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Assembly Bill A10365

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Enacts the remedial construction of New York labor law act

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2025-A10365 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S9330
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Add §5, Lab L

2025-A10365 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that the New York labor law shall be construed liberally for the accomplishment of its remedial purposes, regardless of whether similarly-worded provisions of federal laws or regulations have been or continue to be construed otherwise.

2025-A10365 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10365
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               March 2, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. BRONSON -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Labor
 
 AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation  to  enacting  the  "remedial
   construction of New York labor law act of 2026"
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as
 the "remedial construction of New York labor law act".
   §  2. Legislative findings and intent. 1. The legislature hereby reaf-
 firms its longstanding intent  and  directive  that  the  labor  law  be
 construed liberally in favor of workers to accomplish its broad remedial
 purposes--including  but  not  limited to securing workers' wage floors,
 ensuring their rights to recover all earned wages  and  all  concomitant
 liquidated  damages  and other remedies, protecting workers from retali-
 ation, securing equal pay for equal work, and  defraying  the  harms  of
 unemployment. These remedial purposes not only protect workers, but also
 protect  law-abiding  employers  from  unfair competition by lawbreaking
 employers.
   2.  Remedial  interpretation  includes,  with   respect   to   reading
 exceptions  and exemptions to the labor law's requirements of employers,
 construing all such exceptions and exemptions narrowly in order to maxi-
 mize deterrence of unlawful conduct and accomplish the labor law's reme-
 dial purpose.
   § 3. The labor law is amended by adding a new section  5  to  read  as
 follows:
   §  5.  CONSTRUCTION.    FOR  ALL  PROVISIONS OF THIS CHAPTER AND THEIR
 ACCOMPANYING REGULATIONS THAT ARE WORDED COMPARABLY TO FEDERAL  LAWS  OR
 REGULATIONS,  AND  ALL  WORKER-PROTECTIVE PROVISIONS OF THIS CHAPTER AND
 THEIR ACCOMPANYING REGULATIONS  THAT  HAVE  NO  FEDERAL  ANALOGUE,  SUCH
 PROVISIONS  SHALL BE CONSTRUED LIBERALLY FOR THE ACCOMPLISHMENT OF THEIR
 REMEDIAL PURPOSES, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER SIMILARLY-WORDED PROVISIONS  OF
 FEDERAL LAWS OR REGULATIONS HAVE BEEN OR CONTINUE TO BE SO CONSTRUED.
   § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10772-03-6

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