Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jan 05, 2022 | ordered to third reading cal.76 |
Jun 07, 2021 | ordered to third reading rules cal.414 rules report cal.414 reported |
Jun 02, 2021 | reported referred to rules |
May 26, 2021 | reported referred to codes |
Jan 11, 2021 | referred to judiciary |
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Karines Reyes
Nader sayegh
Richard Gottfried
Sandy Galef
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Vivian Cook
Steven Englebright
Judy Griffin
A1463 (ACTIVE) - Details
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S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1463 2021-2022 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 11, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. DINOWITZ, REYES, SAYEGH, GOTTFRIED, GALEF, STIRPE, SIMON, STECK, CRUZ, GLICK, ZEBROWSKI, WEPRIN, FERNANDEZ -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COOK, ENGLEBRIGHT, GRIFFIN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Judiciary AN ACT to amend the general obligations law, in relation to prohibiting agreements between employers that directly restrict the current or future employment of any employee THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "End Employer Collusion Act". § 2. The general obligations law is amended by adding a new section 5-338 to read as follows: § 5-338. AGREEMENTS BETWEEN CERTAIN EMPLOYERS RESTRICTING THE CURRENT OR FUTURE EMPLOYMENT OF AN EMPLOYEE VOID. (A) FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERM "RESTRICTIVE EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT" SHALL MEAN ANY AGREEMENT THAT: (I) IS INCLUDED IN A FRANCHISE AGREEMENT; AND (II) PROHIBITS OR RESTRICTS ONE OR MORE FRANCHISEES FROM SOLICITING OR HIRING THE EMPLOYEES OR FORMER EMPLOYEES OF THE FRANCHISOR OR ANOTHER FRANCHISEE. (B) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER LAW TO THE CONTRARY, NO FRANCHISOR OR PERSON ACTING ON ITS BEHALF MAY ENTER INTO OR RENEW A RESTRICTIVE EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT, ENFORCE A RESTRICTIVE EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT, OR THREATEN TO ENFORCE A RESTRICTIVE EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT AND ANY RESTRIC- TIVE EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT IS HEREBY VOID. (C) EVERY PERSON WHO WAS DENIED EMPLOYMENT DUE TO A RESTRICTIVE EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT OR WAS OTHERWISE DAMAGED DUE TO A VIOLATION OF SUBDIVISION (B) OF THIS SECTION MAY MAINTAIN AN ACTION FOR DAMAGES EQUAL TO THE SUM OF (I) ANY ACTUAL DAMAGES SUSTAINED BY THE INDIVIDUAL AS A RESULT OF SUCH VIOLATION, (II) SUCH AMOUNT OF PUNITIVE DAMAGES AS THE EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.