Legislation
SECTION 1415
Additional rights
General Business (GBS) CHAPTER 20, ARTICLE 44-A
§ 1415. Additional rights. 1. Except as otherwise provided by law, any
provision of a contract purporting to waive rights under this article is
void as against public policy.
2. The provisions of this article supplement, and do not diminish or
replace, any other basis of liability or requirement established by
statute or common law.
3. Failure to comply with the provisions of this article does not
render any contract between a hiring party and a freelance worker void
or voidable or otherwise impair any obligation, claim or right related
to such contract or constitute a defense to any action or proceeding to
enforce, or for breach of, such contract.
4. No provision of this article relating to freelance workers shall be
construed as providing a determination about the legal classification of
any such worker as an employee or independent contractor.
5. The provisions of this article shall not be construed or
interpreted to override or supplant any of the provisions of chapter ten
of title twenty of the administrative code of the city of New York.
provision of a contract purporting to waive rights under this article is
void as against public policy.
2. The provisions of this article supplement, and do not diminish or
replace, any other basis of liability or requirement established by
statute or common law.
3. Failure to comply with the provisions of this article does not
render any contract between a hiring party and a freelance worker void
or voidable or otherwise impair any obligation, claim or right related
to such contract or constitute a defense to any action or proceeding to
enforce, or for breach of, such contract.
4. No provision of this article relating to freelance workers shall be
construed as providing a determination about the legal classification of
any such worker as an employee or independent contractor.
5. The provisions of this article shall not be construed or
interpreted to override or supplant any of the provisions of chapter ten
of title twenty of the administrative code of the city of New York.