Senate Bill S4249

Signed By Governor
2013-2014 Legislative Session

Relates to the power of the public employment relations board to investigate unfair labor practices

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2013-S4249 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A7664
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§706 & 708, Lab L

2013-S4249 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the power of the public employment relations board to investigate unfair labor practices.

2013-S4249 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2013-S4249 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  4249

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             March 15, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  GOLDEN  --  (at  request  of the Public Employment
  Relations Board) -- read twice and ordered printed, and  when  printed
  to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions

AN  ACT  to  amend the labor law, in relation to the power of the public
  employment relations board to investigate unfair labor practices

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1. Subdivision 2 of section 706 of the labor law, as added by
chapter 443 of the laws of 1937, is amended to read as follows:
  2. Whenever a charge has been made that any employer has engaged in or
is engaging in any unfair labor practice, the board OR ITS  AGENT  shall
have THE power to [issue and cause to be served] SERVE upon such employ-
er  [a  complaint  stating  the charges in that respect and containing a
notice of hearing before the board at a place therein fixed to  be  held
not  less than seven days after the serving of said complaint] A COPY OF
THE CHARGE THAT WAS FILED WITH THE BOARD AND A NOTICE SETTING  THE  DATE
FOR THE SERVICE AND FILING OF AN ANSWER. Any such [complaint] CHARGE may
be  amended  [by  the  board  or its agent conducting the hearing at any
time]  FROM TIME TO TIME prior to the issuance of an order based  there-
on.    The  EMPLOYER OR THE person so [complained of] CHARGED shall have
the right to file an answer to the original or  amended  [complaint  not
less  than  five  days  after  the  service  of such original or amended
complaint] CHARGE and to appear in person or otherwise to give testimony
at the place and time set [in the complaint] BY THE BOARD OR ITS  AGENT.
In the discretion of a member or agent conducting the hearing, or of the
board, any other person may be allowed to intervene in the said proceed-
ing  and  to  present testimony. In any such proceeding the board or its
agent shall not be bound by technical rules of  evidence  prevailing  in
the courts of law or equity.
  S  2.  Subdivision  5  of  section 708 of the labor law, as amended by
chapter 496 of the laws of 1963, is amended to read as follows:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09000-01-3
              

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