NY S5248B

2019 | Fair Pay, Protected Classes

STATUS: Enacted

Requires equal compensation for substantially similar work among protected classes beyond sex.

This law expanded existing pay equity provisions to require equal pay for substantially similar work, when viewed as a composite of skill, effort, and responsibility, and performed under substantially similar working conditions. It would also prohibit pay differentials based on an individual’s status within one or more protected class or classes, including age, race, color, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, creed, military status, sex, disability, predisposing genetic characteristics, familial status, marital status,or domestic violence victim status.

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