What's happening
This bill prohibits employers from fraudulently inducing employees to accept or remain in a job by making false statements about pay or benefits, allowing employees to sue for damages.
Why it matters
Creates a new legal right for employees. to sue if they were misled by an employer about pay or benefits when taking or keeping a job, potentially increasing employer accountability in recruitment and retention practices.
Allows employees to recover not just actual damages. (what they lost by relying on false statements), but also double damages—since the bill provides for an extra award equal to 100% of those damages, plus attorney’s fees and costs, making it a strong deterrent against employer fraud.
Covers both hiring and retention scenarios. , meaning employees who are tricked into staying at a job under false promises have the same legal remedies as those tricked into taking a new job, potentially impacting how employers communicate about raises, bonuses, or benefits.
May influence employer practices statewide. by encouraging clearer, more accurate communication about compensation and benefits, as the risk of costly lawsuits and penalties for misrepresentation increases.
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- Referred to labor
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STATE OF NEW YORK
455
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY (Prefiled)
January 8, 2025
Introduced by M. of A. STECK -- read once and referred to the Committee on Labor
AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to establishing a claim for fraudulent inducement to enter into an employment relationship
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. The labor law is amended by adding a new section 198-f to read as follows:
§ 198-f. Fraudulent inducement prohibited. 1. No employer shall knowingly make any false or misleading statement regarding wages, benefits, or wage supplements to any person with intent to induce such person into entering or remaining in an employment relationship.
2. If any employee has been fraudulently induced by such employee's employer to enter into or remain in an employment relationship, such employee shall recover in a civil action all damages incurred in reliance on such fraudulent inducement, together with costs and reasonable attorney's fees, prejudgment interest as required under the civil practice law and rules, and an additional amount as liquidated damages equal to one hundred percent of the total amount of such reliance damages.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD02396-01-5
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