A 444: Relates to the application of New York state's human rights law to employees who work outside of the state of New York, if their employer maintains a physical address within New York state.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 444 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY (Prefiled) January 8, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. STECK -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to protecting remote workers who reside out-of-state under New York state's human rights law The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 298-b 2 to read as follows: 3 § 298-b. Application of article to out-of-state employees. The 4 provisions of this article shall apply as hereinafter provided to 5 employers that maintain a physical address in the state of New York and 6 to employees, regardless of the location where such employees perform 7 work. 8 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD00415-01-5