15th Annual New York Equal Pay Day Forum Hosted by NYS Attorney General Letitia James and PowHer™ New York

Timeline: Recent Pay Equity Legislation and Executive Orders

2015
New York State Protection to Discuss Pay, Tighten Exceptions, &  Increase Penalties 

2017
New York State Contractor Reporting of Equal Pay Data Executive Order 162

2017
New York State Salary History Ban for Municipal Workers: Executive Order 161 

2017
Salary History Ban Signed into law New York City in 2017 New York State in 2019

2019
New York State Equal Pay for Substantially Similar Work & Expansion of Protected Classes

2019
NYC Local Law 18 requiring analysis of pay for public sector workforce

2021
First Pay Equity Analysis as mandated by NYC Local Law 18

2021
New York City Salary Range Disclosure Law (Amended in 2022) Regulations

2022
New York State Salary Range Disclosure Law, goes into effect September 2023

2022
New York State Contractors Reporting of Equal Pay Data – Passed by legislature, but vetoed by Governor Hochul

Note: In the mid-1980s, a one-time comparable worth evaluation and correction of pay was made for the NYS municipal workers. Ongoing efforts since 2002 to study and codify “equal pay for work of comparable value” have stalled, although that is a recognized pay equity goal globally.

Source: PowHer New York Equal Pay Campaign