Senate Bill S1454

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Enacts the New York state fair pay act

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Labor Committee


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

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2019-S1454 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Labor
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 21 §§750 - 756, Lab L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S955
2011-2012: S2200
2013-2014: S1491
2015-2016: S2707
2017-2018: S4482

2019-S1454 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the "New York State fair pay act"; provides that it shall be an unlawful employment practice for an employer to discriminate between employees on the basis of sex, race and/or national origin by paying different wages.

2019-S1454 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S1454 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1454
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 15, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. SANDERS, HOYLMAN, KENNEDY, KRUEGER, PARKER, RIVERA,
   SEPULVEDA, SERRANO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed
   to be committed to the Committee on Labor
 
 AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to  enacting  the  "New  York
   state fair pay act"

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The labor law is amended by adding a new article 21 to read
 as follows:
                                ARTICLE 21
                        NEW YORK STATE FAIR PAY ACT
 SECTION 750. SHORT TITLE.
         751. FINDINGS AND STATEMENT OF PURPOSE.
         752. DEFINITIONS.
         753. PROHIBITION AGAINST DISCRIMINATION IN WAGES.
         754. OTHER PROHIBITED ACTS.
         755. REMEDIES AND ENFORCEMENT.
         756. REGULATIONS.
   § 750. SHORT TITLE. THIS ACT SHALL BE KNOWN AND MAY BE  CITED  AS  THE
 "NEW YORK STATE FAIR PAY ACT".
   §  751.  FINDINGS  AND STATEMENT OF PURPOSE. (A) THE LEGISLATURE FINDS
 THE FOLLOWING:
   (1) DESPITE FEDERAL AND STATE LAWS BANNING DISCRIMINATION  IN  EMPLOY-
 MENT  AND PAY, IN BOTH THE PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SECTOR, WAGE DIFFERENTIALS
 PERSIST BETWEEN WOMEN AND MEN AND BETWEEN MINORITIES AND  NON-MINORITIES
 IN THE SAME JOBS AND IN JOBS THAT ARE DISSIMILAR BUT THAT REQUIRE EQUIV-
 ALENT  COMPOSITES  OF  SKILL,  EFFORT, RESPONSIBILITY AND WORKING CONDI-
 TIONS;
   (2) THE EXISTENCE OF SUCH WAGE DIFFERENTIALS:
   (A) DEPRESSES WAGES AND LIVING STANDARDS FOR EMPLOYEES  NECESSARY  FOR
 THEIR HEALTH AND EFFICIENCY;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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