S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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3160
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
January 23, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. 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.
LBD05611-01-5
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