STATE OF NEW YORK
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1115--A
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 14, 2019
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Introduced by M. of A. SIMOTAS, ORTIZ, DINOWITZ, EPSTEIN, STIRPE,
MOSLEY, GOTTFRIED, ABINANTI, D'URSO, WALLACE, QUART, PAULIN,
SEAWRIGHT, LENTOL, CRUZ, M. G. MILLER, RA, THIELE, LUPARDO, BRAUN-
STEIN, GALEF, CYMBROWITZ, SIMON, ZEBROWSKI, FERNANDEZ, MAGNARELLI,
WRIGHT, CRESPO, NIOU, BUCHWALD -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
DenDEKKER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Labor --
committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
recommitted to said committee
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:
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 employees that non-disclo-
4 sure or non-disparagement provisions in their employment contracts do
5 not prohibit them from speaking with law enforcement, the equal employ-
6 ment opportunity commission, the state division of human rights, a local
7 commission on human rights, or an attorney retained by the employee.
8 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD01540-02-9
