Bill Text: NY S07096 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to awards to employees who prevail in actions on kick-back claims; provides that such employees shall be entitled to the full amount of what was received, liquidated damages, attorney's fees and prejudgment interest.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO LABOR [S07096 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-S07096-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7096 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN SENATE May 18, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sen. RAMOS -- 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 awards to employees who prevail in actions on kick-back claims The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 198-b of the labor law is amended by adding a new 2 subdivision 6 to read as follows: 3 6. In any action instituted in the courts upon a kick-back claim 4 pursuant to this section by an employee in which the employee prevails, 5 the court shall allow such employee to recover the full amount of the 6 wages, supplements or other thing of value received, liquidated damages 7 in the amount of one hundred percent of the full amount of the wages, 8 supplements or other thing of value received, reasonable attorney's 9 fees, and prejudgment interest as required under the civil practice law 10 and rules. 11 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD10996-01-3
