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NY A05983
Bill
Status
2/25/2025
Primary Sponsor
Michael Fitzpatrick
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AI Summary
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Prohibits employers from discharging, threatening, penalizing, or retaliating against employees who confront or attempt to confront individuals to prevent theft of goods, wares, or merchandise
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Defines retaliation to include reducing work hours, denying promotions, and decreasing pay, but explicitly excludes training or re-training on employer policies
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Does not require employees to confront or prevent theft as part of their job duties
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Allows employers to maintain policies advising employees against confronting shoplifters or preventing theft
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Amends the labor law by adding new section 215-d, effective immediately upon passage
Legislative Description
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.
Last Action
referred to labor
1/7/2026