Bills Pending New York Senate Labor Committee

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NYS08852Intro
25%
Clarifies that the statutory damages available for certain wage violations are not punitive in nature and are designed to be liquidated damages rather than penalties or to compensate workers for the employer's failure to prevent wage theft and for th...
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2024-03-21
To Senate Labor Committee
NYS08846Intro
25%
Requires an employer to provide paid break time of up to thirty minutes and permit an employee to use existing paid break time or meal time for time in excess of thirty minutes to an employee to express breast milk.
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2024-03-20
To Senate Labor Committee
NYS08842Intro
25%
Prohibits retaliatory actions by employers against employees for disclosure of activity which violates a company internal control implemented to prevent fraud or which the employee believes to be fraudulent; makes amendment to whistleblower statute i...
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2024-03-19
To Senate Labor Committee
NYS08358Intro
25%
Establishes the retail worker safety act requiring retail worker employers to develop and implement programs to prevent workplace violence; requires employers to provide training on such programs and to conduct an annual review of the program; requir...
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2024-03-18
To Senate Labor Committee
NYS02370Intro
25%
Enacts the "Velmanette Montgomery YouthBuild act"; sets program requirements; authorizes grants to eligible YouthBuild participants; establishes application requirements.
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2024-03-14
To Senate Labor Committee
NYS08797Intro
25%
Directs the New York State Department of Labor to establish a voluntary training and certification program for employers that have taken the Neurodiversity Training Pledge.
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2024-03-12
To Senate Labor Committee
NYS08735Intro
25%
Establishes protections for minors who are featured in influencer-generated content that generate earnings from being shared on social media or other video-sharing websites.
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2024-03-05
To Senate Labor Committee
NYS06757Intro
25%
Extends the authority and oversight of wage boards to include the consideration of minimum standards for benefits and working conditions; changes the reference to such boards as workers' boards.
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2024-03-05
To Senate Labor Committee
NYS04930Intro
25%
Requires that all human services contracts between any public entity and a human services provider stipulate that the public entity will pay no less than 150% of the higher of: the otherwise applicable minimum wage in the state or any otherwise appli...
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2024-03-05
To Senate Labor Committee
NYS05153Intro
25%
Relates to the definition of employer and the duty of public employers to develop and implement programs to prevent workplace violence.
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2024-03-01
To Senate Labor Committee
NYS05863Intro
25%
Relates to the cost for legal services in connection with any claim arising under the volunteer firefighter's benefit law.
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2024-02-26
To Senate Labor Committee
NYS08604Intro
25%
Relates to employee petitions to participate in a shared work program and to employer responses to such petitions; requires such petitions to be submitted to the commissioner of labor and to be made available for public access on the department of la...
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2024-02-21
To Senate Labor Committee
NYS08602Intro
25%
Provides certain exemptions for individuals having entered into a contract to play baseball at the minor league level and who is compensated pursuant to the terms of a collective bargaining agreement; includes exemptions under the labor law from mini...
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2024-02-21
To Senate Labor Committee
NYS08601Intro
25%
Prohibits mandatory iris and retina scanning of employees; makes related provisions.
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2024-02-21
To Senate Labor Committee
NYS08608Intro
25%
Requires contractors and subcontractors working on covered projects submit their payrolls or transcripts to the commissioner; directs the department to create a database for such records that are publicly available for inspection.
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2024-02-21
To Senate Labor Committee
NYS00541Intro
25%
Enacts the "Empowering People in Rights Enforcement (EMPIRE) Worker Protection Act"; relates to the delegation of state enforcement authority to private actors; authorizes an affected employee, whistleblower, representative organization or an organiz...
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2024-02-16
To Senate Labor Committee
NYS08562Intro
25%
Increases the number of members on the farm laborers wage board from three to five; adds as members the commissioner of agriculture and markets and a member appointed by the Dean of the Cornell University's College of Agriculture and Life Services.
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2024-02-14
To Senate Labor Committee
NYS08564Intro
25%
Allows nursing employees to request a sink designated for washing breast pump equipment in the room designated for nursing.
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2024-02-14
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NYS08555Intro
25%
Requires employers to report certain employees' wages for the purposes of unemployment benefits; relates to the payment of unemployment benefits, and employer penalties for non-compliance.
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2024-02-13
To Senate Labor Committee
NYS08544Intro
25%
Enacts the "Joseph Fletcher act"; permits certain claims by essential employees for compensation based on death due to COVID-19 which were previously denied or not timely filed.
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2024-02-12
To Senate Labor Committee
NYS08451Intro
25%
Provides that the commissioner of labor shall notify the chairman of the state liquor authority of certain violations of the labor law relating to wages and hours of labor; provides that the chairman of the state liquor authority shall suspend certai...
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2024-01-31
To Senate Labor Committee
NYS08453Intro
25%
Provides that the commissioner of labor shall notify the commissioner of taxation and finance of certain violations of the labor law relating to wages and hours of labor; provides that the commissioner of taxation and finance shall suspend certain ce...
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2024-01-31
To Senate Labor Committee
NYS08452Intro
25%
Authorizes the commissioner of labor and the workers' compensation board to issue stop-work orders; establishes procedure for the issuance of such orders; establishes penalties for failure to comply with such orders.
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2024-01-31
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NYS01604Intro
25%
Provides for the regulation of indoor and outdoor worksites with temperature protection standards and education, training and reporting requirements to ensure that employers provide safe conditions for their employees.
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2024-01-30
To Senate Labor Committee
NYS08342Intro
25%
Creates a temporary commission to conduct a comprehensive study on the current utilization of paid family leave, make recommendations on how to increase access and the visibility of the program.
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2024-01-19
To Senate Labor Committee
NYS08219Intro
25%
Requires employers to provide paid vacation time which is based on the length of time employees have been employed by such employers.
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2024-01-16
To Senate Labor Committee
NYS08200Intro
25%
Establishes when a tip credit applies to employees working at tipped and non-tipped occupations on the same day.
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2024-01-12
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NYS08215Intro
25%
Relates to protections and rights afforded to delivery network company (DNC) workers; requires DNCs to create internal procedures for workers to challenge deactivations; provides certain notice and other rights to workers to challenge deactivation bo...
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2024-01-12
To Senate Labor Committee
NYS08154Intro
25%
Increases the minimum wage outside of New York city and the counties of Nassau, Suffolk, and Westchester; repeals certain provisions of law relating to exceptions to minimum wage increases.
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2024-01-10
To Senate Labor Committee
NYS05641Intro
25%
Establishes criteria for the use of automated employment decision tools; provides for enforcement for violations of such criteria.
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2024-01-08
To Senate Labor Committee
NYS07976Intro
25%
Authorizes the comptroller of the city of New York to enforce and investigate certain violations of the state minimum wage.
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2024-01-04
To Senate Labor Committee
NYS04973Engross
50%
Amends provisions relating to payment of wages to include compensation that is not payable solely at the employer's discretion; requires certain notices; expands enforcement provisions.
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2024-01-04
To Senate Labor Committee
NYS07999Intro
25%
Relates to the interest assessment surcharge.
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2024-01-04
To Senate Labor Committee
NYS07989Intro
25%
Requires the provision of paid family leave and certain other employee benefits when an employee is under a mandatory or precautionary order of medically-necessary quarantine or isolation issued by the department of health.
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2024-01-04
To Senate Labor Committee
NYS07965Intro
25%
Provides that an eligible employee may take two weeks of paid leave through the paid family leave program and an additional two weeks of unpaid leave during any 52 week calendar period as a result of being a victim of domestic or sexual abuse.
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2024-01-04
To Senate Labor Committee
NYS07946Intro
25%
Requires employers to provide an employee, attorney for the employee or a representative of a recognized or certified employee organization, the opportunity to review and copy the employee's personnel file; provides the employee must submit a written...
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2024-01-04
To Senate Labor Committee
NYS06775Intro
25%
Authorizes the care and treatment of injured employees by licensed or certified acupuncturists under the workers' compensation program.
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2024-01-03
To Senate Labor Committee
NYS00689Intro
25%
Relates to a leave of absence for military spouses; removes the requirement that leave be used when a person's spouse is on leave while deployed to a combat theater or combat zone of operations.
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2024-01-03
To Senate Labor Committee
NYS01075Intro
25%
Relates to paid sick leave provided by employers with full-time employee equivalents.
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2024-01-03
To Senate Labor Committee
NYS05866Intro
25%
Relates to permitting payments 14 days after the due date.
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2024-01-03
To Senate Labor Committee
NYS06894Intro
25%
Requires labor peace agreements as a precondition for contracts for certain retail or distribution projects in which a public agency has a substantial proprietary interest.
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2024-01-03
To Senate Labor Committee
NYS04250Intro
25%
Relates to allowing farm laborers to decide to work on a day of rest.
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2024-01-03
To Senate Labor Committee
NYS06115Intro
25%
Specifies methods of calculating deposits and reserves for the aggregate trust fund and reserves of the state insurance fund; provides that all computations made or directed by the workers' compensation board shall be on the basis of the survivorship...
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2024-01-03
To Senate Labor Committee
NYS07134Intro
25%
Classifies worksite employees of professional employers as employees of the professional employer for certain insurance purposes.
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2024-01-03
To Senate Labor Committee
NYS01021Intro
25%
Directs the commissioner of labor to establish an online database identifying regional skills and employment gaps and the skills and training needed to fill open and anticipated jobs.
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2024-01-03
To Senate Labor Committee
NYS06240Intro
25%
Establishes local wage enforcement authority in the city of New York; authorizes the city of New York to establish a minimum wage that is higher than the statewide minimum wage.
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2024-01-03
To Senate Labor Committee
NYS02923Intro
25%
Enacts the New York state nursing shortage correction act; creates statewide nursing recruitment incentive and retention pilot initiatives; establishes the New York state nursing recruitment incentive and retention account.
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2024-01-03
To Senate Labor Committee
NYS06108Intro
25%
Relates to the definition of manual worker; provides such worker's primary duty is to engage in physical labor.
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2024-01-03
To Senate Labor Committee
NYS07720Intro
25%
Directs the department of labor, in consultation with the division of human rights and the department of health to produce a model training program on neurodiversity awareness.
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2024-01-03
To Senate Labor Committee
NYS07639Intro
25%
Prohibits employers from retaliating against employees for confronting an individual to prevent a theft or the unlawful taking of goods, wares, or merchandise; does not prohibit employers from training or re-training employees on policies against con...
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2024-01-03
To Senate Labor Committee
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