What's happening
This bill prohibits local governments in New York from requiring employers to report employee or contractor wage and job information to local agencies, with certain exceptions.
Why it matters
Limits local oversight. By preventing local governments from requiring wage and job reporting from employers, the bill reduces the ability of cities and towns to monitor employment practices, making it harder for localities to address potential wage theft, discrimination, or labor violations at the local level.
Creates uniformity for employers. Employers operating in multiple municipalities will face fewer administrative burdens, as they won’t need to comply with a patchwork of local reporting requirements. This could lower compliance costs and administrative confusion for businesses.
State retains investigation authority. Exceptions allow for wage and employment data to be provided in the context of labor law violations or law enforcement investigations, meaning state-level or criminal probes are unaffected, but routine local data collection for policy or transparency purposes is restricted.
Preempts existing local laws. Any local ordinances already in place that require employers to report this information would be nullified, potentially rolling back existing transparency or worker protection measures enacted by some municipalities.
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Ban Local Wage Reporting
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Sponsors
1 Multi-sponsor
History
- Enacting clause stricken
- Referred to local governments
Companion bill
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Block Local Wage Info Laws
In Senate Committee · Local Government · Sponsor John A. DeFrancisco
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STATE OF NEW YORK
2523
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 20, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. BRINDISI, SKARTADOS, CROUCH, RAIA, McDONOUGH -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. LAWRENCE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Local Governments
AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to prohibiting local laws requiring the reporting of certain employee wage information
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. The general municipal law is amended by adding a new section 99-x to read as follows:
§ 99-x. Employee and contractor employment and wage information. 1. Notwithstanding any general, special, or local law to the contrary, no municipal corporation shall enact any local law, rule, regulation or ordinance that would require an employer to provide employment and wage information related to any employee or contractor of such employer to any local agency.
2. For purposes of this section, employee or contractor employment and wage information shall include:
a. job title, position or a description of the type of work performed by such person; and
b. the information described in section one hundred ninety-five of the labor law.
3. Nothing in this section shall limit the provision of employment and wage information pursuant to:
a. an investigation or enforcement of alleged violations of the labor law; or
b. an investigation or enforcement by a law enforcement agency; or
c. article eight of the labor law.
4. The provisions of this section shall supersede all local laws, rules, regulations or ordinances enacted prior to the effective date of this section that would require an employer to provide employment and wage information related to any employee or contractor for such employer to any local agency.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD01967-01-7
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