Who should take On-Demand Ethics Refresher Training?
The On-Demand Ethics Refresher Course (OERC) should only be completed by employees who completed live comprehensive ethics training (CETC) in 2025 with the COELIG Training Team or at their own agency. The online training takes approximately 35 minutes to complete.
The following agencies do not allow their employees to complete an Online Ethics Refresher/On-Demand Ethics Training:
- All Civil Service employees
- All Department of Corrections (DOCCS) facilities
- All Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) employees
- All Department of Transportation Regions (DOT)
- All Division of Housing and Community Renewal employees
- All Division of Military and Naval Affairs employees
- All Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) employees
- All Office of Mental Health (OMH) facilities
- All Office of Parks and Recreation employees
- All Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance (2026 calendar year only)
- All SUNY Upstate Medical University employees
Important Information for Employees
Read before enrolling. Executive Branch employees are required to provide their (8) digit Employee ID 'N' number when enrolling.
- Executive Branch Employees Paid by OSC:
Employees of OSC/Executive Branch Agencies MUST use their Employee 'N' ID to register for ethics training with COELIG. Your NYS Employee ID Number (also called an EmplID or N-Number) is a unique 9-digit identifier used by COELIG to locate your employee profile in our ethics training application. The Employee 'N' ID can be found in LATS - NY. To find your ID in LATS, open your timesheet profile and click on your name. A pop-up will display your N-Number. The employee ID number can also be located at the top of your paystub or by navigating to Payroll Online.
Example: N12345678
If you are an unpaid board member and do not have an employee ‘N’ ID number contact [email protected] for assistance.
- Employees of non-OSC Payroll Agencies:
SETA contains the names of over 330,000 employees. If your employee information is not in SETA, you will receive an email confirmation once you complete the On-Demand Refresher Training.
Please maintain a copy for your records and forward that email to your agency ethics officer or training department. If you’re not sure who your ethics officer is, please visit the ‘Find My Ethics Officer’ tab on our website.
- Employees and faculty of SUNY Campuses:
All SUNY campuses utilize the Office of the State Comptroller as their payroll provider. SUNY faculty and staff can locate their nine-digit NYS Employee ID number (often referred to as an "N#" or "NYS EMPLID") through several official platforms.
Please reference our SUNY CUNY Employee ID Fact Sheet for more information.
- Employees and faculty of CUNY Campuses:
Employees, faculty and staff of certain CUNY campuses are provided an Employee ‘N’ ID number by OSC. Do NOT use the 8-digit EMPLID number printed on your CUNY ID card to enroll in a COELIG live CETC or On-Demand Ethics Refresher. Please reference our SUNY CUNY Employee ID Fact Sheet for more information.
If you are employed by any of the ‘Non-OSC payroll’ CUNY agencies listed below, you have not been issued an OSC assigned Employee ‘N’ ID number and can register for COELIG live CETC or the On-Demand Ethics Refresher without an ID number. All other CUNY campus faculty and staff are required to enter the employee N number.
CUNY Campuses that do NOT require an employee ID:
- City University of New York Board ofTrustees
- CUNY Bronx Community College
- CUNY Central Office NYC Payroll
- CUNY Guttman Community College
- CUNY Hostos Community College
- CUNY Hunter College Campus Schools (K-12)
- CUNY Kingsborough Community College
- CUNY LaGuardia Community College
- CUNY Manhattan Community College
- CUNY Queensborough Community College
- How to receive credit:
To receive course credit, please enter, in the designated form fields, the (2) two code words that will appear during the training.
After you have successfully viewed the video in its entirety, you will receive a system-generated completion email at the email address you provided when enrolling in the course.
- If your employee profile is in our system, your training record will automatically be updated, and a system-generated email confirmation will be sent to you and your ethics officer.
- If your employee information is not in our system, please maintain a copy of the email confirmation and forward that email to your agency ethics officer or training department for recordkeeping.
Information for Agency Users
Tracking employee data in SETA
- Existing employees - employees eligible to complete the On-Demand Ethics Training in 2026 will have their employee record automatically updated in SETA if the employee (1) has an existing employee profile in SETA and (2) they were marked completed for a live CETC in 2025.
By law, new employees are still required to complete live CETC training.
A detailed explanation of what to report in your monthly stats is available here.
Information for agencies with their own LMS
Overview
The COELIG Education Team provides access to the Online Ethics Refresher Course (OERC) for agencies that do not have access to the Statewide Learning Management System (SLMS) and maintain their own internal learning management system.
The OERC was created utilizing Articulate Rise and is available as SCORM 1.2 or HTML compatible formats. COELIG is unable to provide trouble-shooting assistance if the exported options are not compatible with your learning management system.
OERC User Agreement
The COELIG Training Team will review individual requests from agencies requesting access to our SCORM or HTML compatible zip files. Agencies that do not have individual employee names in the COELIG Statewide Ethics Training Application (SETA) will not be provided the online training package until COELIG is provided with a complete HR roster of your employees who are required, by law, to complete ethics training.
Agency Tracking and Reporting Obligations
The Commission's Statewide Ethics Training Application ('SETA') is the application of record for the mandated ethics training courses. Agencies requesting the zip files are require to provide their employees with a certificate of completion, verify employee eligibility, and mark employee completions in SETA.
Group Setting Requests
For those agencies with mobile workers, workers without access to state-issued email addresses, or non-traditional office settings, please email [email protected] for instructions on how to certify your employees for completing the On-Demand Ethics Training video in a group setting. Please note that you will be required to record two code words that are embedded in the MP4 video. These code words must be entered in the online attestation in order to receive credit.
The online training takes approximately 35 minutes to complete.
Step-by-Step Enrollment Instructions
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How to Enroll and Complete On-Demand Ethics Training
Easy to follow, step-by-step instructions for State employees, to assist in enrolling and completing the COELIG On-Demand Ethics Training using our online certification in the Statewide Ethics Training Application.
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SUNY CUNY Employee ID Fact Sheet
Easy to follow instructions designed to assist SUNY and CUNY employees with enrolling in the COELIG On-Demand Ethics Training. Following these steps will ensure that SUNY and CUNCY employees use the correct employee ID number during enrollment and ensure a training completion is recorded in the Statewide Ethics Training Application (SETA).
Updated May 2026
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Contact The COELIG Training Team
Contact the COELIG Education Team for information regarding the mandatory ethics training requirements for State employees, and Lobbyists and Clients.
New York State
Commission on Ethics and Lobbying in Government
540 Broadway
Albany, New York 12207