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Assembly Bill A2725

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Requires notification of actions of perpetrator of crime in workplace to former employer or workplace

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2009-A2725 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5152
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง27-b, Lab L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S1817
2013-2014: S3684

2009-A2725 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires notification of actions of perpetrator of crime in workplace to former employer or workplace.

2009-A2725 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  2725

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 21, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A. RABBITT, ERRIGO, MOLINARO, TOWNSEND -- Multi-
  Sponsored by -- M. of A.  CROUCH, DUPREY, GIGLIO, HAWLEY, OAKS,  WEIS-
  ENBERG -- read once and referred to the Committee on Labor

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  labor  law, in relation to preventing workplace
  violence

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

  Section  1.  Short  title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
"Joanne's law".
  S 2. Paragraph a of subdivision 2 of section 27-b of the labor law, as
added by chapter 82 of the laws of 2006, is amended to read as follows:
  a. "Employer" means: (1) ANY PRIVATE OR NON-MUNICIPAL INDUSTRY, TRADE,
OCCUPATION OR PROCESS; (2) the state; [(2)] (3) a political  subdivision
of the state, provided, however that this subdivision shall not mean any
employer  as defined in section twenty-eight hundred one-a of the educa-
tion law; and [(3)] (4) a public  authority,  a  public  benefit  corpo-
ration, or any other governmental agency or instrumentality thereof.
  S 3. Section 27-b of the labor law is amended by adding a new subdivi-
sion 7 to read as follows:
  7.  NOTIFICATION OF ACTIONS OF CRIME PERPETRATORS. THE PROPER AUTHORI-
TIES HAVING JURISDICTION OF A PERSON WHO HAS  COMMITTED  A  CRIME  IN  A
WORKPLACE  SHALL  NOTIFY THE FORMER EMPLOYER OF SAID PERSON OR THE WORK-
PLACE WHERE HE OR SHE WAS EMPLOYED  IF  SAID  PERSON  IS  RELEASED  FROM
INCARCERATION  OR HAS VIOLATED THE PROVISIONS OF HIS OR HER PROBATION OR
PAROLE. A WORKPLACE SHALL BE  NOTIFIED  ABOVE  ONLY  IF  THE  CRIME  WAS
COMMITTED  IN THE WORKPLACE AND THE EMPLOYER WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR NOTIFY-
ING THE PROPER POLICE AGENCY OF THE COMMISSION  OF  SAID  CRIME.    THIS
SECTION  SHALL APPLY TO THE RELEASE OF OR VIOLATION BY, AS STATED PREVI-
OUSLY, AN EMPLOYEE OR A VISITOR TO THE WORKPLACE WHERE  SAID  CRIME  WAS
COMMITTED AND SAID PERSON COMMITTED SAID CRIME.
  S 4. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD05786-01-9

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