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Assembly Bill A9626

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Prohibits mandatory arbitration clauses in employment contracts and agreements

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2017-A9626 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Judiciary
Law Section:
General Obligations Law
Laws Affected:
Add §5-336, Gen Ob L

2017-A9626 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits mandatory arbitration clauses in employment contracts and agreements.

2017-A9626 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9626
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 26, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. L. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Judiciary
 
 AN ACT to amend the general obligations law, in relation to  prohibiting
   mandatory arbitration clauses in employment contracts and agreements
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. The general obligations law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 section 5-336 to read as follows:
   §  5-336. MANDATORY ARBITRATION AGREEMENTS IN EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS AND
 AGREEMENTS PROHIBITED. EVERY UNDERTAKING OR PROMISE, WHETHER WRITTEN  OR
 ORAL,  EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, CONSTITUTING OR CONTAINED, IN ANY CONTRACT OR
 AGREEMENT OF HIRING OR EMPLOYMENT BETWEEN ANY INDIVIDUAL, FIRM, COMPANY,
 ASSOCIATION OR CORPORATION AND ANY EMPLOYEE OR PROSPECTIVE  EMPLOYEE  OF
 THE  SAME,  WHEREBY  ANY CLAUSE REQUIRES MANDATORY ARBITRATION IS HEREBY
 DECLARED TO BE CONTRARY TO PUBLIC POLICY AND WHOLLY VOID.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14041-01-7

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