Assembly Bill A8385

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to issuing a certificate of compliance to any employer who achieves a gender pay gap of 10% or less

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

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2015-A8385 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Labor
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง194, Lab L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A511
2019-2020: A1305
2021-2022: A3281
2023-2024: A887
2025-2026: A3160

2015-A8385 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to issuing a certificate of compliance to any employer who achieves a gender pay gap of 10% or less.

2015-A8385 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  8385

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                           September 11, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ROSENTHAL  --  read once and referred to the
  Committee on Labor

AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to  issuing  certificates  of
  compliance to any employer who achieves a gender pay gap of 10 percent
  or less

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

  Section 1. Section 194 of the labor law is amended  by  adding  a  new
subdivision 2 to read as follows:
  2.  ANY  EMPLOYER IN EITHER THE PRIVATE OR PUBLIC SECTOR THAT ACHIEVES
WAGE DIFFERENTIALS OF TEN PERCENT OR LESS BETWEEN WOMEN AND MEN  IN  THE
SAME  JOBS  AND  IN JOBS THAT ARE DISSIMILAR BUT THAT REQUIRE EQUIVALENT
COMPOSITES OF SKILL,  EFFORT,  RESPONSIBILITY  AND  WORKING  CONDITIONS,
SHALL  RECEIVE  A  CERTIFICATE  OF  COMPLIANCE FROM THE DEPARTMENT WHICH
SHALL BE DISPLAYED PUBLICLY ON THE DEPARTMENT'S WEBSITE AND MAY ALSO  BE
POSTED PUBLICLY BY THE EMPLOYER.
  S  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
have become a law.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11824-02-5

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