{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-labor-law-862-e","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. Labor Law § 862-e","heading":"Retaliation","body":"§ 862-e. Retaliation. 1. It is a violation of this article for an\nemployer or any agent of any employer, to retaliate through discharge or\nin any other manner against any person in the terms of conditions of his\nor her employment for exercising any rights granted under this article\nfor:\n  (a) making, or threatening to make, a complaint to an employer,\nco-worker or to a public body that rights guaranteed under this article\nhave been violated;\n  (b) causing to be instituted any proceeding under or related to this\narticle; or\n  (c) providing information to, or testifying before, any public body\nconducting an investigation, hearing or inquiry into any such violation\nof a law, rule or regulation by such employer. Nothing in this section\nshall limit the commissioner's authority under section two hundred\nfifteen of this chapter, or any other statute.\n  2. Any act of retaliation under this section shall subject an employer\nto the civil penalties under section eight hundred sixty-two-d of this\narticle, or to a private cause of action, or both.","path":["Labor Law","Article 25-C. The New York State Commercial Goods Transportation Industry Fair Play Act"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/LAB/862-E","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:45Z","sha256":"6a57d1affc0775ea9fa90a5a7c01dabfb5cfa41c07494d588cc5180bdae6f341","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-labor-law-862-d","next":"us-ny/n.y.-labor-law-865"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}