{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-labor-law-1037","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. Labor Law § 1037","heading":"Duties of clients","body":"§ 1037. Duties of clients. A client shall:\n  1. compensate models at an hourly rate at least fifty percent higher\nthan the contracted hourly rate for any employment, engagement,\nentertainment, exhibition or performance that exceeds eight hours in any\ntwenty-four hour period;\n  2. provide at least one thirty minute meal break for any employment,\nengagement, entertainment, exhibition or performance that exceeds eight\nhours in any twenty-four hour period;\n  3. only offer an employment or engagement to a model that does not\npose an unreasonable risk of danger to the model. An unreasonable risk\nof danger shall include, but not be limited to, failure to establish and\ncommunicate a company policy that equals or exceeds the minimum\nstandards provided for by existing law that addresses abuse, harassment,\nor any other form of inappropriate behavior;\n  4. ensure that any employment, engagement, entertainment, exhibition\nor performance which requires nudity or other sexually explicit material\nshall comply with the requirements of subdivision three of section\nfifty-two-c of the civil rights law, as added by chapter three hundred\nfour of the laws of two thousand twenty;\n  5. allow the model to be accompanied by their agent, manager,\nchaperone, or other representative to any employment, engagement,\nentertainment, exhibition or performance;\n  6. provide liability insurance to cover and safeguard the health and\nsafety of models; and\n  7. obtain clear and conspicuous prior written consent from the model\nfor any creation or use of a model's digital replica, detailing the\nscope, purpose, rate of pay, and duration of such use.","path":["Labor Law","Article 36. New York State Fashion Workers Act"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/LAB/1037","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:45Z","sha256":"092901a198cce48ce551dd9db93710495660fe3dd5a9b25d538011b6ec9edb0e","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-labor-law-1036","next":"us-ny/n.y.-labor-law-1038"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}