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Assembly Bill A1214A

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to prohibiting certain conditions or preconditions of employment

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2025-A1214 - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Judiciary
Law Section:
General Obligations Law
Laws Affected:
Add §5-338, Gen Ob L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A5777
2021-2022: A1514
2023-2024: A856

2025-A1214 - Summary

Prohibits employers from requiring certain conditions or preconditions of employment.

2025-A1214 - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1214
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 9, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. DINOWITZ, REYES, SAYEGH, SIMON, STIRPE, STECK,
   GLICK, WEPRIN, CRUZ, KELLES, JACKSON, ROSENTHAL, TAPIA --  Multi-Spon-
   sored  by  -- M. of A. COOK -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Judiciary
 
 AN ACT to amend the general obligations law, in relation to  prohibiting
   employers  from  requiring  certain  conditions  or  preconditions  of
   employment
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The  general  obligations  law is amended by adding a new
 section 5-338 to read as follows:
   § 5-338. CONDITIONS AND PRECONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT.  1.  AS  USED  IN
 THIS SECTION THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   (A) "EMPLOYER" MEANS ANY PERSON, EITHER INDIVIDUAL, CORPORATION, PART-
 NERSHIP,  AGENCY,  OR  FIRM,  THAT  EMPLOYS AN EMPLOYEE AND INCLUDES ANY
 PERSON, EITHER INDIVIDUAL, CORPORATION, PARTNERSHIP,  AGENCY,  OR  FIRM,
 ACTING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY IN THE INTEREST OF AN EMPLOYER IN RELATION
 TO AN EMPLOYEE; AND
   (B)  "EMPLOYEE"  MEANS ANY PERSON EMPLOYED BY OR SUFFERED OR PERMITTED
 TO WORK FOR AN EMPLOYER.
   2. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY,  NO  EMPLOYER
 SHALL  REQUIRE  AS  A  CONDITION  OR PRECONDITION OF EMPLOYMENT THAT ANY
 EMPLOYEE OR PERSON SEEKING EMPLOYMENT  WAIVE,  ARBITRATE,  OR  OTHERWISE
 DIMINISH  ANY  EXISTING  OR FUTURE CLAIM, RIGHT, OR BENEFIT TO WHICH THE
 EMPLOYEE OR PERSON SEEKING EMPLOYMENT WOULD OTHERWISE BE ENTITLED  UNDER
 ANY PROVISION OF ANY NEW YORK STATE OR FEDERAL LAW.
   3.  THE  PROVISIONS  OF  THIS  SECTION SHALL NOT APPLY TO CONTRACTS OR
 AGREEMENTS NEGOTIATED WITH ANY LABOR UNION THROUGH  COLLECTIVE  BARGAIN-
 ING.
   §  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.
                                                            LBD01725-01-5

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2025-A1214A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Judiciary
Law Section:
General Obligations Law
Laws Affected:
Add §5-338, Gen Ob L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A5777
2021-2022: A1514
2023-2024: A856

2025-A1214A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits employers from requiring certain conditions or preconditions of employment.

2025-A1214A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  1214--A
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 9, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. DINOWITZ, REYES, SAYEGH, SIMON, STIRPE, STECK,
   GLICK, WEPRIN, CRUZ, KELLES, JACKSON, ROSENTHAL, TAPIA --  Multi-Spon-
   sored  by  -- M. of A. COOK -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Judiciary -- recommitted to the Committee on Judiciary  in  accord-
   ance  with  Assembly  Rule  3,  sec.  2  -- committee discharged, bill
   amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said  commit-
   tee
 
 AN  ACT to amend the general obligations law, in relation to prohibiting
   employers  from  requiring  certain  conditions  or  preconditions  of
   employment
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The general obligations law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 section 5-338 to read as follows:
   §  5-338.  CONDITIONS  AND  PRECONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT. 1. AS USED IN
 THIS SECTION THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   (A) "EMPLOYER" MEANS ANY PERSON, EITHER INDIVIDUAL, CORPORATION, PART-
 NERSHIP, AGENCY, OR FIRM, THAT EMPLOYS  AN  EMPLOYEE  AND  INCLUDES  ANY
 PERSON,  EITHER  INDIVIDUAL,  CORPORATION, PARTNERSHIP, AGENCY, OR FIRM,
 ACTING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY IN THE INTEREST OF AN EMPLOYER IN RELATION
 TO AN EMPLOYEE; AND
   (B) "EMPLOYEE" MEANS ANY PERSON EMPLOYED BY OR SUFFERED  OR  PERMITTED
 TO WORK FOR AN EMPLOYER, WHO IS NEITHER AN OFFICER NOR EMPLOYED PURSUANT
 TO AN INDIVIDUALIZED, MUTUALLY-NEGOTIATED EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT.
   2.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, NO EMPLOYER
 SHALL REQUIRE AS A CONDITION OR  PRECONDITION  OF  EMPLOYMENT  THAT  ANY
 EMPLOYEE  OR  PERSON  SEEKING EMPLOYMENT WAIVE OR OTHERWISE DIMINISH ANY
 EXISTING OR FUTURE CLAIM, RIGHT, OR BENEFIT TO  WHICH  THE  EMPLOYEE  OR
 PERSON   SEEKING  EMPLOYMENT  WOULD  OTHERWISE  BE  ENTITLED  UNDER  ANY
 PROVISION OF ANY NEW YORK STATE OR FEDERAL STATUTE.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01725-02-6
 A. 1214--A                          2

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