business and now having yet another government regulation imposed on you - this one involving sexual harassment. Can you understand why many small business people try their best - when it's at all possible - not to hire employees?
Then again, if this law did get this right, maybe a good time will be had by all!
Effective April 1, 2019, employers with 15 or more employees are required to conduct annual sexual training for all employees. The training must be conducted on an annual basis for all current employees, and new employees, including interns, who work 80 or more hours per year after 90 days of initial hire. The training must also be “interactive” and each employee must sign an acknowledgment that he or she attended the training.
Did the law firm get this right? Will employers "conduct annual sexual training" for their employees? And if so, how would "interactive" sexual training work?
Okay, so there must be some mistake here, right? But even so, should we be celebrating this? Imagine owning a small business and now having yet another government regulation imposed on you - this one involving sexual harassment. Can you understand why many small business people try their best - when it's at all possible - not to hire employees?
Then again, if this law did get this right, maybe a good time will be had by all!
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