New York S 7453: Provides protection to employees and former employees from retaliatory actions by employers for the reporting of illegal or dangerous business activities

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S07453 Summary:

BILL NOS07453 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORHOYLMAN-SIGAL

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COSPNSRGOUNARDES, KRUEGER, MAYER, SALAZAR

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MLTSPNSR

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

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Provides protection to employees and former employees from retaliatory actions by employers for the reporting of illegal or dangerous business activities.

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BILL NOS07453 

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04/16/2025REFERRED TO LABOR

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 7453

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 April 16, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. HOYLMAN-SIGAL, GOUNARDES, KRUEGER, MAYER, SALAZAR --
 read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to
 the Committee on Labor

 AN ACT to amend the labor law and the civil service law, in relation to
 protection of employees and former 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 judicial or administrative decision, ruling or
 17 order.
 18 (d) "Public body" includes the following:
 19 (i) the United States Congress, any state legislature, or any elected
 20 local governmental body, or any member or employee thereof;
 21 (ii) any federal, state, or local court, or any member or employee
 22 thereof, or any grand or petit jury;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD08043-01-5

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