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Assembly Bill A3020A

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to prohibiting employers from seeking salary history from prospective employees

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2017-A3020 - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §296, Exec L; amd §194, Lab L

2017-A3020 - Summary

Relates to prohibiting employers from seeking salary history from a prospective employee for an interview or as a condition for employment.

2017-A3020 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3020
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 24, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. BRONSON -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Governmental Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law and the  labor  law,  in  relation  to
   prohibiting  employers  from  seeking  salary history from prospective
   employees; to amend the civil service law, in relation to implementing
   a state policy of fair and equal pay for equivalent value of work; and
   to amend the executive law, in relation to equal pay  disclosure  with
   respect to state contracts
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 296 of the executive law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 19-a to read as follows:
   19-A. IT SHALL BE AN UNLAWFUL DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICE OF ANY EMPLOYER,
 LABOR ORGANIZATION, EMPLOYMENT AGENCY OR LICENSING AGENCY, OR  EMPLOYEES
 OR  AGENTS THEREOF, TO SEEK A SALARY HISTORY FROM A PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYEE
 FOR AN INTERVIEW OR AS A CONDITION FOR EMPLOYMENT.
   § 2. The department of labor, in conjunction with the New  York  state
 division  of  human rights, shall establish a public awareness campaign,
 available on their respective websites, informing employers in the state
 that it is illegal to seek salary information from  prospective  employ-
 ees.
   § 3. Subdivisions 2 and 4 of section 194 of the labor law, as added by
 chapter 362 of the laws of 2015, are amended to read as follows:
   2.  (A)  For the purpose of subdivision one of this section, "business
 necessity" shall be defined as a factor that bears a manifest  relation-
 ship to the employment in question.
   (B) FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS SECTION, THE TERM "EMPLOYER" AS DEFINED IN
 SUBDIVISION  THREE  OF  SECTION  ONE HUNDRED FIFTY OF THIS ARTICLE SHALL
 INCLUDE A GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY.
   4. (a) (I) NO EMPLOYER SHALL REQUIRE, AS A  CONDITION  OF  EMPLOYMENT,
 THAT  AN  EMPLOYEE REFRAIN FROM INQUIRING ABOUT DISCUSSING OR DISCLOSING

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

2017-A3020A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §296, Exec L; amd §194, Lab L

2017-A3020A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to prohibiting employers from seeking salary history from a prospective employee for an interview or as a condition for employment.

2017-A3020A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  3020--A
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 24, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. BRONSON -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Governmental Operations -- committee discharged, bill  amended,
   ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  executive law and the labor law, in relation to
   prohibiting employers from seeking  salary  history  from  prospective
   employees
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 296 of the executive law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 19-a to read as follows:
   19-A. IT SHALL BE AN UNLAWFUL DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICE OF ANY EMPLOYER,
 LABOR ORGANIZATION, EMPLOYMENT AGENCY OR LICENSING AGENCY, OR  EMPLOYEES
 OR  AGENTS THEREOF, TO SEEK A SALARY HISTORY FROM A PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYEE
 FOR AN INTERVIEW OR AS A CONDITION FOR EMPLOYMENT.
   § 2. The department of labor, in conjunction with the New  York  state
 division  of  human rights, shall establish a public awareness campaign,
 available on their respective websites, informing employers in the state
 that it is illegal to seek salary information from  prospective  employ-
 ees.
   § 3. Subdivisions 2 and 4 of section 194 of the labor law, as added by
 chapter 362 of the laws of 2015, are amended to read as follows:
   2.  (A)  For the purpose of subdivision one of this section, "business
 necessity" shall be defined as a factor that bears a manifest  relation-
 ship to the employment in question.
   (B) FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS SECTION, THE TERM "EMPLOYER" AS DEFINED IN
 SUBDIVISION  THREE  OF  SECTION  ONE HUNDRED FIFTY OF THIS ARTICLE SHALL
 INCLUDE A GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY.
   4. (a) (I) NO EMPLOYER SHALL REQUIRE, AS A  CONDITION  OF  EMPLOYMENT,
 THAT  AN  EMPLOYEE REFRAIN FROM INQUIRING ABOUT DISCUSSING OR DISCLOSING
 INFORMATION ABOUT EITHER THE EMPLOYEE'S OWN WAGES, OR  ABOUT  ANY  OTHER
 EMPLOYEE'S WAGES. NOTHING IN THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL OBLIGATE AN EMPLOYER
 TO DISCLOSE AN EMPLOYEE'S WAGES TO ANOTHER EMPLOYEE OR A THIRD PARTY;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

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