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Assembly Bill A11301A

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to the commissioner's duty to ensure employers inform workers about certain provisions in employment contracts

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2017-A11301 - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Labor
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §21, Lab L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A1115
2023-2024: A6756
2025-2026: A618

2017-A11301 - Summary

Relates to the commissioner's duty to ensure employers inform workers about non-disclosure or non-disparagement provisions in employment contracts.

2017-A11301 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   11301
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              August 15, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  COMMITTEE  ON  RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Simotas,
   Pellegrino,  Ortiz,  Dinowitz,  Epstein,  Stirpe,  Mosley,  Gottfried,
   Abinanti,  D'Urso,  Wallace,  DenDekker,  Errigo)  --  read  once  and
   referred to the Committee on Labor
 
 AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to the commissioner's duty to
   ensure employers inform workers about certain provisions in employment
   contracts
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  21  of  the labor law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 16 to read as follows:
   16. SHALL REQUIRE EMPLOYERS TO INFORM THEIR WORKERS  THAT  NON-DISCLO-
 SURE  OR  NON-DISPARAGEMENT  PROVISIONS  IN  THEIR  EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS
 CANNOT PREVENT THEM FROM SPEAKING WITH  LAW  ENFORCEMENT  OR  THE  EQUAL
 EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13994-02-8

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2017-A11301A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Labor
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §21, Lab L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A1115
2023-2024: A6756
2025-2026: A618

2017-A11301A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the commissioner's duty to ensure employers inform workers about non-disclosure or non-disparagement provisions in employment contracts.

2017-A11301A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                 11301--A
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              August 15, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  COMMITTEE  ON  RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Simotas,
   Pellegrino,  Ortiz,  Dinowitz,  Epstein,  Stirpe,  Mosley,  Gottfried,
   Abinanti,  D'Urso, Wallace, DenDekker, Errigo, Quart) -- read once and
   referred to the Committee  on  Labor  --  committee  discharged,  bill
   amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
   tee

 AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to the commissioner's duty to
   ensure employers inform workers about certain provisions in employment
   contracts
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  21  of  the labor law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 16 to read as follows:
   16. SHALL REQUIRE EMPLOYERS TO INFORM THEIR WORKERS  THAT  NON-DISCLO-
 SURE  OR  NON-DISPARAGEMENT  PROVISIONS  IN  THEIR  EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS
 CANNOT PREVENT THEM  FROM  SPEAKING  WITH  LAW  ENFORCEMENT,  THE  EQUAL
 EMPLOYMENT  OPPORTUNITY  COMMISSION, THE STATE DIVISION OF HUMAN RIGHTS,
 OR A LOCAL COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13994-03-8

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