Bill Text: NY A00579 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the liability of an employee committing an unlawful discriminatory practice; creates joint and several liability for employers and employees responsible for unlawful discriminatory practices.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - referred to governmental operations [A00579 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A00579-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           579

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                     January 9, 2023
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A. L. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Governmental Operations

        AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to the  liability  of  an
          employee committing an unlawful discriminatory practice

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

     1    Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section  299-a
     2  to read as follows:
     3    §  299-a.  Liability  of  employees.  When  the  division has found an
     4  employer to be liable for an unlawful discriminatory practice  or  prac-
     5  tices  under  this article, the employee responsible for committing such
     6  unlawful discriminatory practice  or  practices  shall  be  jointly  and
     7  severally  liable  with  the employer for any damages awarded under this
     8  article.
     9    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.






         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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