In a January 2, 2025 decision in CompassCare et al. v. Hochul, a Second Circuit panel vacated a permanent injunction issued in April 2022 that halted the requirement that New York State employers include a notice in their employee handbooks regarding the prohibition on discrimination based on reproductive health care choices. As a result
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New York District Court Permanently Enjoins Reproductive Health Notice of Rights Requirement for Employee Handbooks
By Evandro Gigante & Laura Fant on
A Northern District of New York court has permanently enjoined the statewide requirement that employers include a notice of workers’ rights and remedies in their employee handbooks regarding the prohibition on discrimination based on reproductive health care choices.
The requirement, which took effect in November 2019, was part of a broader bill amending the…