Assembly Bill A5850

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Relates to retaliatory personnel actions by employers

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2013-A5850 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1490
Current Committee:
Assembly Labor
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Add §§742, 743 & 744, amd §740, Lab L
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
A8348, S5674

2013-A5850 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to retaliatory personnel actions by employers.

2013-A5850 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  5850

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              March 7, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of A. MILLMAN, COOK, GALEF, ROBINSON, OTIS, ROBERTS,
  CURRAN, GLICK, LAVINE --  Multi-Sponsored  by  --  M.  of  A.  COLTON,
  GABRYSZAK,  GOTTFRIED,  HEASTIE, MARKEY, McKEVITT, RIVERA, WEISENBERG,
  WRIGHT -- read once and referred to the Committee on Labor

AN ACT to amend the labor law,  in  relation  to  retaliatory  personnel
  actions by employers

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Wage Tran-
sparency Act."
  S 2. The labor law is amended by adding three new  sections  742,  743
and 744 to read as follows:
  S 742. OTHER PROHIBITED ACTS. IT SHALL BE AN UNLAWFUL EMPLOYMENT PRAC-
TICE IN VIOLATION OF THIS ARTICLE FOR AN EMPLOYER TO DISCHARGE OR IN ANY
OTHER  MANNER  DISCRIMINATE  AGAINST,  COERCE,  INTIMIDATE, THREATEN, OR
INTERFERE WITH ANY EMPLOYEE OR ANY OTHER  PERSON  BECAUSE  THE  EMPLOYEE
INQUIRED  ABOUT, DISCLOSED, COMPARED, OR OTHERWISE DISCUSSED THE EMPLOY-
EE'S WAGES OR THE WAGES OF ANY OTHER EMPLOYEE, OR BECAUSE  THE  EMPLOYEE
EXERCISED, ENJOYED, AIDED, OR ENCOURAGED ANY OTHER PERSON TO EXERCISE OR
ENJOY ANY RIGHT GRANTED OR PROTECTED BY THIS ARTICLE.
  S  743.  REMEDIES  AND  ENFORCEMENT.  (A) (1) IN ANY ACTION IN WHICH A
COURT OR JURY FINDS THAT AN EMPLOYER HAS ENGAGED IN ACTS IN VIOLATION OF
THIS ARTICLE, THE COURT OR JURY SHALL AWARD TO ANY AFFECTED EMPLOYEE  OR
EMPLOYEES  MONETARY RELIEF, INCLUDING BACK PAY IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO THE
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE EMPLOYEE'S ACTUAL EARNINGS AND WHAT THE  EMPLOYEE
WOULD  HAVE  EARNED  BUT  FOR  THE EMPLOYER'S UNLAWFUL PRACTICES, AND AN
ADDITIONAL AMOUNT IN COMPENSATORY AND PUNITIVE DAMAGES, AS APPROPRIATE.
  (2) IN ANY ACTION IN WHICH A COURT OR JURY FINDS THAT AN EMPLOYER  HAS
ENGAGED IN ACTS IN VIOLATION OF THIS ARTICLE, THE COURT SHALL ENJOIN THE
EMPLOYER  FROM CONTINUING TO DISCRIMINATE AGAINST AFFECTED EMPLOYEES AND
SHALL DIRECT THE EMPLOYER TO COMPLY WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD01311-01-3
              

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