N.Y. Labor Law Section 786
Unlawful retaliation

For purposes of this article, there shall be a rebuttable presumption of unlawful retaliation if an employer in any manner discriminates, retaliates, or takes any adverse action against any employee within ninety days of the employee doing either of the following:

1.

Initiating the employee’s first request in a calendar year for information about a quota or personal work speed data pursuant to subdivisions one through three of § 785 (Right to request)section seven hundred eighty-five of this article.

2.

Making a complaint related to a quota alleging any violation of sections seven hundred eighty-one to seven hundred eighty-five of this article, inclusive, to the commissioner, the department, other local or state governmental agency, or the employer.

3.

Making a complaint related to § 789 (Injury reduction program)section seven hundred eighty-nine of this article.

Source: Section 786 — Unlawful retaliation, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/LAB/786 (updated Jun. 6, 2025; accessed Nov. 1, 2025).

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