Bill Text: NY A07976 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 7976

Introduced

Bill Title: Prohibits employers from retaliating against employees for confronting an individual to prevent a theft or the unlawful taking of goods, wares, or merchandise; does not prohibit employers from training or re-training employees on policies against confrontation of theft.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 25-3)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-04-09 - held for consideration in labor [A07976 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A07976-Introduced.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7976

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                     August 18, 2023
                                       ___________

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

        AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to prohibiting employers from
          retaliating against employees for confronting an individual to prevent
          a theft or the unlawful taking of goods, wares, or merchandise

          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 215-d to
     2  read as follows:
     3    § 215-d. Employee confrontation of theft; prohibited  retaliation.  1.
     4  No  employer  or his or her agent, or the officer or agent of any corpo-
     5  ration, partnership, or limited liability company, or any  other  person
     6  shall discharge, threaten, penalize, or in any other manner discriminate
     7  or  retaliate  against  any  employee because such employee confronts or
     8  attempts to confront an individual to prevent a theft  or  the  unlawful
     9  taking of goods, wares, or merchandise.
    10    2.  As  used  in  this section, to threaten, penalize, or in any other
    11  manner discriminate or retaliate  against  any  employee  shall  include
    12  reducing  work  hours,  denying  a promotion, and/or decreasing pay, but
    13  shall not include training or re-training on applicable  employer  poli-
    14  cies.
    15    3.  Nothing  in  this  section  shall require an employee to confront,
    16  prevent, or attempt to prevent a theft or the unlawful taking of  goods,
    17  wares,  or merchandise of an employer, nor shall this section prevent an
    18  employer from instituting a policy advising employees against  confront-
    19  ing, preventing, or attempting to prevent a theft or the unlawful taking
    20  of goods, wares, or merchandise of an employer.
    21    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.


         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11986-01-3