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Senate Bill S5152

2009-2010 Legislative Session

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

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2009-S5152 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A11547
Current Committee:
Senate Labor
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง27-b, Lab L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S1817
2013-2014: S3684

2009-S5152 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2009-S5152 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S5152 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  5152

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             April 27, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. MORAHAN -- 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  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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