Relates to prohibiting certain conditions or preconditions of employment

◆ The sponsor's argument

Why the sponsor says this is needed

In the fall of 2018, the Kentucky Supreme Court outlawed mandatory arbi- tration agreements that require applicants or employees to sign if they want to be hired or remain employed (Northern Kentucky Area Development Dist. V Snyder). The decision was based off of existing Kentucky law and this legislation would codify that law into New York State Law. Restrictive or coercive employment contracts such as those requiring a current or future employee to waiver, arbitrate, or otherwise diminish any existing or future claim, right, or benefit to which the employee or person seeking employment would otherwise be entitled to under any provision of New York State or federal law, are not in line with fair and equitable hiring practices. This legislation seeks to address these unjust contract provisions from being imposed on employees in New York. https://www.fisherphillips.com/resources-alerts-kentucky- becomes- firststate-toprohibit-mandatory

This is the sponsor's own case for the bill, quoted from their memorandum. It is not Agora's description of what the bill does.