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NY A00108
Bill
Status
1/4/2023
Primary Sponsor
Linda Rosenthal
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AI Summary
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Prohibits employers from downloading, installing, or requiring employees to install monitoring programs on personal electronic devices used for work, including tracking of mouse movements, keyboard strokes, website history, location data, and screen/camera recording.
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Restricts monitoring on employer-provided devices to website browsing history only, prohibiting other activity tracking for productivity or remote monitoring purposes.
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Prohibits employers from requiring employees to keep cameras connected to or part of electronic devices turned on while working from home.
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Allows employers to require employees to use video communication programs for work-related activities, creating an exception to the camera monitoring prohibition.
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Authorizes the labor commissioner to promulgate regulations necessary to implement these provisions, effective immediately upon enactment.
Legislative Description
Prohibits employers from requiring or requesting employees working at home to install monitoring software on the personal electronic device of such employee, limits monitoring on an electronic device provided by the employer to the website browsing history of such employee, and prohibits an employer from requiring an employee to leave a camera on while such employee is working from home; provided, however, an employer may require an employee to utilize a video communication program for work-related activities.
Last Action
referred to labor
1/3/2024