N.Y. Lab. Law § 1037

* § 1037. Duties of clients. A client shall:\n 1. compensate models at an hourly rate at least fifty percent higher\nthan the contracted hourly rate for any employment, engagement,\nentertainment, exhibition or performance that exceeds eight hours in any\ntwenty-four hour period;\n 2. provide at least one thirty minute meal break for any employment,\nengagement, entertainment, exhibition or performance that exceeds eight\nhours in any twenty-four hour period;\n 3. only offer an employment or engagement to a model that does not\npose an unreasonable risk of danger to the model. An unreasonable risk\nof danger shall include, but not be limited to, failure to establish and\ncommunicate a zero tolerance policy for abuse, harassment, or any other\nform of inappropriate behavior;\n 4. ensure that any employment, engagement, entertainment, exhibition\nor performance which requires nudity or other sexually explicit material\nshall comply with the requirements of subdivision three of section\nfifty-two-c of the civil rights law, as added by chapter three hundred\nfour of the laws of two thousand twenty;\n 5. allow the model to be accompanied by their agent, manager,\nchaperone, or other representative to any employment, engagement,\nentertainment, exhibition or performance;\n 6. provide adequate levels of liability insurance to cover and\nsafeguard the health and safety of models; and\n 7. obtain clear and conspicuous prior written consent for any creation\nor use of a model's digital replica, detailing the scope, purpose, rate\nof pay, and duration of such use.\n * NB Effective June 19, 2025\n