New York S 496: Relates to the commissioner's duty to ensure employers inform employees about certain provisions in employment contracts

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S00496 Summary:

BILL NOS00496 

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SAME ASSAME AS A00618

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SPONSORFERNANDEZ

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COSPNSRJACKSON, WEBB

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §21, Lab L

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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.

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BILL NOS00496 

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01/08/2025REFERRED TO LABOR

02/04/20251ST REPORT CAL.252

02/05/20252ND REPORT CAL.

02/10/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

03/11/2025PASSED SENATE

03/11/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

03/11/2025referred to labor

01/07/2026died in assembly

01/07/2026returned to senate

01/07/2026REFERRED TO LABOR

01/21/20261ST REPORT CAL.130

01/27/20262ND REPORT CAL.

01/28/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

02/04/2026SUBSTITUTED BY A618

&nbspA00618 AMEND= Shimsky

&nbsp01/08/2025referred to labor

&nbsp01/07/2026referred to labor

&nbsp01/21/2026reported 

&nbsp01/22/2026advanced to third reading cal.227

&nbsp01/27/2026passed assembly

&nbsp01/27/2026delivered to senate

&nbsp01/27/2026REFERRED TO LABOR

&nbsp02/04/2026SUBSTITUTED FOR S496

&nbsp02/04/20263RD READING CAL.130

&nbsp02/04/2026PASSED SENATE

&nbsp02/04/2026RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 496

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. FERNANDEZ, JACKSON -- read twice and ordered print-
 ed, 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 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 17 to read as follows:
 3 17. 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.
 LBD00246-01-5

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