Bill Text: NY A10259 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires employers to display a poster containing information on veterans' benefits and services which shall be created and distributed by the department of labor.
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-04-08 - referred to labor [A10259 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-A10259-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 10259 IN ASSEMBLY April 8, 2020 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. McMAHON -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Labor AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to requiring employers to display a poster containing information on veterans' benefits and services which shall be created and distributed by the department of labor 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 201-h to 2 read as follows: 3 § 201-h. Posting of veterans' benefits and services. 1. The department 4 shall consult with the division of veterans' services to create and 5 distribute a veterans' benefits and services poster. 6 2. Such poster shall, at a minimum, include information regarding the 7 following services available to veterans: 8 a. contact numbers for veterans' resources, including contact and 9 website information for the division of veterans' services; 10 b. substance abuse and mental health treatment; 11 c. educational resources; 12 d. tax benefits; 13 e. New York state veteran drivers' licenses; 14 f. unemployment rights and benefits; 15 g. legal services; and 16 h. constituency groups such as women's, African Americans', Native 17 Americans', and LGBTQ veterans' groups. 18 3. Every employer in the state shall display the poster created pursu- 19 ant to this section in a place accessible to such employer's employees, 20 and in a visually conspicuous manner. 21 § 2. This act shall take effect January 1, 2021. Effective imme- 22 diately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation 23 necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective date are 24 authorized to be made and completed on or before such effective date. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD15988-03-0