Bill Text: NY S05124 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Requires copies and abstracts of certain provisions, rules and orders to be provided to new hires both physically and digitally.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-04-02 - REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE [S05124 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S05124-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          5124

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    February 23, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by Sen. HARCKHAM -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
          ment Operations

        AN ACT to amend the  tax  law,  in  relation  to  requiring  copies  and
          abstracts  of  certain  provisions, rules and orders to be provided to
          new hires

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  Section  171-h  of the tax law is amended by adding a new
     2  subdivision 5 to read as follows:
     3    (5) Laws and orders to be provided to new hires.  Whenever individuals
     4  are newly hired or re-hired who are affected by the provisions  of  this
     5  chapter,  the  commissioner  shall  furnish  to  the  employer copies or
     6  abstracts of such provisions, rules and orders as the  commissioner  may
     7  deem necessary affecting such individuals. The copies or abstracts shall
     8  be  in  such  language as the commissioner may require and shall be kept
     9  posted by the employer in a conspicuous  place  pursuant  to  rules  and
    10  regulations  promulgated  by  the commissioner. Digital versions of such
    11  copies and abstracts shall also be made available through the employer's
    12  website or by email.  Employers  shall  provide  notice  that  documents
    13  required   for  physical  posting  are  also  available  electronically.
    14  Employers shall provide the department with an email  address  for  each
    15  newly  hired or re-hired employee reported pursuant to subdivision three
    16  of this section, and the department shall automatically email  any  such
    17  digital  versions  of copies and abstracts affecting such newly hired or
    18  re-hired employee. All other documents required to be physically  posted
    19  at  a  worksite  pursuant  to state or federal laws or regulations shall
    20  also be made electronically available in the manner  described  pursuant
    21  to this section.
    22    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
    23  it  shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
    24  ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
    25  tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be  made  and
    26  completed on or before such effective date.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD09641-01-3
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