NYC Council Overrides Veto to Require Race, Sex Pay Data Reports

New York City will require large employers to report aggregated pay data by employees’ race and gender, after the city council voted to override an earlier veto by Mayor Eric Adams.

The new law (Int. 982A) applies to businesses with 200 or more employees and calls for a multi-year implementation that could give employers up to three years before their first reports are due to a city agency. A companion measure (Int. 984A) instructs the agency—to be selected by the mayor’s office—to conduct and publish a pay equity analysis of private-sector workers. Employers can submit the ...