A 2456 New York Assembly · 2025 Regular Session

Prohibits employers from requiring low-wage employees to enter into covenants not to compete and requires employers to notify potential employees of any requirement to enter into a covenant not to compete

Summary
Prohibits employers from requiring low-wage employees to enter into covenants not to compete; requires employers to notify potential employees of any requirement to enter into a covenant not to compete.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 17, 2025 Last action Jan 7, 2026
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A2456 A2456A · 4 edits
MODERATE
This bill was amended to update financial thresholds and clarify procedural status. The primary changes involve increasing the minimum hourly rate and annual compensation limits for 'low-wage employees' from $15/hour to $21.50/hour and raising annual compensation thresholds from $31,200 to $44,720. The amendment also corrects a typo in the annual salary threshold and clarifies the bill's legislative history.
Scope change
The bill's scope of applicability expanded by raising the income thresholds that determine who qualifies as a 'low-wage employee', thereby affecting more workers under the new protections.
DEFINITION

Increased the minimum hourly rate for 'Livable hourly rate' from fifteen dollars to twenty-one dollars and fifty cents per hour.

Raised the annual compensation threshold for 'Low-wage employee' from thirty-one thousand two hundred dollars to forty-four thousand seven hundred twenty dollars.

Corrected a typo in the monthly salary threshold for salaried employees, changing 'five thousand dollars' to 'sixty-nine hundred dollars'.

TECHNICAL

Added committee discharge and amendment status to the bill header, indicating the bill has been amended and returned to committee.

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Total actions
4
Key actions
2
Committee
2
Amendments
2
Jan 7, 2026
Committee
REFERRED TO LABOR
lower
May 5, 2025
Lower · Passed
PRINT NUMBER 2456A
lower
May 5, 2025
Lower · Passed
AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO LABOR
lower
Jan 17, 2025
Committee
REFERRED TO LABOR
lower
1 primary · 4 co-sponsors

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