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What is NYC AC § 20-930?

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This section prohibits hiring parties from retaliating against freelance workers for exercising their rights under this chapter. Actions such as intimidation, harassment, or denying work opportunities are considered violations. Applies to hiring parties engaging with freelance workers.

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§ 20-930 Retaliation.

AC § 20-930

No hiring party shall threaten, intimidate, discipline, harass, deny a work opportunity to or discriminate against a freelance worker, or take any other action that penalizes a freelance worker for, or is reasonably likely to deter a freelancer worker from, exercising or attempting to exercise any right guaranteed under this chapter, or from obtaining future work opportunity because the freelance worker has done so. (L.L. 2016/140, 11/16/2016, eff. 5/15/2017) Editor's note: For related unconsolidated provisions, see Appendix A at L.L. 2016/140.

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