On February 18, 2019, the NYC Commission on Human Rights issued guidance and announced that the New York City Human Rights Law (“NYCHRL”) will now protect against a new class of discrimination – hair. The NYCHRL generally prohibits discrimination by employers on the basis of age, alienage/citizenship, color, disability, gender, gender identity, marital/partnership status, national
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New York City Salary History Ban Now in Effect
By David Mitchell & Michael E. DeLarco on
Posted in Hiring-Discipline-Termination
The day has finally arrived. Yesterday, on October 31, 2017, a new law took effect prohibiting public and private employers of any size in New York City from inquiring about a job applicant’s salary history and/or relying on an applicant’s salary history to determine compensation for that applicant during the hiring process. The New York…