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NY A00392

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/8/2025

Primary Sponsor

Nily Rozic

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Origin

Assembly

2025-2026 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • 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

  • Mandates employers provide employees with their assigned work days and hours in writing every 7 days, with schedules posted conspicuously in the workplace

  • Allows employees in the same or similar positions to mutually exchange shifts without triggering additional employer notice requirements

  • Prohibits employers from retaliating against employees who exercise their scheduling rights, including through discharge, demotion, suspension, or reduced hours

  • 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

Committee Referrals

Labor1/8/2025

Full Bill Text

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