N.Y. LAB Law § 786
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Unlawful retaliation
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§ 786. Unlawful retaliation. For purposes of this article, there shall\nbe a rebuttable presumption of unlawful retaliation if an employer in\nany manner discriminates, retaliates, or takes any adverse action\nagainst any employee within ninety days of the employee doing either of\nthe following:\n 1. Initiating the employee's first request in a calendar year for\ninformation about a quota or personal work speed data pursuant to\nsubdivisions one through three of section seven hundred eighty-five of\nthis article.\n 2. Making a complaint related to a quota alleging any violation of\nsections seven hundred eighty-one to seven hundred eighty-five of this\narticle, inclusive, to the commissioner, the department, other local or\nstate governmental agency, or the employer.\n 3. Making a complaint related to section seven hundred eighty-nine of\nthis article.\n
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