Bill Text: NY S01656 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Prohibits a retail business from directing an employee to engage in human billboard activities during extreme temperatures.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO LABOR [S01656 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S01656-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1656
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    January 15, 2019
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        Introduced  by  Sen. SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Labor
        AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation  to  prohibition  of  certain
          activities in extreme temperatures
          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  218-b  to
     2  read as follows:
     3    § 218-b. Prohibition of certain activities in extreme temperatures. 1.
     4  As  used  in  this  section the following terms shall have the following
     5  meanings:
     6    (a) "Retail business" means any entity that is  engaged  primarily  in
     7  the  sale  of consumer goods at one or more stores within the state. For
     8  the purposes of this definition, "consumer goods"  means  products  that
     9  are primarily for personal, household, or family purposes, including but
    10  not  limited to appliances, clothing, electronics, groceries, and house-
    11  hold items.
    12    (b) "Extreme temperature" shall mean a measured outdoor temperature of
    13  ninety degrees Fahrenheit and above.
    14    (c) "Human billboard" shall mean holding or wearing a sign or  partic-
    15  ular  clothing  outside  of a retail business for the purposes of adver-
    16  tisement.
    17    2. No retail business shall direct an  employee  to  engage  in  human
    18  billboard activities during extreme temperatures.
    19    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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