Assembly Bill A999

Signed By Governor
2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to disclosure and advertisement of a job, promotion, or transfer opportunity

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Current Bill Status Via S1326 - Signed by Governor


  • 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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2023-A999 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1326
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §194-b, Lab L (as proposed in S.9427-A & A.10477)

2023-A999 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to disclosure and advertisement of a job, promotion, or transfer opportunity that will physically be performed, at least in part, in the state of New York, including a job, promotion, or transfer opportunity that will physically be performed outside of New York but reports to a supervisor, office, or other work site in New York; defines "advertise" to mean to make available to a pool of potential applicants for internal or public viewing, including electronically, a written description of an employment opportunity; makes technical corrections.

2023-A999 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    999
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 12, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. JOYNER -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Labor
 
 AN  ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to disclosure and advertise-
   ment of a job, promotion, or transfer opportunity
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Section  194-b of the labor law, as added by a chapter of
 the laws of 2022 amending the labor law relating to requiring  employers
 to  disclose  compensation or   range   of  compensation  to  applicants
 and employees, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 9427-A and A.
 10477, is amended to read as follows:
   § 194-b. Mandatory disclosure of  compensation  or  range  of  compen-
 sation. 1. a.  No employer, employment agency, employee, or agent there-
 of  shall  advertise a job, promotion, or transfer opportunity that [can
 or] will PHYSICALLY be performed, at least in part, in the state of  New
 York,  INCLUDING  A  JOB,  PROMOTION,  OR TRANSFER OPPORTUNITY THAT WILL
 PHYSICALLY BE PERFORMED OUTSIDE OF NEW YORK BUT REPORTS TO A SUPERVISOR,
 OFFICE, OR OTHER WORK SITE IN NEW YORK without disclosing the following:
   (i) the  compensation  or  a  range  of  compensation  for  such  job,
 promotion, or transfer opportunity; and
   (ii) the job description for such job, promotion, or transfer opportu-
 nity, if such description exists.
   b. [Advertisements] AN EMPLOYER, EMPLOYMENT AGENCY, EMPLOYEE, OR AGENT
 THEREOF  ADVERTISING for [jobs] A JOB, [promotions] PROMOTION, or trans-
 fer [opportunities] OPPORTUNITY paid solely on commission shall maintain
 compliance with subparagraph (i) of paragraph a of this  subdivision  by
 disclosing  [in  writing in] a general statement that compensation shall
 be based on commission.
   2. No employer shall refuse to interview,  hire,  promote,  employ  or
 otherwise  retaliate  against an applicant or current employee for exer-
 cising any rights under this section.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04316-01-3
              

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