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48 hours to sign a contract
<p>A manager at my company cited a very vague New York law that I'm skeptical about. We can have no more or less than 48 hours to sign an employment contract. Is there any truth to this?</p>

<p>There is no New York law that requires you to accept a job offer at exactly 48 hours from the time that it was made, no more or no less.</p>

<p>A private contract can give someone 48 hours to accept. There are probably many workers in New York City who are governed by industry-wide union collective bargaining agreements (which apply to almost everyone in the entertainment industry) which regulate the giving and accepting of offers to some extent.</p>

<p>There may be a right to recission for certain kinds of contracts.</p>

<p>But there is no law that is an exact fit to the one you describe that would apply to an employee at a web based tech company.</p>
