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A1305Assembly2019-2020 Session

Relates to issuing a certificate of compliance to any employer who achieves a gender pay gap of 10% or less

Sponsor Linda RosenthalAD-67+1 co-sponsorAffects Economy
Status
In Assembly Committee
Labor
Impact
3/10
Low
Passage
0%

Bill progress

Step 2 of 7

In committee · Labor

What's happening

This bill requires New York to issue public certificates to employers with a gender pay gap of 10 percent or less.

Why it matters

  1. Creates a public incentive for employers to address gender pay disparities. by awarding a visible certificate to those who maintain a gender pay gap of 10% or less, encouraging proactive compliance rather than only penalizing violations.

  2. Extends scrutiny beyond identical roles. Employers must achieve pay equity not just for men and women in the same jobs, but also in different roles that require “equivalent composites of skill, effort, responsibility, and working conditions,” broadening the scope of pay equity standards.

  3. Promotes transparency and public accountability. Certificates will be displayed on a government website and can be posted by the employer, allowing job-seekers, customers, and the public to easily see which employers meet the standard, potentially influencing consumer and employment choices.

  4. Applies to both public and private sector employers. , signaling a comprehensive approach to reducing gender-based wage gaps throughout the state’s workforce, not just in government jobs.

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Sponsors

Primary sponsor
Linda Rosenthal

Assembly Member · Assembly District 67

1 Co-sponsor

History

  1. Referred to labor
  2. Referred to labor

Full text

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STATE OF NEW YORK

1305

2019-2020 Regular Sessions

IN ASSEMBLY

January 14, 2019

Introduced by M. of A. L. ROSENTHAL, ORTIZ -- read once and referred to the Committee on Labor

AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to issuing certificates of compliance to any employer who achieves a gender pay gap of 10 percent or less

The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:

Section 1. Section 194 of the labor law is amended by adding a new subdivision 5 to read as follows:

5. Any employer in either the private or public sector that achieves wage differentials of ten percent or less between women and men in the same jobs and in jobs that are dissimilar but that require equivalent composites of skill, effort, responsibility and working conditions, shall receive a certificate of compliance from the department which shall be displayed publicly on the department's website and may also be posted publicly by the employer.

§ 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall have become a law.

EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

[ ] is old law to be omitted.

LBD00525-01-9

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