N.Y. Laws » CHAPTER Labor / ARTICLE Labor and Management Improper Practices Act
New York Consolidated Laws

N.Y. Labor Law § 722 (2026)

Fiduciary obligations of officers and agents

✓ current as of May 2026
Find cases: SyfertCases citing this section NY-LEGnysenate.gov Justiaon Justia CornellLII Search CasesGoogle Scholar 
§ 722. Fiduciary obligations of officers and agents. No officer or
agent of a labor organization shall, directly or indirectly
  1. Have or acquire any pecuniary or personal interest which would
conflict with his fiduciary obligation to such organization;
  2. Engage in any business or financial transaction which conflicts
with his fiduciary obligation; or
  3. Act in any way which subordinates the interests of such labor
organization to his own pecuniary or personal interests.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1980–2023 · leading case: Int'l Longshoremen's Ass'n v. Waterfront Comm'n of New York Harbor, 495 F. Supp. 1101 (S.D.N.Y. 1980).
Sort: Relevance Newest Treatment
Int'l Longshoremen's Ass'n v. Waterfront Comm'n of New York Harbor, 495 F. Supp. 1101 (S.D.N.Y. 1980). “See N.Y.Labor Law § 722, establishing fiduciary obligations of union officers and agents, and § 723(e) specifically prohibiting officers from receiving, “directly or indirectly, any payments, loans or gifts from” a union employer.”
Feliciano v. Seabrook, 2023 NY Slip Op 01182 (N.Y. App. Div. 2023). “Pursuant to Labor Law § 725(1), which is part of the Labor and Management Improper Practices Act (hereinafter LMIPA), "[w]here an officer or agent of a labor organization has violated or is violating" any of the obligations set forth in Labor Law §§ 722 and 723, "[a]ny member"…”
Soft Drink, Brewery Workers & Delivery Empoyees, Indus. Employees, Warehousemen, Helpers & Miscellaneous Workers, Greater New York & Vicinity, Local Union No. 812 v. Ulrich (S.D.N.Y. 2022). · cites it 2× “N.Y. LAB. LAW § 722 . Section 725 of the same chapter provides the “labor organization and the parent organization of such labor organization” with a right of action “for legal or equitable relief to redress” violations of, inter alia, § 722.”
Annotations are extracted automatically from the opinions in the Syfert caselaw corpus and ranked by authority, recency, and treatment. Dots show Syfertize treatment of the citing case itself.