Assembly Bill A10431

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to requiring certain employers to provide workforce demographics and equity measurements to the division of human rights annually

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  • 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-A10431 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8223
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Add §296-e, amd §§295, 297 & 292, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A1955, S2777
2023-2024: S1914

2019-A10431 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to requiring certain employers to provide workforce demographics and equity measurements to the division of human rights annually, including each employee's race, ethnicity, age, and sex or gender identity or expression, as well as the employee's job category, date of hire, salary or wages, training received, raises, promotions, discliplinary actions, terminations and benefits, including but not limited to unpaid benefits or privileges such as flexible scheduling, the ability to work from home, or the ability to bring children to work.

2019-A10431 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10431
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 11, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  COMMITTEE  ON  RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Cruz) --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law,  in  relation  to  requiring  certain
   employers to provide workforce demographics and equity measurements to
   the division of human rights annually
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section  296-e
 to read as follows:
   §  296-E.  WORKFORCE  DEMOGRAPHICS  AND  EQUITY  MEASUREMENTS.  1. ANY
 EMPLOYER WITH GREATER THAN ONE HUNDRED PERSONS IN  EMPLOY  PER  CALENDAR
 YEAR  OR  WHO  BIDS,  APPLIES, IS AWARDED OR RECEIVES ANY COMBINATION OF
 STATE OR MUNICIPAL CONTRACTS OR GRANT FUNDS DIRECTLY  OR  INDIRECTLY  IN
 EXCESS  OF FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS PER CALENDAR YEAR SHALL FILE AN ANNUAL
 REPORT DOCUMENTING EMPLOYEE DEMOGRAPHICS AND  EQUITY  MEASUREMENTS  WITH
 THE  DIVISION. SUCH DEMOGRAPHIC DATA SHALL INCLUDE EACH EMPLOYEE'S RACE,
 ETHNICITY, AGE, AND SEX OR GENDER IDENTITY  OR  EXPRESSION.  THE  EQUITY
 MEASUREMENTS  SHALL  INCLUDE EACH EMPLOYEE'S JOB CATEGORY, DATE OF HIRE,
 SALARY OR WAGES, TRAINING  RECEIVED,  RAISES,  PROMOTIONS,  DISCIPLINARY
 ACTIONS,  TERMINATIONS AND BENEFITS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO UNPAID
 BENEFITS OR PRIVILEGES SUCH AS FLEXIBLE SCHEDULING, THE ABILITY TO  WORK
 FROM HOME, OR THE ABILITY TO BRING CHILDREN TO WORK.
   2.  THE  DIVISION SHALL DEVELOP ELECTRONIC REPORTING FORMS TO BE FILED
 FOR EACH EMPLOYEE'S DATA AND FOR THE EMPLOYER'S GENERAL DATA.
   3. THE DIVISION SHALL AGGREGATE THE ELECTRONIC  FORMS  INTO  A  REPORT
 THAT  LISTS  EQUITY  MEASUREMENTS  FOR  EACH  EMPLOYER INCLUDING BUT NOT
 LIMITED TO JOB CATEGORY, MEAN  AND  MEDIAN  EARNINGS,  BENEFITS,  HIRING
 SELECTION,  TRAINING,  RAISES,  PROMOTIONS,  DISCIPLINARY  ACTIONS,  AND
 TERMINATIONS LISTED IN THE FORM OF PERCENTAGES FROM HIGHEST TO LOWEST BY
 THE DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS LISTED ABOVE.
   4. THE DIVISION SHALL PROVIDE THE AGGREGATED REPORT TO  EACH  EMPLOYER
 ALONG  WITH  A  SIMPLIFIED  REPORT IN PLAIN LANGUAGE. THE EMPLOYER SHALL
 PROVIDE SUCH SIMPLIFIED REPORT IN PLAIN LANGUAGE TO EACH CURRENT EMPLOY-
 EE AND ANY FORMER EMPLOYEE  EMPLOYED  DURING  THE  REPORTING  YEAR.  THE
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

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