Governor Hochul Signs Legislation to Strengthen Workers’ Rights in New York State

 

Legislation (S. 4878-A/A. 398-A) Requires an Employer to Provide a Written Notice of the Right to File for Unemployment Benefits

Legislation (S. 2518/A. 836) Prohibits an Employer from Requesting or Requiring that an Employee or Applicant for Employment Disclose Personal Account Information

Legislation (S. 1902-A/A. 1245-A) Requires Notice to Unemployment Applicants of SNAP and WIC

 Governor Kathy Hochul today signed three pieces of legislation to strengthen workers’ rights in New York State. This support will uplift workers in addition to recent employee protections surrounding mandatory political and religious meetings, strengthening wage theft penalties, and increasing benefits for injured workers. The Governor’s action builds upon her nation-leading worker agenda that includes historic plans to increase New York’s minimum wage and index it to inflation, offering 12 weeks of fully paid parental leave to more than 150,000 state employees, and other initiatives to increase wages and benefits, expand prevailing wage, connect job seekers to employment opportunities, and help ensure retirement security for private sector workers.

“New York workers are the engines behind our robust economy and my administration will continue taking action to uplift them,” Governor Hochul said. “This legislative package will provide workers across New York State with fair wages and allow them to support themselves, their families, and our local economies.”

Legislation (S. 4878-A /A. 398-A) requires employers to give notice to their employees that they are eligible for unemployment insurance whenever the employer makes a permanent or temporary separation of the employee or reduces hours to a point that the employee qualifies for total or partial unemployment.

Legislation (S. 2518/A. 836) prohibits employers from requesting or requiring username, login information, and passwords, of personal accounts as a c

Legislation (S. 1902-A/A. 1245-A) requires the Department of Labor to provondition of hiring, as a condition of employment, or for use in a disciplinary action.ide notice to unemployment applicants of the supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP) and the special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants and children (WIC).