New York A 8917: Relates to the New York state masters-in-education teacher incentive scholarship program

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A08917 Summary:

BILL NOA08917 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORValdez

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §45, Lab L

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Prohibits employers from using workplace surveillance tools to surveil employees in private, off-duty areas or a worker's residence, vehicle or property; defines terms; establishes penalties for violations of such provisions.

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BILL NOA08917 

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07/16/2025referred to labor

01/07/2026referred to labor

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8917

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 July 16, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. VALDEZ -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Labor

 AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to prohibiting the surveil-
 lance of workers in private, off-duty areas or a worker's residence,
 vehicle or property

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. The labor law is amended by adding a new section 45 to read
 2 as follows:
 3 § 45. Workplace surveillance of employees; prohibition. 1. For the
 4 purposes of this section:
 5 a. "Authorized representative" means a person or organization
 6 appointed by the worker to serve as an agent of the worker; provided,
 7 however, that "authorized representative" does not mean a worker's
 8 employer.
 9 b. "Employer" means a person who directly or indirectly, or through an
 10 agent or any other person, employs or exercises control over the wages,
 11 benefits, other compensation, hours, working conditions, access to work
 12 or job opportunities, or other terms or conditions of employment, of any
 13 worker. "Employer" includes an employer's labor contractor.
 14 c. "Worker" means a natural person or that person's authorized repre-
 15 sentative acting as a job applicant to, an employee of, or an independ-
 16 ent contractor providing service to, or through, a business or a state
 17 or local governmental entity in a workplace.
 18 d. "Worker data" means any information that identifies, relates to,
 19 describes, is reasonably capable of being associated with, or could
 20 reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with a worker, regardless
 21 of how the information is collected, inferred, or obtained.
 22 e. "Workplace surveillance tool" means a system, application, instru-
 23 ment, or device that collects or facilitates the collection of worker
 24 data, activities, communications, actions, biometrics, or behaviors, or

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD13386-01-5

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 1 those of the public, by means other than direct observation by a person,
 2 including, but not limited to, video or audio surveillance, electronic
 3 work pace tracking, geolocation, electromagnetic tracking, photoelec-
 4 tronic tracking, or utilization of a photo-optical system or other
 5 means.
 6 2. a. An employer shall not use a workplace surveillance tool to do
 7 either of the following:
 8 (i) Monitor or surveil workers in private, off-duty areas, including,
 9 but not limited to, bathrooms, locker rooms, changing areas, breakrooms,
 10 smoking areas, lactation spaces, employee cafeterias, and lounges,
 11 including data collection on the frequency of use of those private
 12 areas; or
 13 (ii) Monitor or surveil a worker's residence, a worker's personal
 14 vehicle, or property owned, leased, or used by a worker, unless that
 15 surveillance is strictly necessary.
 16 b. Workplace surveillance tools shall be disabled during off-duty
 17 hours, including rest and break periods, including in a worker's resi-
 18 dence, personal vehicle, or property owned, leased, or used by a worker.
 19 c. An employer shall not require a worker to physically implant a
 20 device that collects or transmits data, including a device that is
 21 installed subcutaneously in the body.
 22 3. a. An employer shall not deny an employee the rights under this
 23 section or discharge, threaten to discharge, demote, suspend, or in any
 24 manner discriminate against an employee f