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NY A00392
Bill
Status
1/8/2025
Primary Sponsor
Nily Rozic
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AI Summary
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Requires employers with 500+ employees nationwide to provide retail, food service, and cleaning employees with written work schedules and minimum monthly hours on their first day of employment
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Mandates employers provide employees with their assigned work days and hours in writing every 7 days, with schedules posted conspicuously in the workplace
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Allows employees in the same or similar positions to mutually exchange shifts without triggering additional employer notice requirements
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Prohibits employers from retaliating against employees who exercise their scheduling rights, including through discharge, demotion, suspension, or reduced hours
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Establishes civil penalties of up to $50 per violation, plus private right of action for employees with damages of $50 per day (capped at $5,000) for first-day notice violations, or compensation for unworked minimum hours, plus attorney's fees
Legislative Description
Requires employers of retail, food service or cleaning employees to give such employees 7 days' notice of their work schedule and a month's notice of the minimum hours of work; provides a private right of action to employees who are aggrieved by certain violations of such provisions.
Last Action
referred to labor
1/7/2026