New York Labor Law

Every section of the New York Labor Law, in order — 773 sections. Source: NY Senate Open Legislation, current through November 4, 2026.

• N.Y. Lab. Law § 1 — Short title
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 2 — Definitions
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 3 — Prohibited employment
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 4 — Work for a factory
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 10 — Department of labor; commissioner of labor
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 10-a — Domestic violence policy
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 10-b — Domestic violence employee awareness and assistance
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 10-c — Workforce guidance and information for women initiative
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 11 — Deputy commissioner
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 12 — Transmission of labor market information
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 12-c — Passenger tramway advisory council
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 12-d — Advisory council on farm labor safety
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 13 — Oaths of office
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 14 — Offices of the department
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 15 — Seal
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 16 — Vacancies and removals
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 17 — Expenses
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 18 — Officers and employees
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 18-c — Sick leave for per diem employees
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 20 — Divisions or bureaus
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 21 — General powers and duties of commissioner
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 21-a — The industrial commissioner is hereby authorized to enter into agreements with the appropriate agencies of the United States, whereby, in...
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 21-b — Power of the industrial commissioner to make agreements for federal reimbursement to the state of certain expenses in connection with vet...
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 21-c — Power of commissioner to enter into agreements relating to certain federal acts
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 21-d — Power of commissioner to enter into agreement relating to information obtained by the state directory of new hires
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 21-e — Powers of the commissioner to prepare and issue a notice to be posted at worksite
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 21-f — Job transition plan for certain climate risk-related and energy transition projects
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 23 — Administrative regulations
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 24 — Delegation of powers by commissioner
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 25 — Power to enter and inspect premises
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 25-a — Power to administer the New York youth jobs program tax credit
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 25-b — Power to administer the workers with disabilities tax credit program
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 25-c — Power to administer the empire state apprenticeship tax credit program
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 26 — Examination of books and papers
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 27 — Safety and health standards
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 27-a — Safety and health standards for public employees
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 27-b — Duty of public employers to develop and implement programs to prevent workplace violence
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 27-c — Preparation of public employers for state disaster emergencies involving public health
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 27-d — Workplace safety committees
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 27-e — Prevention of retail workplace violence
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 27-f — Requiring first aid materials in a workplace to include an opioid antagonist
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 29 — Procedure for issuing safety and health rules
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 30 — Variations
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 31 — Duty to furnish information and facilitate inspections
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 32 — Interference with officer or employee of department prohibited
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 33 — Service of notice
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 34 — Department to keep record and publish bulletin of licenses
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 35 — Maintenance of records
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 36 — Destruction of old records
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 37 — Department's process to be in its name
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 38 — Oaths and affidavits
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 39 — Hearings and subpoenas
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 40 — Proceedings before officers or employees
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 41 — Rules governing hearings
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 42 — Youth education, employment and training program
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 43 — Transfer of funds to the unemployment insurance occupational training fund
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 44 — Workplace fatality registry; construction
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 100 — Industrial board of appeals
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 101 — Review by industrial board of appeals
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 102 — Review by court
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 103 — Limited review of provisions of chapter and of rules, regulations and orders
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 104 — Corporate instruments; inquiry by board
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 130 — Employment of minors under fourteen years of age
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 131 — Employment of minors fourteen or fifteen years of age
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 132 — Employment of minor sixteen or seventeen years of age
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 133 — Prohibited employments of minors
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 134 — Placement of minors by employment agencies
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 135 — Duties of employers
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 136 — Employment of minors fourteen to eighteen years of age under physical disability
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 137 — Duty of commissioner to transmit information
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 138 — Employment of persons apparently under eighteen years of age
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 139 — Physical examination of employed minors; cancellation of employment certificate
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 140 — Enforcement of violations relating to child performers, child models, street trades, and newspaper carriers
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 141 — Civil penalties
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 142 — Hours of work for minors fourteen and fifteen years of age
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 143 — Hours of work for minors sixteen and seventeen years of age
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 144 — Posting of hours
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 145 — Criminal penalties
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 150 — Definitions
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 151 — Employment requirements
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 152 — Educational requirement
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 153 — Enforcement of violations; civil penalties
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 154 — Child performer advisory board to prevent eating disorders
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 154-a — Regulations
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 160 — Hours to constitute a day's work
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 161 — One day rest in seven
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 162 — Time allowed for meals
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 163 — Hours of labor in brickyards
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 163-a — Farm laborers
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 164 — Hours of labor on street railroads
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 165 — Steam and other railroads
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 166 — Signalmen
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 167 — Restrictions on consecutive hours of work for nurses
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 168 — Hours of labor of certain state employees
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 169 — One day of rest for certain state employees
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 169-a — One day of rest for state employees
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 170 — Hours of labor for domestic workers
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 190 — Definitions
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 191 — Frequency of payments
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 191-a — Definitions
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 191-b — Contracts with sales representatives
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 191-c — Payment of sales commission
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 192 — Cash payment of wages
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 193 — Deductions from wages
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 194 — Differential in rate of pay because of protected class status prohibited
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 194-a — Wage or salary history inquiries prohibited
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 194-b — Mandatory disclosure of compensation or range of compensation
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 195 — Notice and record-keeping requirements
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 196 — Powers of commissioner
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 196-a — Complaints by employees to commissioner
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 196-b — Sick leave requirements
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 196-d — Gratuities
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 196-e — Construction industry reporting pay provisions
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 197 — Civil penalty
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 198 — Costs, remedies
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 198-a — Criminal penalties
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 198-b — "Kick-back" of wages prohibited
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 198-c — Benefits or wage supplements
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 198-d — Posting regulations on illegal wage deductions
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 198-e — Construction industry wage theft
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 199 — Rules and regulations
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 199-a — Notification of process
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 200 — General duty to protect health and safety of employees; enforcement
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 200-a — Laws to be posted at airports
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 201 — Laws and orders to be posted
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 201-a — Fingerprinting of employees prohibited
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 201-b — Fees for medical examination
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 201-c — Discrimination in child-care leave prohibited
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 201-d — Discrimination against the engagement in certain activities
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 201-e — Maintenance of employee-patient records at occupational health service centers
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 201-f — Posting regulations on employment of persons previously convicted of one or more crimes
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 201-g — Prevention of sexual harassment
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 201-h — Posting of veterans' benefits and services
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 201-i — Request for access to personal accounts prohibited
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 202 — Protection of the public and of persons engaged at window cleaning and cleaning of exterior surfaces of buildings
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 202-a — Leave of absence for bone marrow donations
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 202-b — Leave for organ or bone marrow donation granted to state employees
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 202-c — Prevention of personal injuries in the use of ski tows, other passenger tramways and downhill ski areas
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 202-d — Coin-operated machines performing a manufacturing process
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 202-e — Protection of persons employed on/in vehicular bridges and/or tunnels
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 202-f — Protection of hotel and motel employees against fire hazards in employee housing facilities
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 202-g — Display of fuel-connected appliances in wholesale or retail store
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 202-h — High-voltage proximity
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 202-i — Leave of absence for military spouses
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 202-j — Leave of absence for blood donation granted to employees
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 202-k — Protection of persons employed in the broadcast industry
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 202-l — Leave of absence for volunteer emergency responders
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 203 — Washrooms, washing facilities and waterclosets for elevator employees
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 203-a — Seats in certain passenger elevators or relief for the operator
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 203-b — Seats for female employees
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 203-c — Employee privacy protection
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 203-d — Employee personal identifying information
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 203-e — Prohibition of discrimination based on an employee's or a dependent's reproductive health decision making
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 203-f — Inventions made by employees
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 204 — Inspection of boilers; enforcement; fees; identification; exceptions
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 204-b — Refunds
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 205 — Prohibition against eating meals in certain workrooms
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 206 — Prevention of personal injuries to persons engaged in tree trimming
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 206-a — Physical examinations of females
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 206-c — Right of nursing employees to express breast milk
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 207 — Protection of employees at switchboards
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 207-a — Employee safety in work on energized high voltage lines
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 208 — Labels, brands and marks used by labor organizations
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 209 — Illegal use of labels, brands and marks; injunction proceedings
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 209-a — Fraudulent representation in labor organizations
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 210 — Proceedings for nonenforcement
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 210-a — Legal duty to employees
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 210-b — Access to personnel records
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 211 — Protection of employees
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 211-a — Prohibition against use of funds
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 212 — Drinking water for farm laborers
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 212-a — Migrant registration law
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 212-b — Farm labor camp commissaries; issuance of permit; renewal, refusal, suspension, and revocation of permit; rules and regulations
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 212-c — Definitions
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 212-d — Field sanitation for farm hand workers, farm field workers and farm food processing workers
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 213 — Violations of provisions of labor law; the rules, regulations or orders of the industrial commissioner and the industrial board of appeals
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 213-a — Special provisions regarding the purchasing of apparel or sports equipment by the state university of New York and the city university of...
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 214 — Criminal prosecution
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 215 — Penalties and civil action; prohibited retaliation
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 215-a — Discrimination against employees for failure to meet certain ticket quotas
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 215-b — Children; adverse information; notification
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 215-c — Discrimination against employees for displaying the American flag
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 216 — Failure to pay statutory inspection fees
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 217 — Employee notification and remittance of premiums; group policies of accident and health insurance
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 218 — Violations of certain provisions; civil penalties
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 218-a — Sun safety education for state employees
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 218-b — Prevention of occupational exposure to an airborne infectious disease
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 219 — Violations of certain wage payment provisions; interest, filing of order as judgment
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 219-a — Affirmation in lieu of oath
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 219-c — Public notice of employer violations
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 219-d — Emergency alert notification system employer registration
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 220 — Hours, wages and supplements
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 220-a — Statements showing amounts due for wages and supplements to be filed--Verification
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 220-b — Amounts due for wages and supplements may be withheld for benefit of laborers
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 220-c — Contractor or subcontractor verifying false statement guilty of perjury
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 220-d — Minimum rate of wage and supplement
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 220-e — Provisions in contracts prohibiting discrimination on account of race, creed, color or national origin in employment of citizens upon pub...
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 220-f — Labor policy of the state with regard to public work contracts; participation in an international boycott prohibited
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 220-g — Additional enforcement of article
• N.Y. Lab. Law § 220-h — Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) construction safety and health course