N.Y. Labor Law § 194-b: Mandatory disclosure of compensation or range of compensation

§ 194-b. Mandatory disclosure of compensation or range of

compensation. 1. a. No employer, employment agency, employee, or agent

thereof shall advertise a job, promotion, or transfer opportunity that

will physically be performed, at least in part, in the state of New

York, including a job, promotion, or transfer opportunity that will

physically be performed outside of New York but reports to a supervisor,

office, or other work site in New York without disclosing the following:

(i) the compensation or a range of compensation for such job,

promotion, or transfer opportunity; and

(ii) the job description for such job, promotion, or transfer

opportunity, if such description exists.

b. An employer, employment agency, employee, or agent thereof

advertising for a job, promotion, or transfer opportunity paid solely on

commission shall maintain compliance with subparagraph (i) of paragraph

a of this subdivision by disclosing a general statement that

compensation shall be based on commission.

2. No employer shall refuse to interview, hire, promote, employ or

otherwise retaliate against an applicant or current employee for

exercising any rights under this section.

3. The commissioner shall promulgate rules and regulations to

effectuate the provisions of this section.

4. The department shall conduct a public awareness outreach campaign,

which shall include making information available on its website and

otherwise informing employers of the provisions of this section.

5. a. Any person claiming to be aggrieved by a violation of this

section may file with the commissioner a complaint regarding such

alleged violation for an investigation of such complaint and statement

setting the appropriate remedy, if any, pursuant to the provisions of

section one hundred ninety-six-a of this article.

b. An employer who fails to comply with any requirement of this

section or any regulation published thereunder shall be deemed in

violation of this section and shall be subject to a civil penalty in

accordance with section two hundred eighteen of this chapter.

6. For the purposes of this section the following terms shall have the

following meanings:

a. "range of compensation" shall mean the minimum and maximum annual

salary or hourly range of compensation for a job, promotion, or transfer

opportunity that the employer in good faith believes to be accurate at

the time of the posting of an advertisement for such opportunity.

b. "employer" shall mean:

(i) any person, corporation, limited liability company, association,

labor organization or entity employing four or more employees in any

occupation, industry, trade, business or service, or any agent thereof;

and

(ii) any person, corporation, limited liability company, association

or entity acting as an employment agent or recruiter, or otherwise

connecting applicants with employers, provided that "employer" shall not

include a temporary help firm as such term is defined by subdivision

five of section nine hundred sixteen of this chapter.

c. "advertise" shall mean to make available to a pool of potential

applicants for internal or public viewing, including electronically, a

written description of an employment opportunity.

7. The provisions of this section shall not be construed or

interpreted to supersede or preempt any provisions of local law, rules,

or regulations.