Assembly Bill A8917

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Prohibits employers from using workplace surveillance tools to surveil employees in private, off-duty areas or a worker's residence, vehicle or property

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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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2025-A8917 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Labor
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Add §45, Lab L

2025-A8917 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits employers from using workplace surveillance tools to surveil employees in private, off-duty areas or a worker's residence, vehicle or property; defines terms; establishes penalties for violations of such provisions.

2025-A8917 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8917
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               July 16, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. VALDEZ -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Labor
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the labor law, in relation to prohibiting the surveil-
   lance of workers in private, off-duty areas or a  worker's  residence,
   vehicle or property
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The labor law is amended by adding a new section 45 to read
 as follows:
   § 45. WORKPLACE SURVEILLANCE OF EMPLOYEES; PROHIBITION. 1.    FOR  THE
 PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION:
   A.   "AUTHORIZED   REPRESENTATIVE"  MEANS  A  PERSON  OR  ORGANIZATION
 APPOINTED BY THE WORKER TO SERVE AS AN AGENT OF  THE  WORKER;  PROVIDED,
 HOWEVER,  THAT  "AUTHORIZED  REPRESENTATIVE"  DOES  NOT  MEAN A WORKER'S
 EMPLOYER.
   B. "EMPLOYER" MEANS A PERSON WHO DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, OR THROUGH AN
 AGENT OR ANY OTHER PERSON, EMPLOYS OR EXERCISES CONTROL OVER THE  WAGES,
 BENEFITS,  OTHER COMPENSATION, HOURS, WORKING CONDITIONS, ACCESS TO WORK
 OR JOB OPPORTUNITIES, OR OTHER TERMS OR CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT, OF ANY
 WORKER. "EMPLOYER" INCLUDES AN EMPLOYER'S LABOR CONTRACTOR.
   C. "WORKER" MEANS A NATURAL PERSON OR THAT PERSON'S AUTHORIZED  REPRE-
 SENTATIVE  ACTING AS A JOB APPLICANT TO, AN EMPLOYEE OF, OR AN INDEPEND-
 ENT CONTRACTOR PROVIDING SERVICE TO, OR THROUGH, A BUSINESS OR  A  STATE
 OR LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY IN A WORKPLACE.
   D.  "WORKER  DATA"  MEANS ANY INFORMATION THAT IDENTIFIES, RELATES TO,
 DESCRIBES, IS REASONABLY CAPABLE OF  BEING  ASSOCIATED  WITH,  OR  COULD
 REASONABLY  BE LINKED, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, WITH A WORKER, REGARDLESS
 OF HOW THE INFORMATION IS COLLECTED, INFERRED, OR OBTAINED.
   E. "WORKPLACE SURVEILLANCE TOOL" MEANS A SYSTEM, APPLICATION,  INSTRU-
 MENT,  OR  DEVICE  THAT COLLECTS OR FACILITATES THE COLLECTION OF WORKER
 DATA, ACTIVITIES, COMMUNICATIONS, ACTIONS, BIOMETRICS, OR BEHAVIORS,  OR
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13386-01-5
              

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