Employment laws and bills in New York

Every bill in the New York Legislature that falls inside the Employment and Labor Legislation Tracker's scope, with where each one currently stands.

Bills in scope
325bills in scope
Past committee
62past committee
Most recent action
23 October 2026most recent action

Employment laws enacted in New York in 2026

12 Employment bills were enacted in New York this year, the latest with a last action on 23 October 2026. They lead the list below.

Employment bills in New York

25Enacted

3Cleared both chambers

34Past committee

1Active in committee

262Introduced or inactive

325 bills in scope

Enacted

25

A 10343Relates to fees and expenses in unemployment insurance proceedings; extending effectivenessEnactedA 6950Enacts "the construction reporting pay act"EnactedS 3460Relates to granting employees access to personnel recordsEnactedA 10342Relates to extending provisions of laws permitting certain deductions from wagesEnactedS 10655Relates to the compensation, benefits and other terms and conditions of employment of certain state officers and employees; repealerEnactedA 11534Provides for compensation and other terms and conditions of employment of certain state officers and employees; appropriationEnactedS 10648Implements an agreement between the state and an employee organization; providing for the adjustment of salaries of certain incumbents in the professional service in the state university; appropriationEnactedA 9452Relates to the prohibition of the use of employment promissory notes and other similar provisionsEnactedS 8752Requires contractors and subcontractors performing construction work for covered renewable energy systems to have apprenticeship agreementsEnactedS 8789Defines "employer" for purposes of the fair credit reporting act; relates to the requesting or use for employment purposes of the consumer credit history of an applicant for employment or employee; repealerEnactedS 8795Extends paid family leave benefits to certain construction employeesEnactedS 8831Relates to the use of automated employment decision-making tools and artificial intelligence systems by certain state and local entities; repealerEnactedS 2536Relates to the inclusion of certain off-site custom fabrication as public work for the purposes of payment of prevailing wageEnactedA 4727Relates to paid family leave benefitsEnactedA 584Enacts the "trapped at work act"EnactedA 8465Relates to prevailing wage for those involved in hauling of concrete and asphaltEnactedS 5254Protects certain employees from a reduction of wages due to their involvement in the investigation of a violation of a workplace violence protection programEnactedS 8034Relates to disputes between employers and recognized employee organizationsEnactedS 8383Relates to terms and conditions of employment for members of certain collective negotiating units; appropriates fundsEnactedS 8384Relates to terms and conditions of employment for members of the collective negotiating unit consisting of investigators, senior investigators, and investigative specialists in the state police; repealerEnactedA 7424Relates to terms and condition of employment, salary schedules, and other terms any agreement for members of certain collective negotiating units consisting of persons in the division of state police; repealerEnactedS 3006Enacts into law major components of legislation necessary to implement the state education, labor, housing and family assistance budget for the 2025-2026 state fiscal yearEnactedA 2432Relates to reducing work related musculoskeletal disordersEnactedS 740Requires retail worker employers to develop and implement programs to prevent workplace violenceEnactedS 822Relates to the disclosure of automated employment decision-making tools and maintaining an artificial intelligence inventoryEnacted

Showing the 25 furthest along of 325. Subscribers see all of them, filtered and searchable. Bill titles link to the New York Legislature's own page.

What LawSignals covers

What counts as Employment and Labor Legislation legislation

In scope is any bill governing the employment relationship: minimum, prevailing and overtime wages, wage theft, worker classification and gig work, paid sick, family and medical leave, unemployment and workers' compensation, discrimination, harassment, pay equity and pay range disclosure, unions and public sector bargaining, workplace safety and heat standards, electronic monitoring and automated hiring tools, and noncompete and nondisclosure agreements.

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