Assembly Actions -
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Feb 26, 2015 |
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Senate Bill S4041
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Labor Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2015-S4041 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Labor
- Law Section:
- Labor Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §740, Lab L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2009-2010:
S61
2011-2012: S1617
2013-2014: S660
2015-S4041 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Prohibits retaliatory personnel action by an employer against an employee who discloses or threatens to disclose an activity, policy or practice of the employer or a fellow employee that is in violation of law; removes requirement that such violation of law present a substantial and specific danger to public health or safety.
2015-S4041 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S4041 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the labor law, in relation to prohibit- ing certain retaliatory personnel action by employers PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: To protect individuals that disclose acts of employers or fellow employees that violate the law, while main- taining the "substantial and specific danger to public health or safety" requirement for the disclosure of acts that violate rules or regu- lations. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Paragraph (a) amends section 740 of the labor law by limiting the "substantial and specific danger to public health or safety" requirement to only the disclosure of violations of rules and regulations. Paragraph (a-1) adds a new sub-section to section 740 of the labor law that protects employees that disclose to a supervisor or public body activities, policies, or practices of their employer or other employees that violates the law. EFFECTS OF PRESENT LAW WHICH THIS BILL WOULD ALTER: The current law protects employees that disclose - to their supervisors or a public body - only those activities, policies, or practices of their employer that present a substantial and specific danger to the public health or safe- ty.
2015-S4041 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4041 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E February 26, 2015 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SAMPSON -- 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 prohibiting certain retal- iatory personnel action by employers THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section 740 of the labor law, as amended by chapter 442 of the laws of 2006, is amended and a new paragraph (a-1) is added to read as follows: (a) discloses, or threatens to disclose to a supervisor or to a public body an activity, policy or practice of the employer that is in violation of [law,] rule or regulation which violation creates and presents a substantial and specific danger to the public health or safe- ty, or which constitutes health care fraud; (A-1) DISCLOSES, OR THREATENS TO DISCLOSE TO A SUPERVISOR OR TO A PUBLIC BODY AN ACTIVITY, POLICY OR PRACTICE OF THE EMPLOYER OR ANOTHER EMPLOYEE THAT IS IN VIOLATION OF LAW; S 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD09142-01-5
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