Reproductive Health Decisions Policy
(NY)

Summary

This template is a reproductive health decisions policy that governs the privacy of employee and dependent reproductive health decisions and prohibits discrimination on the basis of an employee's or dependent's reproductive health decisions. This template contains practical guidance, drafting notes, and an alternate clause. New York Labor Law § 203-e governs the privacy of employee and dependent reproductive health decisions and prohibits discrimination on the basis of an employee's or dependent's reproductive health decisions. An employer that provides an employee handbook to its employees must include in the handbook notice of employee rights and remedies regarding legal protections for reproductive health decision making. N.Y. Lab. Law § 203-e(6). This template is intended for private employers. Employers may include this policy in an employee handbook or distribute it as a standalone policy. For a non-jurisdictional employee handbook, see Employee Handbook. For an employee handbook supplement for New York employers containing customized workplace policies based on New York state and local laws, see Employee Handbook Supplement (NY). It is based on New York and federal law and includes New York City distinctions. For a full listing of key content that can be used by in-house counsel to develop, revise, and implement a company's employee and third-party-related policies, see In-House Company Policies Resource Kit. For a full listing of key content covering employee handbook considerations, see Employee Handbook Resource Kit. For information on New York Labor Law § 203-e, see Discrimination, Harassment, and Retaliation (NY). For information on equal employment and non-discrimination issues, see Equal Employment Opportunity / Non-discrimination Policies: Key Drafting Tips and Discrimination, Harassment, and Retaliation Policy Drafting Checklist. For information on the New York City Human Rights Law (NYCHRL), which protects employees, applicants, interns, independent contractors, and freelancers from discrimination and harassment based on their membership in a protected class, and prohibits retaliation, including with respect to reproductive health decisions, see New York City Human Rights Law (NYCHRL). For recent key Labor & Employment legal developments that may impact this content, see the Labor & Employment Key Legal Developments Tracker (Current).