Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jan 03, 2018 |
referred to labor |
Jun 17, 2017 |
print number 6737a |
Jun 17, 2017 |
amend and recommit to rules |
Jun 15, 2017 |
referred to rules |
Senate Bill S6737A
2017-2018 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Labor 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
Bill Amendments
co-Sponsors
(D) Senate District
2017-S6737 - Details
2017-S6737 - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S6737 PURPOSE : In order to achieve fair pay for all, policymakers must enact laws that prevent wage discrimination. This bill would make it unlawful to ask prospective employees for wage or salary history as a requirement for a job interview, job application, job offer, or promotion. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS : Section 1 - The labor law is amended by adding a new section 194-a prohibiting employers from requesting, requiring, seeking or relying upon a current or prospective employee's salary or wage history as a condition of employment, a condition to receive an interview, a condition of an offer of employment, a condition for continued employment or promotion. This section also prohibits retaliation by an employer against a prospective employee based on the employee's refusal to provide salary or wage history, as well as retaliation against a prospective, future or former employee based on filing a complaint with the Department of Labor alleging a violation of this section. This section also states that a prospective employee may voluntarily disclose salary or wage history, and provides that a prospective employer may confirm salary history only if the prospective employee
2017-S6737 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6737 2017-2018 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E June 15, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sen. CARLUCCI -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to prohibiting wage or salary history inquiries 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 194-a to read as follows: § 194-A. WAGE OR SALARY HISTORY INQUIRIES PROHIBITED. 1. NO EMPLOYER SHALL: A. RELY ON THE WAGE OR SALARY HISTORY OF A PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYEE OR CURRENT OR FORMER EMPLOYEE IN DETERMINING THE WAGES OR SALARY FOR SUCH INDIVIDUAL. B. ORALLY OR IN WRITING SEEK, REQUEST, OR REQUIRE THE WAGE OR SALARY HISTORY FROM A PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYEE OR CURRENT OR FORMER EMPLOYEE AS A CONDITION TO BE INTERVIEWED, OR AS A CONDITION OF CONTINUING TO BE CONSIDERED FOR AN OFFER OF EMPLOYMENT, OR AS A CONDITION OF EMPLOYMENT OR PROMOTION. C. ORALLY OR IN WRITING SEEK, REQUEST, OR REQUIRE THE WAGE OR SALARY HISTORY OF A PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYEE OR CURRENT OR FORMER EMPLOYEE FROM A CURRENT OR FORMER EMPLOYER EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION 3 OF THIS SECTION. D. REFUSE TO INTERVIEW, HIRE, PROMOTE, OTHERWISE EMPLOY, OR OTHERWISE RETALIATE AGAINST A PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYEE OR CURRENT OR FORMER EMPLOYEE BASED UPON PRIOR WAGE OR SALARY HISTORY. E. REFUSE TO INTERVIEW, HIRE, PROMOTE, OTHERWISE EMPLOY, OR OTHERWISE RETALIATE AGAINST A PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYEE BECAUSE THE PROSPECTIVE EMPLOY- EE OR CURRENT OR FORMER EMPLOYEE DID NOT PROVIDE WAGE OR SALARY HISTORY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS SECTION. F. REFUSE TO INTERVIEW, HIRE, PROMOTE, OTHERWISE EMPLOY, OR OTHERWISE RETALIATE AGAINST A PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYEE OR CURRENT OR FORMER EMPLOYEE EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
co-Sponsors
(D) 15th Senate District
(D) Senate District
(D) Senate District
(D) 36th Senate District
2017-S6737A (ACTIVE) - Details
2017-S6737A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S6737A TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the labor law, in relation to prohibiting wage or salary history inquiries PURPOSE : In order to achieve fair pay for all, policymakers must enact laws that prevent wage discrimination. This bill would make it unlawful to ask prospective employees for wage or salary history as a requirement for a job interview, job application, job offer, or promotion. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS : Section 1 - The labor law is amended by adding a new section 194-a prohibiting employers from requesting, requiring, or seeking a current or prospective employee's salary or wage history as a condition of employment, a condition to receive an interview, a condition of an offer of employment, a condition for continued employment or promotion. In addition, employers would also be prohibited from relying on salary or wage history in determining the wages or salary of a prospective employee. This section also prohibits retaliation by an employer against a prospective employee based on the employee's refusal to provide salary or wage history, as well as retaliation against a prospective, future
2017-S6737A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6737--A 2017-2018 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E June 15, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sens. CARLUCCI, ALCANTARA -- read twice and ordered print- ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to prohibiting wage or salary history inquiries 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 194-a to read as follows: § 194-A. WAGE OR SALARY HISTORY INQUIRIES PROHIBITED. 1. NO EMPLOYER SHALL: A. RELY ON THE WAGE OR SALARY HISTORY OF A PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYEE IN DETERMINING THE WAGES OR SALARY FOR SUCH INDIVIDUAL. B. ORALLY OR IN WRITING SEEK, REQUEST, OR REQUIRE THE WAGE OR SALARY HISTORY FROM A PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYEE OR CURRENT OR FORMER EMPLOYEE AS A CONDITION TO BE INTERVIEWED, OR AS A CONDITION OF CONTINUING TO BE CONSIDERED FOR AN OFFER OF EMPLOYMENT, OR AS A CONDITION OF EMPLOYMENT OR PROMOTION. C. ORALLY OR IN WRITING SEEK, REQUEST, OR REQUIRE THE WAGE OR SALARY HISTORY OF A PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYEE OR CURRENT OR FORMER EMPLOYEE FROM A CURRENT OR FORMER EMPLOYER EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION 3 OF THIS SECTION. D. REFUSE TO INTERVIEW, HIRE, PROMOTE, OTHERWISE EMPLOY, OR OTHERWISE RETALIATE AGAINST A PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYEE OR CURRENT OR FORMER EMPLOYEE BASED UPON PRIOR WAGE OR SALARY HISTORY. E. REFUSE TO INTERVIEW, HIRE, PROMOTE, OTHERWISE EMPLOY, OR OTHERWISE RETALIATE AGAINST A PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYEE BECAUSE THE PROSPECTIVE EMPLOY- EE OR CURRENT OR FORMER EMPLOYEE DID NOT PROVIDE WAGE OR SALARY HISTORY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS SECTION. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD05679-13-7
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