Requires employers to inform their employees that non-disclosure or non-disparagement provisions in their employment contracts do not prohibit them from speaking with law enforcement, the equal employment opportunity commission, the state division of human rights, a local commission on human rights, or an attorney retained by the employee.
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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618
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
(PREFILED)
January 8, 2025
___________
Introduced by M. of A. SHIMSKY -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Labor
AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to the commissioner's duty to
ensure employers inform employees about certain provisions in employ-
ment contracts
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 21 of the labor law is amended by adding a new
subdivision 17 to read as follows:
17. SHALL REQUIRE EMPLOYERS TO INFORM THEIR EMPLOYEES THAT NON-DISCLO-
SURE OR NON-DISPARAGEMENT PROVISIONS IN THEIR EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS DO
NOT PROHIBIT THEM FROM SPEAKING WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT, THE EQUAL EMPLOY-
MENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION, THE STATE DIVISION OF HUMAN RIGHTS, A LOCAL
COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS, OR AN ATTORNEY RETAINED BY THE EMPLOYEE.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD00246-01-5
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