Assembly Bill A887

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to issuing a certificate of compliance to any employer who achieves a gender pay gap of 10% or less

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly 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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2023-A887 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Labor
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §194, Lab L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A8385
2017-2018: A511
2019-2020: A1305
2021-2022: A3281

2023-A887 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to issuing a certificate of compliance to any employer who achieves a gender pay gap of 10% or less.

2023-A887 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    887
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 11, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. L. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Labor
 
 AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to  issuing  certificates  of
   compliance to any employer who achieves a gender pay gap of 10 percent
   or less
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 194 of the labor law is amended  by  adding  a  new
 subdivision 5 to read as follows:
   5.  ANY  EMPLOYER IN EITHER THE PRIVATE OR PUBLIC SECTOR THAT ACHIEVES
 WAGE DIFFERENTIALS OF TEN PERCENT OR LESS BETWEEN WOMEN AND MEN  IN  THE
 SAME  JOBS  AND  IN JOBS THAT ARE DISSIMILAR BUT THAT REQUIRE EQUIVALENT
 COMPOSITES OF SKILL,  EFFORT,  RESPONSIBILITY  AND  WORKING  CONDITIONS,
 SHALL  RECEIVE  A  CERTIFICATE  OF  COMPLIANCE FROM THE DEPARTMENT WHICH
 SHALL BE DISPLAYED PUBLICLY ON THE DEPARTMENT'S WEBSITE AND MAY ALSO  BE
 POSTED PUBLICLY BY THE EMPLOYER.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 have become a law.
 
 
 
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01217-01-3

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