Assembly Bill A618

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to the commissioner's duty to ensure employers inform employees about certain provisions in employment contracts

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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-A618 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S496
Current Committee:
Assembly Labor
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §21, Lab L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A11301
2019-2020: A1115, S2035
2021-2022: S457
2023-2024: A6756, S4361

2025-A618 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires employers to inform their employees that non-disclosure or non-disparagement provisions in their employment contracts do not prohibit them from speaking with law enforcement, the equal employment opportunity commission, the state division of human rights, a local commission on human rights, or an attorney retained by the employee.

2025-A618 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    618
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. SHIMSKY -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Labor
 
 AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to the commissioner's duty to
   ensure employers inform employees about certain provisions in  employ-
   ment contracts

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 21 of the labor law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 subdivision 17 to read as follows:
   17. SHALL REQUIRE EMPLOYERS TO INFORM THEIR EMPLOYEES THAT NON-DISCLO-
 SURE  OR  NON-DISPARAGEMENT  PROVISIONS IN THEIR EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS DO
 NOT PROHIBIT THEM FROM SPEAKING WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT, THE EQUAL  EMPLOY-
 MENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION, THE STATE DIVISION OF HUMAN RIGHTS, A LOCAL
 COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS, OR AN ATTORNEY RETAINED BY THE EMPLOYEE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00246-01-5

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