N.Y.C. Admin. Code § 12-218: § 12-218 Workplace culture surveys.

a.

Definitions. As used in this section, the following terms have the following meanings:

Commissioner. The term “commissioner” means the commissioner of citywide administrative services.

Department. The term “department” means the department of citywide administrative services.

Workplace culture. The term “workplace culture” means an agency’s workplace environment and atmosphere as perceived by its employees, including but not limited to, shared values and beliefs, employee attitudes, relationships between colleagues, relationships between managers or supervisors and subordinates, job duties, perceptions of equitable pay, and working conditions.

b. No later than July 1, 2025, the commissioner shall create a workplace culture survey to be administered online, the responses to which shall be confidential. Such survey shall be designed to elicit information related to workplace culture. Survey instructions shall emphasize that employee responses will remain confidential, not be shared with managers or supervisors for any purpose, including, but not limited to, performance evaluation or employee discipline, and be used only by the department to report a summary analysis without including any information identifying any employee. Such survey shall include, but need not be limited to, questions designed to elicit:

1. The employee’s views on their agency’s workplace culture;

2. The employee’s views on their agency’s management practices;

3. Whether the employee has considered pursuing a managerial or supervisory role within their agency;

4. The employee’s perceived barriers to promotion, if any;

5. The employee’s views on diversity and equity within their agency;

6. Any workplace culture or equity-related concerns that may cause the employee to consider departing from their position or agency; and

7. The employee’s views on any improvements that could be made to the agency workplace culture.

c. No later than September 1, 2025, and September 1 of each odd-numbered year thereafter, the department shall coordinate with agencies to distribute a link to the survey required by subdivision b of this section to all employees, to be completed on a voluntary basis.

d. No later than January 1, 2026, and January 1 of each even-numbered year thereafter, the commissioner shall submit to the mayor, the speaker of the council, the head of each agency, and the equal employment practices commission a report summarizing, at a minimum, the information received from the surveys administered pursuant to subdivision c of this section, disaggregated by agency. Such report shall not contain any information identifying any employee.

(L.L. 2024/076, 7/6/2024, eff. 7/6/2024)