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Assembly Bill A1115A

2019-2020 Legislative Session

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

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2019-A1115 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2035
Current Committee:
Assembly Labor
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §21, Lab L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A11301
2021-2022: S457
2023-2024: A6756, S4361
2025-2026: A618, S496

2019-A1115 - Summary

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

2019-A1115 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1115
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 14, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  SIMOTAS,  ORTIZ,  DINOWITZ, EPSTEIN, STIRPE,
   MOSLEY,  GOTTFRIED,  ABINANTI,   D'URSO,   WALLACE,   QUART,   PAULIN,
   SEAWRIGHT,  LENTOL,  CRUZ, M. G. MILLER, RA, THIELE -- Multi-Sponsored
   by -- M. of A. DenDEKKER -- 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,  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.
                                                            LBD01540-01-9

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2019-A1115A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2035
Current Committee:
Assembly Labor
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §21, Lab L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A11301
2021-2022: S457
2023-2024: A6756, S4361
2025-2026: A618, S496

2019-A1115A (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2019-A1115A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  1115--A
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 14, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  SIMOTAS,  ORTIZ,  DINOWITZ, EPSTEIN, STIRPE,
   MOSLEY,  GOTTFRIED,  ABINANTI,   D'URSO,   WALLACE,   QUART,   PAULIN,
   SEAWRIGHT,  LENTOL,  CRUZ,  M. G. MILLER,  RA, THIELE, LUPARDO, BRAUN-
   STEIN, GALEF, CYMBROWITZ,  SIMON,  ZEBROWSKI,  FERNANDEZ,  MAGNARELLI,
   WRIGHT,  CRESPO,  NIOU,  BUCHWALD  --  Multi-Sponsored  by -- M. of A.
   DenDEKKER -- read once and referred  to  the  Committee  on  Labor  --
   committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
   recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to the commissioner's duty to
   ensure employers inform employees about certain provisions in  employ-
   ment 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 EMPLOYEES THAT NON-DISCLO-
 SURE  OR  NON-DISPARAGEMENT  PROVISIONS IN THEIR EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS DO
 NOT PROHIBIT THEM FROM SPEAKING WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT, THE EQUAL  EMPLOY-
 MENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION, THE STATE DIVISION OF HUMAN RIGHTS, A LOCAL
 COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS, OR AN ATTORNEY RETAINED BY THE EMPLOYEE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01540-02-9

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