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S 7776 New York Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Enacts the "faithless servant reform act"

Summary
Enacts the "faithless servant reform act", creating a rebuttable presumption of retaliation or discrimination for certain actions of an employer; provides that the employer maintains the burden of proof in certain actions against an employee; limits an employer's remedy of forfeiture against an employee's compensation.
Issues: ✓ Labor & EmploymentSupports Labor & EmploymentBill creates rebuttable presumption of retaliation/discrimination, shifts burden to employer, and limits forfeiture of compensation. Protects employee rights against employer retaliation.90% confidence
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced May 6, 2025 Last action Jan 28, 2026
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What changed between versions

S7776 → S7776A · 5 edits
MODERATE
This bill revision reorganizes the structure of the Faithless Servant Reform Act by splitting the original Section 215-d into two separate sections: one for labor law (Section 198-f) and one for executive law (Section 296-e). The substantive policy content regarding employer forfeiture remedies and rebuttable presumptions remains largely unchanged, but the legislative organization has been clarified.
Scope change
The bill now explicitly separates labor law amendments from executive law amendments into distinct sections rather than combining them under a single section header.
TECHNICAL

Bill title changed from S7776 to S7776A to indicate amendment status after committee review.

Committee assignment updated to reflect the bill was reported favorably from Labor committee and committed to Finance committee.

Section 215-d was restructured into two separate sections: Section 198-f for labor law and Section 296-e for executive law.

Section numbering was reorganized with the executive law section moved to Section 5 and the labor law section moved to Section 4.

Section 5 was renumbered to Section 6 to accommodate the new section structure.

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Actions timeline

Total actions
6
Key actions
2
Committee
4
Amendments
2
Jan 28, 2026
Committee
REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE
upper
Jan 7, 2026
Committee
REFERRED TO LABOR
upper
Jun 6, 2025
Upper · Passed
PRINT NUMBER 7776A
upper
Jun 6, 2025
Upper · Passed
AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO FINANCE
upper
May 20, 2025
Committee
REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE
upper
May 6, 2025
Committee
REFERRED TO LABOR
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

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Jessica Ramos
DDemocratic/Working Families
NY
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