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Assembly Bill A7976

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Prohibits employers from retaliating against employees for confronting an individual to prevent a theft or the unlawful taking of goods, wares, or merchandise

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2023-A7976 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7639
Current Committee:
Assembly Labor
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Add §215-d, Lab L
Versions Introduced in 2025-2026 Legislative Session:
A5983, S2382

2023-A7976 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits employers from retaliating against employees for confronting an individual to prevent a theft or the unlawful taking of goods, wares, or merchandise; does not prohibit employers from training or re-training employees on policies against confrontation of theft.

2023-A7976 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7976
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              August 18, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  FITZPATRICK -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Labor
 
 AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to prohibiting employers from
   retaliating against employees for confronting an individual to prevent
   a theft or the unlawful taking of goods, wares, or merchandise

   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 section 215-d to
 read as follows:
   § 215-D. EMPLOYEE CONFRONTATION OF THEFT; PROHIBITED  RETALIATION.  1.
 NO  EMPLOYER  OR HIS OR HER AGENT, OR THE OFFICER OR AGENT OF ANY CORPO-
 RATION, PARTNERSHIP, OR LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, OR ANY  OTHER  PERSON
 SHALL DISCHARGE, THREATEN, PENALIZE, OR IN ANY OTHER MANNER DISCRIMINATE
 OR  RETALIATE  AGAINST  ANY  EMPLOYEE BECAUSE SUCH EMPLOYEE CONFRONTS OR
 ATTEMPTS TO CONFRONT AN INDIVIDUAL TO PREVENT A THEFT  OR  THE  UNLAWFUL
 TAKING OF GOODS, WARES, OR MERCHANDISE.
   2.  AS  USED  IN  THIS SECTION, TO THREATEN, PENALIZE, OR IN ANY OTHER
 MANNER DISCRIMINATE OR RETALIATE  AGAINST  ANY  EMPLOYEE  SHALL  INCLUDE
 REDUCING  WORK  HOURS,  DENYING  A PROMOTION, AND/OR DECREASING PAY, BUT
 SHALL NOT INCLUDE TRAINING OR RE-TRAINING ON APPLICABLE  EMPLOYER  POLI-
 CIES.
   3.  NOTHING  IN  THIS  SECTION  SHALL REQUIRE AN EMPLOYEE TO CONFRONT,
 PREVENT, OR ATTEMPT TO PREVENT A THEFT OR THE UNLAWFUL TAKING OF  GOODS,
 WARES,  OR MERCHANDISE OF AN EMPLOYER, NOR SHALL THIS SECTION PREVENT AN
 EMPLOYER FROM INSTITUTING A POLICY ADVISING EMPLOYEES AGAINST  CONFRONT-
 ING, PREVENTING, OR ATTEMPTING TO PREVENT A THEFT OR THE UNLAWFUL TAKING
 OF GOODS, WARES, OR MERCHANDISE OF AN EMPLOYER.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11986-01-3

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