On May 26, 2023, New York City enacted an ordinance amending the New York City Human Rights Law to ban employment discrimination on the basis of a person’s height and weight.1 This new ordinance further expands the comprehensive list of characteristics already protected by the New York City Human Rights
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New York City Council Approves Bill to Ban Employment Discrimination Based on Height and Weight
On May 11, 2023, the New York City Council approved a bill to prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of an individual’s height or weight. The bill, Int. No. 209-A, was sent to Mayor Eric Adams for final approval following a 44–5 vote.
NYC Agency to Hold Employer-focused Roundtable to Clarify New AI Regulations
In the wake of its recently issued rules regarding New York City Local Law 144 (“Local Law 144”), the New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) will be holding an educational roundtable on May 22, 2023, at 2 p.m.
NYC Comptroller’s Shareholder Proposal Threatens to Curb Employers’ NLRA Free Speech Rights and Employee Free Choice
On March 31, 2023, New York City Comptroller Brad Lander, on behalf of the five New York City retirement systems, announced a new shareholder proposal at Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc., asking the board of directors to adopt a “policy of noninterference” at the company.
New York City Adopts Final Regulations on Use of AI in Hiring and Promotion, Extends Enforcement Date to July 5, 2023
NYC has issued final rules to implement an ordinance regulating employer use of automated employment decision tools (AEDTs) in hiring and promotions.
Employer Alert: New York City Issues Final Rules on Automated Employment Decision Tools Law
On April 6, 2023, the New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (“Department”) issued its Final Rules regarding automated employment decision tools (“AEDT”). As previously reported, New York City’s AEDT law, Local Law 144 of 2021, prohibits employers and employment agencies from using AEDT unless:
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New York City Adopts Final Rules on Automated Decision-making Tools, AI in Hiring
On April 6, 2023, the New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) adopted highly anticipated final rules implementing the city’s law regulating the use of automated employment decision tools (AEDT) tools in hiring that will take effect on July 5, 2023. The AEDT law, which took effect
Manhattan District Attorney Sets Sights on Allegations of Employer Wage Theft
On February 16, 2023, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin L. Bragg Jr. announced the creation of a special unit to “investigate and prosecute” wage theft, harassment, and exploitation of workers. He also announced the establishment, in partnership with the New York State Department of Labor, of a fund to repay victims
New York City D.A. Wants to Prosecute Wage Theft as a Crime
On February 16, 2023, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin L. Bragg, Jr. announced that his office has partnered with the New York State Department of Labor and local law enforcement to create the “Worker Protection Unit” and “Stolen Wages Fund.” The newly created Worker Protection Unit will focus on pursuing
New York City Holds Second Public Hearing on Updated Proposed Rules for Automated Employment Decision Tools
On January 23, 2023, the New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection held a public hearing on updated proposed rules to implement the city’s automated employment decision tools law (Local Law 144).
New York City Updates Proposed Rules for Automated Employment Decision Tools: What’s New and What’s Next
On December 23, 2022, the New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) published updated proposed rules to implement the city’s automated employment decision tools (AEDT) law (Local Law 144). The law conditions the use of automated employment decision tools to screen candidates for employment or employees for
New York City Postpones Enforcement of Automated Employment Decision Tools Law, Will Hold Second Public Hearing
With the January 1, 2023, effective date of New York City’s automated employment decision tools law looming, the city’s Department of Consumer and Worker Protection announced on December 12, 2022, that it intended to convene a second public hearing and postpone enforcement of the law until April 15, 2023.
New York City Defers AI Law Enforcement to April 15, 2023
New York City is deferring enforcement of its first-in-the-nation regulation of the use of AI-driven hiring tools (Local Law 144 of 2021), which was initially slated to go into effect on January 1, 2023. This past Friday (December 12), the NYC Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) announced
Food Delivery Workers Would Be Paid $23.82 Minimum Under Proposed New City Rules
Required by a law spurred by worker organizing and THE CITY’s reporting, pay scale is first for the industry.
New York City, Once a Minimum Wage Leader, Now Lags Behind
As inflation has surged, other cities have vaulted past New York’s $15 minimum wage, considered a trailblazer only a few years ago.
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