N.Y.
Labor Law Section 1037
Duties of clients
1.
compensate models at an hourly rate at least fifty percent higher than the contracted hourly rate for any employment, engagement, entertainment, exhibition or performance that exceeds eight hours in any twenty-four hour period;2.
provide at least one thirty minute meal break for any employment, engagement, entertainment, exhibition or performance that exceeds eight hours in any twenty-four hour period;3.
only offer an employment or engagement to a model that does not pose an unreasonable risk of danger to the model. An unreasonable risk of danger shall include, but not be limited to, failure to establish and communicate a zero tolerance policy for abuse, harassment, or any other form of inappropriate behavior;4.
ensure that any employment, engagement, entertainment, exhibition or performance which requires nudity or other sexually explicit material shall comply with the requirements of subdivision three of Civil Rights Law § 52-C (Private right of action for unlawful dissemination or publication of a sexually explicit depiction of an individual)section fifty-two-c of the civil rights law, as added by chapter three hundred four of the laws of two thousand twenty;5.
allow the model to be accompanied by their agent, manager, chaperone, or other representative to any employment, engagement, entertainment, exhibition or performance;6.
provide adequate levels of liability insurance to cover and safeguard the health and safety of models; and7.
obtain clear and conspicuous prior written consent for any creation or use of a model’s digital replica, detailing the scope, purpose, rate of pay, and duration of such use. * NB Effective June 19, 2025
Source:
Section 1037 — Duties of clients, https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/LAB/1037 (updated Dec. 27, 2024; accessed Jan. 11, 2025).
