Update Applicable to:	Effective date
All employers regardless of size with at least 1 worker in New York City.	*March 1, 2024* – Commissioner must provide on city’s website Notice of Workers Right relevant under Federal, State and City law applicable. See details. *July 1, 2024* – Employer must provide on or before and employees first day of work and in an area accessible and visible to employees (regardless of immigration status).

What happened?

On December 3, 2023, the New York City Council passed a bill requiring the Department of Consumer and Worker Production (DCWP), in coordination with the Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs (MOIA), the New York City Commission on Human Rights, and community and labor organizations selected by the commissioner of DCWP, to publish a workers’ bill of rights on the City’s website. The bill was returned unsigned by the mayor without a veto.

What are the details?

For the bill of rights:

Must be finalized and on the website by March 1, 2024.
Identify federal, state, and local labor laws that provide protections to employees.
Provide information about employees’ rights regardless of immigration status and the right to unionize.
Be posted in English, designated citywide languages and temporary languages.

Employers will be required by July 1, 2024, to:

Provide a copy of the Bill of Rights to each of their current employees or on an employee’s first day of work.
Post the Bill of Rights Notice in an area of the worksite that is both accessible and visible to employees.
- Businesses that use a website or mobile application to regularly communicate with employees will be required to post the notice here too.
Will need to be provided in English and any language spoken as the primary language by at least 5% of the workforce, provided it has been published in the applicable language.
Failure to adhere to the posting requirement will incur a $500 penalty.
- Will be given a 30-day window to cure the violation following the first complaint.

At present, it does not appear that employers are required to provide the bill of rights to independent contractors.

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