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Concerns about reductions in mandatory and professional development trainings
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Council Member Restler raises concerns about reductions in mandatory equity and inclusion training completion rates, as well as professional development trainings. Deputy Commissioner Porter addresses these concerns and discusses the implementation of the new NY City Learn system.
- 47% reduction in employees completing mandatory equity and inclusion training
- DCAS aims for 100% completion and engages agencies to complete mandatory trainings
- Implementation of the new NY City Learn platform
- 46% reduction in professional development trainings completed
- Trainings have resumed after a pause during the platform transition
- Discussion on sharing agency-specific training completion data with the City Council
- Review of sexual harassment training protocols in light of recent incidents
Lincoln Restler
1:09:05
Okay.
1:09:06
The PMMR showed there was a 47% reduction in the number of city employees completing the mandatory equity and inclusion training.
1:09:14
I understand this can be dependent on calendar year training cycles, but how many employees are we on track to train in total for FY '25?
Katrina Porter
1:09:22
So we always want to reach 100%.
1:09:24
So we're constantly engaging the agencies in completing the mandatory trainings.
1:09:29
As you know we recently launched our NY City Learn system which you know
Lincoln Restler
1:09:35
Do you put agencies on blast?
1:09:37
Like do you share that information publicly of what percentage of employees at a given agency have completed necessary trainings?
Katrina Porter
1:09:44
I'm not sure if it's public information, but we do provide updates on a monthly basis.
Lincoln Restler
1:09:49
Could you share that with the council?
Katrina Porter
1:09:51
Sure.
Lincoln Restler
1:09:52
Okay.
1:09:52
We'll follow-up for that.
1:09:53
That's helpful.
1:09:54
And then relatedly, I'm just, you know, given the high profile documented sexual harassment incidents in this administration, has DCAS taken any steps to review sexual harassment training protocols?
Katrina Porter
1:10:08
So we're constantly reviewing our training to ensure that it you know complies with you know federal state city laws and I believe we are engaging a vendor to also take a look at that.
Lincoln Restler
1:10:19
Okay.
1:10:20
And there was also a 46% reduction in the number of trainings completed by city employees for professional development.
1:10:28
I understand there was a pause in training as you shifted to the NY City Learn platform, I think you were just mentioning.
1:10:33
Have trainings resumed?
Katrina Porter
1:10:35
Yes.