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Jan 03, 2018 |
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Mar 16, 2017 |
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Assembly Bill A6707
2017-2018 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
GALEF
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
Felix Ortiz
Deborah Glick
Didi Barrett
Pamela J. Hunter
multi-Sponsors
David Buchwald
Clifford Crouch
Inez E. Dickens
Steven Englebright
2017-A6707 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Senate Version of this Bill:
- S5233
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Governmental Operations
- Law Section:
- Executive Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §296, Exec L
2017-A6707 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ S. 5233 A. 6707 2017-2018 Regular Sessions S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y March 16, 2017 ___________ IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. CARLUCCI -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Investi- gations and Government Operations IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. GALEF -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to prohibiting employers from seeking salary history from prospective employees THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 296 of the executive law is amended by adding a new subdivision 20 to read as follows: 20. (A) NO EMPLOYER, LABOR ORGANIZATION, EMPLOYMENT AGENCY OR LICENS- ING AGENCY, OR EMPLOYEES OR AGENT SHALL: (I) RELY ON THE WAGE HISTORY OF A PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYEE FROM ANY CURRENT OR FORMER EMPLOYER OF THE INDIVIDUAL IN DETERMINING THE WAGES FOR SUCH INDIVIDUAL; PROVIDED THAT AN EMPLOYER MAY RELY ON PRIOR WAGE HISTORY WHEN IT IS VOLUNTARILY PROVIDED BY A PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYEE TO SUPPORT A WAGE HIGHER THAN THE WAGE OFFERED BY THE EMPLOYER; (II) ORALLY, OR IN WRITING, REQUEST OR REQUIRE AS A CONDITION OF BEING INTERVIEWED, OR AS A CONDITION OF CONTINUING TO BE CONSIDERED FOR AN OFFER OF EMPLOYMENT, OR AS A CONDITION OF EMPLOYMENT, THAT A PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYEE DISCLOSE INFORMATION ABOUT THE EMPLOYEE'S OWN WAGES FROM ANY CURRENT OR FORMER EMPLOYER; AND (III) ORALLY, OR IN WRITING, SEEK FROM ANY CURRENT OR FORMER EMPLOYER THE PREVIOUS WAGES OF ANY PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYEE; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT AN EMPLOYER MAY SEEK TO CONFIRM PRIOR WAGE INFORMATION ONLY AFTER AN OFFER OF EMPLOYMENT WITH COMPENSATION HAS BEEN MADE TO THE PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYEE AND THE PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYEE RESPONDS TO THE OFFER BY PROVIDING PRIOR WAGE INFORMATION TO SUPPORT A WAGE HIGHER THAN OFFERED BY THE EMPLOYER. UNDER THESE CIRCUMSTANCES, THE EMPLOYER MAY ONLY SEEK TO EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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