Bill Text: NY S02035 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the commissioner's duty to ensure employers inform employees about non-disclosure or non-disparagement provisions in employment contracts.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO LABOR [S02035 Detail]

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          2035
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    January 18, 2019
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  BIAGGI -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Labor
        AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to the commissioner's duty to
          ensure employers inform workers about certain provisions in employment
          contracts
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Section  21  of  the labor law is amended by adding a new
     2  subdivision 16 to read as follows:
     3    16. Shall require employers to inform their workers  that  non-disclo-
     4  sure  or  non-disparagement  provisions  in  their  employment contracts
     5  cannot prevent them  from  speaking  with  law  enforcement,  the  equal
     6  employment  opportunity  commission, the state division of human rights,
     7  or a local commission on human rights.
     8    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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