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May 02, 2012 |
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Assembly Bill A10063
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
LAVINE
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly 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
2011-A10063 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Labor
- Law Section:
- Labor Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §§195 & 198, Lab L
- Versions Introduced in 2013-2014 Legislative Session:
-
A3090
2011-A10063 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 10063 I N A S S E M B L Y May 2, 2012 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. LAVINE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Labor AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to annual reporting of wage information THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Paragraph (e) of subdivision 1 of section 195 of the labor law, as added by chapter 564 of the laws of 2010, is amended and a new paragraph (f) is added to read as follows: (e) The commissioner shall have discretion to waive or alter require- ments of paragraph (a) of this subdivision for temporary help firms as defined in section nine hundred sixteen of this chapter[.]; (F) THE COMMISSIONER SHALL HAVE DISCRETION TO WAIVE THE REQUIREMENTS OF PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION TO PROVIDE EMPLOYEES WITH ANNUAL NOTICES ON OR BEFORE FEBRUARY FIRST OF EACH SUBSEQUENT YEAR OF EMPLOY- MENT. SUCH WAIVERS SHALL BE LIMITED TO EMPLOYERS OR CLASSIFICATIONS OF EMPLOYERS DEEMED BY THE COMMISSIONER TO POSE A LESSER RISK OF UNDERPAY- MENT OF WAGES, AND SHALL INCLUDE AS A CONDITION A REQUIREMENT THAT ANY EMPLOYEE WHO SUBMITS A WRITTEN REQUEST SHALL BE PROVIDED WITH ONE COPY OF A NOTICE AS PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION APPLICABLE TO SUCH SUBSEQUENT YEAR OF EMPLOYMENT. S 2. Subdivisions 1-b and 1-d of section 198 of the labor law, as added by chapter 564 of the laws of 2010, are amended to read as follows: 1-b. If any employee is not provided within ten business days of his or her first day of employment a notice as required by subdivision one of section one hundred ninety-five of this article, he or she may recover in a civil action damages of fifty dollars for each work week that the violations occurred or continue to occur, but not to exceed a total of two thousand five hundred dollars, together with costs and reasonable attorney's fees. The court may also award other relief, including injunctive and declaratory relief, that the court in its discretion deems necessary or appropriate. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD15480-01-2
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