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Beginning January 26, 2022, private sector employees in New York will enjoy stronger whistleblower protections.

Under new changes to New York Labor Law section 740, employers cannot retaliate against an employee who discloses or threatens to disclose to a supervisor or to a public body, an activity, policy or practice of the employer that the employee “reasonably believes” is in violation of a law, rule or regulation. Prior to these amendments, the law only protected whistleblowing about activities that an employee reasonably believed to pose a substantial and specific danger to the public health or safety.

Strengthened Whistleblower Protections For Employees in New York Go Into Effect in January 2022 — The Fu Firm PLLC Beginning January 26, 2022, private sector employees in New York will enjoy stronger whistleblower protections. The amended law protects employees who report a violation of a law, rule or regulation. Previously, the law only protected whistleblowing about activities, policies, or practices that p