After nearly three years of political skirmishing, the state Legislature passed and Governor Andrew Cuomo signed, on Oct. 21, 2015, a package of eight bills known collectively as the Women’s Equality Act (WEA). The new laws, five of which modify different aspects of New York employment law, went into effect on Jan. 19. Taken together, the new laws seem likely to change the employment law landscape in New York, almost certainly in favor of employees.
First proposed in early 2013 by the governor, the original act encompassed 10 reforms, including one that safeguarded women’s reproductive rights by “codifying Roe v. Wade into New York State law.”1 This bill, however, met with resistance in the State Senate, and Governor Cuomo agreed to drop it from the Women’s Equality Act, a concession that later led to the act’s passage. The new act amends several statutes, including the New York Executive Law and the Labor Law.
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