Bill Text: NY A07624 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Directs the department of labor to post on its internet website and annually update, the names of employers who employ 50 or more employees who receive public assistance.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - referred to labor [A07624 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A07624-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         7624
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                     May 20, 2015
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       Introduced  by M. of A. BLAKE -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Labor
       AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to requiring  the  department
         of  labor  to  publish  the names of employers which employ 50 or more
         employees who receive public assistance
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  The  labor law is amended by adding a new section 12-a to
    2  read as follows:
    3    S 12-A. PUBLICATION  OF  EMPLOYERS  WITH  EMPLOYEES  RECEIVING  PUBLIC
    4  ASSISTANCE.  1.  THE DEPARTMENT SHALL, ON ITS INTERNET WEBSITE, POST AND
    5  ANNUALLY UPDATE THE NAMES  OF  EMPLOYERS  WHICH  EMPLOY  FIFTY  OR  MORE
    6  EMPLOYEES  WHO  WORK  NOT LESS THAN TWENTY-SIX WEEKS A YEAR AND NOT LESS
    7  THAN TEN HOURS A WEEK, AND WHO RECEIVE PUBLIC ASSISTANCE.
    8    2. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION "PUBLIC ASSISTANCE" INCLUDES:
    9    A. MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PURSUANT TO TITLE ELEVEN OF ARTICLE FIVE OF  THE
   10  SOCIAL SERVICES LAW;
   11    B.   CHILD  HEALTH  INSURANCE  PURSUANT  TO  TITLE  ONE-A  OF  ARTICLE
   12  TWENTY-FIVE OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW;
   13    C. ASSISTANCE FUNDED BY THE FEDERAL  TEMPORARY  ASSISTANCE  FOR  NEEDY
   14  FAMILIES BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM;
   15    D. THE EARNED INCOME PERSONAL INCOME TAX CREDIT PURSUANT TO SUBSECTION
   16  (D) OR (D-1) OF SECTION SIX HUNDRED SIX OF THE TAX LAW; OR
   17    E.  SUPPLEMENTAL  NUTRITION  ASSISTANCE  PROGRAM  BENEFITS PURSUANT TO
   18  SECTION NINETY-FIVE OF THE SOCIAL SERVICES LAW.
   19    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD10501-04-5