§ 7-505 Waivers of Rights.
RCNY § 7-505
(a)Any contract entered into by a hiring party and freelance worker shall not include any prospective waiver or limitation of rights under the Freelance Isn't Free Act. Any such waiver or limitation shall be invalid as a matter of law.
(b)If a contract includes language that waives or limits a freelance worker's right to participate in or receive money or any other relief from any class, collective, or representative proceeding, said waiver or limitation is void.
(c)Wherever a hiring party asks a freelance worker to waive or limit, via contract, any other procedural right normally afforded to a party in a civil or administrative action, any such contractual waivers and limitations are void under § 20-935 of the Administrative Code. Such rights include but are not limited to procedural rights of parties to a civil action established by the New York Civil Practice Law and Rules, the Federal Rules of Evidence, and the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.
(d)A freelance worker has the right to disclose the terms of a contract with a hiring party to the director. Any private contractual agreement that purports to waive or limit a freelance worker's right to communicate the terms of such a contract to the director is void as against public policy (Added City Record 6/22/2017, eff. 7/22/2017; amended City Record 8/21/2018, eff. 9/20/2018)
