New York A 7743: Relates to conversion to cooperative or condominium ownership; repealer

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A07743 Summary:

BILL NOA07743 

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Amd §§740 & 741, Lab L; amd §75-b, Civ Serv L

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Enacts provisions providing protection to employees from retaliatory actions by employers where such employees report improper business activities; applicable to employees who in good faith reasonably believe that an improper business activity has or will occur, based on information that the employees reasonably believe to be true; provides remedies and relief.

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BILL NOA07743 

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04/08/2025referred to labor

01/07/2026referred to labor

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 7743

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 April 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Labor

 AN ACT to amend the labor law and the civil service law, in relation to
 protection of employees against retaliatory action by employers

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

 1 Section 1. Section 740 of the labor law, as amended by chapter 522 of
 2 the laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows:
 3 § 740. Retaliatory action by employers; prohibition. 1. Definitions.
 4 For purposes of this section, unless the context specifically indicates
 5 otherwise:
 6 (a) "Employee" means an individual who performs services for and under
 7 the control and direction of an employer for wages or other remunera-
 8 tion, including former employees, or natural persons employed as inde-
 9 pendent contractors to carry out work in furtherance of an employer's
 10 business enterprise who are not themselves employers.
 11 (b) "Employer" means any person, firm, partnership, institution,
 12 corporation, or association that employs one or more employees.
 13 (c) "Law, rule or regulation" includes: (i) any duly enacted federal,
 14 state or local statute or ordinance or executive order; (ii) any rule or
 15 regulation promulgated pursuant to such statute or ordinance or execu-
 16 tive order; [or] (iii) any internal rule promulgated by the employer
 17 pursuant to any statute or ordinance; or (iv) any judicial or adminis-
 18 trative decision, ruling or order.
 19 (d) "Public body" includes the following:
 20 (i) the United States Congress, any state legislature, or any elected
 21 local governmental body, or any member or employee thereof;
 22 (ii) any federal, state, or local court, or any member or employee
 23 thereof, or any grand or petit jury;
 24 (iii) any federal, state, or local regulatory, administrative, or
 25 public agency or authority, or instrumentality thereof;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD10240-01-5

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 1 (iv) any federal, state, or local law enforcement agency, prosecutori-
 2 al office, or police or peace officer;
 3 (v) any federal, state or local department of an executive branch of
 4 government; or
 5 (vi) any division, board, bureau, office, committee, or commission of
 6 any of the public bodies described in subparagraphs (i) through (v) of
 7 this paragraph.
 8 (e) "Retaliatory action" means an adverse action taken by an employer
 9 or [his or her] such employer's agent to discharge, threaten, penalize,
 10 or in any other manner discriminate against any employee or former
 11 employee exercising [his or her] such employee's rights under this
 12 section, including (i) adverse employment actions or threats to take
 13 such adverse employment actions against an employee in the terms of
 14 conditions of employment including but not limited to discharge, suspen-
 15 sion, or demotion; (ii) actions or threats to take such actions that
 16 would adversely impact a former employee's current or future employment;
 17 or (iii) threatening to contact or contacting United States immigration
 18 authorities or otherwise reporting or threatening to report an employ-
 19 ee's suspected citizenship or immigration status or the suspected citi-
 20 zenship