In 2016, New York State and New York City joined a growing list of jurisdictions, including San Francisco, Washington, D.C. and Philadelphia, that have made it unlawful for an employer to discriminate against an employee on the basis of his or her family responsibilities. The new laws, which take the form of amendments to the New York State and New York City Human Rights Laws, are part of a broader initiative to provide support and protection to New York’s working families.
State Human Rights Law
On Oct. 21, 2015, Governor Andrew Cuomo signed into law an amendment to New York Executive Law §296, which makes it unlawful for an employer of four or more employees to discriminate on the basis of “familial status.”1 The amendment became effective on Jan. 16, 2016. In a press release, the governor described the law as intending to remedy the fact that “employees often suffer from stereotypes relative to their status as parents or guardians of children under the age of eighteen.”2
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