Assembly Bill A8931

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Requires just cause for employment termination and restricts the use of electronic monitoring for disciplinary purposes

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  • 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-A8931 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Labor
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 37 §§1060 - 1065, Lab L

2025-A8931 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires just cause for employment termination and restricts the use of electronic monitoring for disciplinary purposes; requires employers to provide just cause for discharging employees, with exceptions.

2025-A8931 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8931
 
                        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 requiring just cause for
   employment termination and restricting the use of electronic  monitor-
   ing for disciplinary purposes
 
   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 article 37 to read
 as follows:
                                ARTICLE 37
                            WRONGFUL DISCHARGE
 SECTION 1060. DEFINITIONS.
         1061. PROHIBITION ON WRONGFUL DISCHARGE.
         1062. ELECTRONIC MONITORING.
         1063. DATA ACCESS AND ACCURACY.
         1064. ARBITRATION.
         1065. EXCEPTIONS.
   § 1060. DEFINITIONS. AS USED IN  THIS  ARTICLE,  THE  FOLLOWING  TERMS
 SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   1. "CONSTRUCTIVE DISCHARGE" MEANS THE VOLUNTARY TERMINATION OF EMPLOY-
 MENT  BY AN EMPLOYEE DUE TO A SITUATION CREATED BY AN ACT OR OMISSION OF
 THE EMPLOYER WHICH A REASONABLE PERSON WOULD FIND  SO  INTOLERABLE  THAT
 VOLUNTARY  TERMINATION  IS THE ONLY REASONABLE ALTERNATIVE. CONSTRUCTIVE
 DISCHARGE DOES NOT MEAN VOLUNTARY TERMINATION BECAUSE OF  AN  EMPLOYER'S
 REFUSAL  TO  PROMOTE  THE EMPLOYEE OR IMPROVE WAGES, RESPONSIBILITIES OR
 OTHER TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT.
   2. "DISCHARGE" MEANS ANY  CESSATION  OF  EMPLOYMENT  INCLUDING  TERMI-
 NATION,  CONSTRUCTIVE  DISCHARGE,  RESIGNATION, ELIMINATION OF THE POSI-
 TION, FAILURE TO RECALL OR  REHIRE,  LAYOFF,  INVOLUNTARY  REDUCTION  IN
 HOURS, OR INDEFINITE SUSPENSION.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11052-01-5
 A. 8931                             2
              

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