New York
This guide provides HR professionals with an overview of New York laws related to fair pay, including equal pay and pay discrimination laws; pay transparency requirements; salary history inquiry restrictions; pay data reporting requirements; and employee wage disclosure rights.
New York will soon require employers to provide employees notice of unemployment benefits, prohibit employers from demanding social media or email logins, and increase the weekly salary threshold for exemptions from wage payment laws.
A new law makes New York the sixth state to prohibit employers from requiring employees to attend anti-union "captive audience meetings."
With the state's pay transparency law set to take effect on September 17, the New York Department of Labor has issued proposed regulations clarifying a number of points about the law's application and interpretation.