Senate Bill S4905A

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Enacts the "credit privacy in employment act" to prohibit the use of credit information in hiring and employment determinations

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Date of Action	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jun 14, 2012	print number 4905a
Jun 14, 2012	amend (t) and recommit to investigations and government operations
Jan 04, 2012	referred to investigations and government operations
Apr 29, 2011	referred to investigations and government operations

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2011-S4905 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A8070
Current Committee:: Senate Investigations And Government Operations
Law Section:: General Business Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §§380-b, 380-m, 380-c & 380-i, Gen Bus L; add §219-d, Lab L
Versions Introduced in 2013-2014 Legislative Session:: S3868, A2034

2011-S4905 - Summary

Enacts the "credit privacy in employment act" to prohibit the use of credit information in hiring and employment determinations.

2011-S4905 - Sponsor Memo

                                BILL NUMBER:S4905

TITLE OF BILL:

An act
to amend the executive law and the general business law, in relation to
the use of credit history for employment purposes

PURPOSE:

The purpose of this bill is to prohibit an employer or potential
employer from using an individual's credit history in his or her
decision making process to hire, terminate, promote, demote or
discipline an employee or possible employee.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1: This act shall be known as the "credit Privacy in Employment
Act".

Section 2: Amends Executive Law section 296 to prohibit an employer
from using an individual's credit history in decisions related to
hiring, terminating, promoting, demoting or disciplinary actions
against employees or potential employees. Further, such employers
would be prohibited from requesting such credit history for such
purpose during the job application process. An employer may use such

information if required by state or federal law to use such credit
history. If an employer requests a credit history for positions in
which such information can be collected, the employee or possible
employee must sign an authorization of consent form authorizing such
use. Violation of this law shall be an unlawful discriminatory
practice punishable under the Executive Law.

Section 3, 4 and 5: Amends General Business Law section 380-b and
section 380-c to expand the provisions of the Fair credit Reporting
Act to include provisions similar to the ones provided above in bill
section 2 with regard to the prohibition or limited use consumer
credit reports.

Section 6: Amends General Business Law section 380-i, so that when
using a consumer report or investigative consumer report, an employer
before taking an adverse action on such person based in whole, or in
part, shall provide to the job applicant or employee, a) the name,
address, and telephone number of such consumer reporting agency, b) a
description of the consumer's rights under this article and the
Executive Law, and c) a reasonable opportunity to respond to any
information contained in such report.

JUSTIFICATION:

The purpose of this bill is to prohibit an employer's access to certain
credit history information in connection with employment decisions, so
that those persons whose credit history has been negatively affected
by the current economic down turn may become more eligible for those
jobs that do exist.


With the current bad economic climate, many qualified persons, who
through no fault of their own, have low credit scores or sketchy
credit histories, have not been able to find work for months or years
at a time. In the employment selection process, those who have been
out of work the longest, may have more deficient credit histories,
hence they are less attractive to employers for those employment
opportunities that do exist.
These individuals are needlessly being disqualified for jobs that they
desperately need and which they are qualified for. However, the
consumer credit reports put, in many cases, an undeserved
questionable mark on individuals who otherwise would be qualified for
employment.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
This is a new bill and is a model act that was
drafted with the assistance of groups such as the New Yorker's for
Responsible Lending and the Neighborhood Economic Development
Advocacy Project (NEDAP).

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
180th day after it shall have become law.

2011-S4905 - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  4905

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             April 29, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  KLEIN  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
  ment Operations

AN ACT to amend the executive law  and  the  general  business  law,  in
  relation to the use of credit history for employment purposes

  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
the "credit privacy in employment act".
  S  2.  Section  296  of  the  executive law is amended by adding a new
subdivision 20 to read as follows:
  20. (A) EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR  IN  PARAGRAPH  (B)  OF  THIS
SUBDIVISION,  IT  SHALL  BE  AN  UNLAWFUL DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICE FOR AN
EMPLOYER, LABOR ORGANIZATION, EMPLOYMENT AGENCY OR LICENSING AGENCY  (I)
TO  USE INFORMATION IN THE CREDIT HISTORY OF A JOB APPLICANT OR EMPLOYEE
IN CONNECTION WITH OR AS A CRITERION FOR EMPLOYMENT DECISIONS RELATED TO
HIRING, TERMINATION, PROMOTION, DEMOTION, DISCIPLINE,  COMPENSATION,  OR
THE  TERMS,  CONDITIONS  OR PRIVILEGES OF EMPLOYMENT; OR (II) TO REQUEST
THE JOB APPLICANT'S OR EMPLOYEE'S CREDIT HISTORY FOR SUCH PURPOSE.
  (B) THE PROVISIONS OF PARAGRAPH (A)  OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION  SHALL  NOT
APPLY  IF  THE EMPLOYER IS REQUIRED BY STATE OR FEDERAL LAW TO USE INDI-
VIDUAL CREDIT HISTORY FOR EMPLOYMENT PURPOSES.
  (C) BEFORE AN EMPLOYER MAY REQUEST OR USE A CREDIT HISTORY PURSUANT TO
PARAGRAPH (B) OF THIS SUBDIVISION, THE JOB APPLICANT OR  EMPLOYEE  SHALL
BE  GIVEN  AND  SIGN  AN AUTHORIZATION AND CONSENT FORM WHICH EXPLICITLY
STATES THE SPECIFIC PURPOSE, USE AND LIMITATION OF USE  OF  SUCH  CREDIT
HISTORY AS IT PERTAINS TO THE EMPLOYMENT DECISION.
  (D) AS USED IN THIS SUBDIVISION, "CREDIT HISTORY" MEANS ANY WRITTEN OR
OTHER  COMMUNICATION  OF ANY INFORMATION BY A CONSUMER REPORTING AGENCY,
AS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED EIGHTY-A  OF  THE  GENERAL  BUSINESS

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11204-01-1

S. 4905                             2

LAW,  THAT  BEARS  ON A CONSUMER'S CREDIT WORTHINESS, CREDIT STANDING OR
CREDIT CAPACITY.
  S  3.  Paragraph  3 of subdivision (a) of section 380-b of the general
business law, as amended by chapter 797 of the laws of 1984, is  amended
to read as follows:
  (3)  To  a  person  whom  it  has reason to believe intends to use the
information (i) in connection with a credit  transaction  involving  the
consumer  on  whom  the information is to be furnished and involving the
extension of credit to, or review or collection of an  account  of,  the
consumer,  or (ii) for employment purposes, SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF
SUBDIVISION TWENTY OF SECTION TWO HUNDRED NINETY-SIX  OF  THE  EXECUTIVE
LAW, or (iii) in connection with the underwriting of insurance involving
the  consumer, or (iv) in connection with a determination of the consum-
er's eligibility for a license or other benefit  granted  by  a  govern-
mental instrumentality required by law to consider an applicant's finan-
cial  responsibility  or status, or (v) to a person in connection with a
business transaction involving the consumer where the user has a legiti-
mate business need for such information, or (vi) in connection with  the
rental or lease of a residence.
  S  4. Section 380-b of the general business law is amended by adding a
new subdivision (e) to read as follows:
  (E) NO EMPLOYER SHALL REQUEST OR USE A  CONSUMER  REPORT  OR  INVESTI-
GATIVE CONSUMER REPORT, WHERE THE REPORT CONTAINS INFORMATION BEARING ON
THE  CONSUMER'S CREDITWORTHINESS, CREDIT STANDING OR CREDIT CAPACITY, IN
CONNECTION WITH OR AS A CRITERION FOR EMPLOYMENT  DECISIONS  RELATED  TO
HIRING,  TERMINATION,  PROMOTION, DEMOTION, DISCIPLINE, COMPENSATION, OR
THE TERMS, CONDITIONS OR PRIVILEGES OF EMPLOYMENT, UNLESS THE REPORT  IS
REQUESTED  OR USED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION TWENTY OF SECTION TWO HUNDRED
NINETY-SIX OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW.
  S 5. Subdivision (d) of section 380-c of the general business law,  as
added by chapter 867 of the laws of 1977, is amended to read as follows:
  (d)  If a person applying for credit, insurance, or employment refuses
to authorize the procurement or preparation of an investigative consumer
report, the prospective creditor, insurer or  employer  may  decline  to
grant  credit, insurance or employment on the grounds that the applicant
refused to  execute  such  authorization;  PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,  THAT  AN
EMPLOYER  SHALL NOT REFUSE TO HIRE A PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYEE ON THE GROUNDS
THAT THE PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYEE REFUSES TO AUTHORIZE  THE  PROCUREMENT  OF
INFORMATION  TO  WHICH THE EMPLOYER IS NOT ENTITLED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVI-
SION TWENTY OF SECTION TWO HUNDRED NINETY-SIX OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW.
  S 6. Section 380-i of the general business law is amended by adding  a
new subdivision (d) to read as follows:
  (D)  IN  USING  A  CONSUMER  REPORT  OR INVESTIGATIVE CONSUMER REPORT,
WHETHER THE  REPORT  CONTAINS  INFORMATION  BEARING  ON  THE  CONSUMER'S
CREDITWORTHINESS,  CREDIT  STANDING  OR  CREDIT  CAPACITY,  AN EMPLOYER,
BEFORE TAKING ANY ADVERSE ACTION BASED IN WHOLE OR PART ON  THE  REPORT,
SHALL PROVIDE TO THE JOB APPLICANT OR EMPLOYEE:
  (1)  THE NAME, ADDRESS, AND TELEPHONE NUMBER OF THE CONSUMER REPORTING
AGENCY PROVIDING THE REPORT;
  (2) A DESCRIPTION OF THE CONSUMER'S RIGHTS UNDER SUBDIVISION TWENTY OF
SECTION TWO HUNDRED NINETY-SIX OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW  AND  SECTION  THREE
HUNDRED EIGHTY-B OF THIS ARTICLE; AND
  (3)  A  REASONABLE  OPPORTUNITY  TO  RESPOND TO ANY INFORMATION IN THE
REPORT THAT IS DISPUTED BY THE CONSUMER.
  S 7. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
it shall have become a law.

2011-S4905A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A8070
Current Committee:: Senate Investigations And Government Operations
Law Section:: General Business Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §§380-b, 380-m, 380-c & 380-i, Gen Bus L; add §219-d, Lab L
Versions Introduced in 2013-2014 Legislative Session:: S3868, A2034

2011-S4905A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the "credit privacy in employment act" to prohibit the use of credit information in hiring and employment determinations.

2011-S4905A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                BILL NUMBER:S4905A

TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the general business law and the labor law, in relation to
the use of credit history for employment purposes

PURPOSE:
The purpose of this bill is to prohibit an employer or
potential employer from using an individual's credit history in his
or her decision making process to hire, terminate, promote, demote or
discipline an employee or possible employee.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
This bill would prohibit an employer from using
an individual's credit history in decisions related to hiring,
terminating, promoting, demoting or disciplinary actions against
employees or potential employees. An employer may use such
information if required by state or federal law to use such credit
history.

The bill would also require employers, when using a consumer report or
investigative consumer report containing credit history information
and taking an adverse action based in whole, or in part on such
report, shall provide to the job applicant or employee: a) the name,
address, and telephone number of such consumer reporting agency; b) a

description of the consumer's rights under section 380-b of this
article; and c) a reasonable opportunity to respond to any
information contained in such report.

JUSTIFICATION:
The purpose of this bill is to prohibit an employer's
access to certain credit history information in connection with
employment decisions, so that those persons whose credit history has
been negatively affected by the current economic down turn may become
more eligible for those jobs that do exist.

There is no evidence showing a correlation between employee credit
history and job performance or tendency to commit fraud. In fact, in
2010, Eric Rosenberg, Director of state Government Relations for
TransUnion, one of the "big three" nationwide credit reporting
agencies, told a panel of Oregon legislators examining this issue
that, "At this point we don't have any research to show any
statistical correlation between what's in somebody's credit report
and their job performance or their likelihood to commit fraud."

With the current bad economic climate, many qualified persons, who
through no fault of their own, have low credit scores or less than
ideal credit histories, have not been able to find work for months
or years at a time. In the employment selection process, those who
have been out of work the longest may have more deficient credit
histories, hence they
are less attractive to employers for those employment opportunities
that do exist. These individuals are needlessly being disqualified
for jobs that they desperately need and which they are qualified for.
However, the consumer credit reports put, in many cases, an


undeserved questionable mark on individuals who otherwise would be
qualified for employment.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
This is a new bill.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
180th day after it shall have become law.

2011-S4905A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                 4905--A

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             April 29, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  KLEIN  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
  ment Operations -- recommitted to the Committee on Investigations  and
  Government  Operations  in  accordance  with  Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 --
  committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended  and
  recommitted to said committee

AN  ACT to amend the general business law and the labor law, in relation
  to the use of credit history for employment purposes

  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
the "credit privacy in employment act".
  S 2. Paragraph 3 of subdivision (a) of section 380-b  of  the  general
business  law, as amended by chapter 797 of the laws of 1984, is amended
to read as follows:
  (3) To a person whom it has reason  to  believe  intends  to  use  the
information  (i)  in  connection with a credit transaction involving the
consumer on whom the information is to be furnished  and  involving  the
extension  of  credit  to, or review or collection of an account of, the
consumer, or (ii) for employment purposes, SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS  OF
SECTION  THREE  HUNDRED  EIGHTY-U OF THIS ARTICLE or (iii) in connection
with the underwriting of insurance involving the consumer,  or  (iv)  in
connection  with  a  determination  of  the consumer's eligibility for a
license or other  benefit  granted  by  a  governmental  instrumentality
required  by  law to consider an applicant's financial responsibility or
status, or (v) to a person in connection  with  a  business  transaction
involving the consumer where the user has a legitimate business need for
such  information,  or  (vi) in connection with the rental or lease of a
residence.
  S 3. Section 380-m of the general business law, as amended by  chapter
279 of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as follows:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11204-05-2

S. 4905--A                          2

  S  380-m.  Civil  liability  for negligent noncompliance. Any consumer
reporting agency or user of information who or  which  is  negligent  in
failing to comply with any requirement imposed under this article, other
than  a  violation  of  section  three hundred eighty-t OR THREE HUNDRED
EIGHTY-U of this article, with respect to any consumer is liable to that
consumer in an amount equal to the sum of:
  (a)  Any  actual  damages sustained by the consumer as a result of the
failure;
  (b) In the case of any successful  action  to  enforce  any  liability
under  this  section,  the  costs of the action together with reasonable
attorney's fees as determined by the court.
  S 4. Section 380-u of the general business law, as relettered by chap-
ter 63 of the laws of 2006,  is  renumbered  section  380-v  and  a  new
section 380-u is added to read as follows:
  S  380-U.  USE  OF  CREDIT  HISTORY  FOR EMPLOYMENT PURPOSES.   (A) NO
EMPLOYER, EMPLOYMENT AGENCY, OR LICENSING AGENCY,  OR  AGENT,  REPRESEN-
TATIVE OR DESIGNEE THEREOF, SHALL:
  (1)  USE  INFORMATION  IN  THE  CREDIT  HISTORY  OF A JOB APPLICANT OR
EMPLOYEE IN CONNECTION WITH OR AS A CRITERION FOR  EMPLOYMENT  DECISIONS
RELATED TO HIRING, TERMINATION, PROMOTION, DEMOTION, DISCIPLINE, COMPEN-
SATION, OR THE TERMS, CONDITIONS OR PRIVILEGES OF EMPLOYMENT; OR
  (2)  REQUEST THE JOB APPLICANT'S OR EMPLOYEE'S CREDIT HISTORY FOR SUCH
PURPOSE.
  (B) THE PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISION (A) OF THIS SECTION SHALL NOT  APPLY
TO  THE  EMPLOYERS  OF  LAW  ENFORCEMENT  OFFICERS OR IF THE EMPLOYER IS
REQUIRED BY STATE OR FEDERAL LAW TO USE INDIVIDUAL  CREDIT  HISTORY  FOR
EMPLOYMENT PURPOSES.
  (C)  AS  USED  IN  THIS SECTION, "CREDIT HISTORY" MEANS ANY WRITTEN OR
OTHER COMMUNICATION OF ANY INFORMATION BY A  CONSUMER  REPORTING  AGENCY
THAT  BEARS ON A CONSUMER'S CREDIT WORTHINESS, CREDIT STANDING OR CREDIT
CAPACITY.
  (D) (1) WHEREVER THERE SHALL BE A VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION, AN APPLI-
CATION MAY BE MADE BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL IN THE NAME OF THE PEOPLE  OF
THE  STATE  OF  NEW  YORK TO A COURT OR JUSTICE HAVING JURISDICTION BY A
SPECIAL PROCEEDING TO ISSUE  AN  INJUNCTION,  AND  UPON  NOTICE  TO  THE
DEFENDANT  OF NOT LESS THAN FIVE DAYS, TO ENJOIN OR RESTRAIN THE CONTIN-
UANCE OF SUCH VIOLATION; AND IF IT SHALL APPEAR TO THE  SATISFACTION  OF
THE  COURT  OR  JUSTICE  THAT  THE DEFENDANT HAS, IN FACT, VIOLATED THIS
SECTION, AN INJUNCTION MAY BE ISSUED BY SUCH COURT OR JUSTICE, ENJOINING
AND RESTRAINING ANY FURTHER VIOLATION, WITHOUT REQUIRING PROOF THAT  ANY
PERSON  HAS,  IN  FACT,  BEEN  INJURED  OR  DAMAGED THEREBY. IN ANY SUCH
PROCEEDING, THE COURT MAY MAKE ALLOWANCES TO  THE  ATTORNEY  GENERAL  AS
PROVIDED  IN  PARAGRAPH  SIX  OF SUBDIVISION (A) OF SECTION EIGHTY-THREE
HUNDRED THREE OF THE CIVIL PRACTICE LAW AND RULES, AND  DIRECT  RESTITU-
TION.    WHENEVER  THE  COURT  SHALL  DETERMINE THAT A VIOLATION OF THIS
SECTION HAS OCCURRED, THE COURT MAY IMPOSE A CIVIL PENALTY OF  NOT  MORE
THAN  TWO  THOUSAND  DOLLARS  FOR EACH VIOLATION. IN CONNECTION WITH ANY
SUCH PROPOSED APPLICATION, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL IS  AUTHORIZED  TO  TAKE
PROOF  AND  MAKE  A  DETERMINATION  OF  THE  RELEVANT FACTS AND TO ISSUE
SUBPOENAS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CIVIL PRACTICE LAW AND RULES.
  (2) ANY PERSON INJURED BY A VIOLATION OF THIS  SECTION  MAY  BRING  AN
ACTION  IN  HIS OR HER OWN NAME TO ENJOIN SUCH UNLAWFUL ACT OR PRACTICE,
AN ACTION TO RECOVER HIS OR HER ACTUAL DAMAGES OR  THREE  THOUSAND  FIVE
HUNDRED  DOLLARS, WHICHEVER IS GREATER, OR BOTH SUCH ACTIONS.  THE COURT
MAY, IN ITS DISCRETION, INCREASE THE AWARD OF DAMAGES TO AN  AMOUNT  NOT
TO  EXCEED THREE TIMES THE ACTUAL DAMAGES UP TO TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS, IF

S. 4905--A                          3

THE COURT FINDS THE DEFENDANT WILLFULLY OR KNOWINGLY VIOLATED THIS ARTI-
CLE. IN THE CASE OF ANY  SUCCESSFUL  ACTION  TO  ENFORCE  THE  FOREGOING
LIABILITY,  THE  COURT  MAY  AWARD THE COSTS OF THE ACTION TOGETHER WITH
REASONABLE ATTORNEY'S FEES.
  (E)  A  CONSUMER  MAY  FILE  A  COMPLAINT  ALLEGING A VIOLATION OF THE
PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDIVISION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR PURSUANT  TO
SECTION TWO HUNDRED NINETEEN-D OF THE LABOR LAW.
  S  5. Subdivision (d) of section 380-c of the general business law, as
added by chapter 867 of the laws of 1977, is amended to read as follows:
  (d) If a person applying for credit, insurance, or employment  refuses
to authorize the procurement or preparation of an investigative consumer
report,  the  prospective  creditor,  insurer or employer may decline to
grant credit, insurance or employment on the grounds that the  applicant
refused  to  execute  such  authorization;  PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,  THAT AN
EMPLOYER SHALL NOT REFUSE TO HIRE A PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYEE ON THE  GROUNDS
THAT  THE  PROSPECTIVE  EMPLOYEE REFUSES TO AUTHORIZE THE PROCUREMENT OF
INFORMATION TO WHICH THE EMPLOYER IS NOT ENTITLED  PURSUANT  TO  SECTION
THREE HUNDRED EIGHTY-U OF THIS ARTICLE.
  S  6. Section 380-i of the general business law is amended by adding a
new subdivision (d) to read as follows:
  (D) IN USING A CONSUMER REPORT OR INVESTIGATIVE CONSUMER REPORT, WHERE
THE REPORT CONTAINS INFORMATION BEARING ON THE CONSUMER'S  CREDITWORTHI-
NESS,  CREDIT STANDING OR CREDIT CAPACITY, AN EMPLOYER, OR AGENT, REPRE-
SENTATIVE OR DESIGNEE THEREOF BEFORE TAKING ANY ADVERSE ACTION BASED  IN
WHOLE  OR  PART  ON  THE  REPORT,  SHALL PROVIDE TO THE JOB APPLICANT OR
EMPLOYEE:
  (1) THE NAME, ADDRESS, AND TELEPHONE NUMBER OF THE CONSUMER  REPORTING
AGENCY PROVIDING THE REPORT;
  (2) A DESCRIPTION OF THE CONSUMER'S RIGHTS UNDER SECTION THREE HUNDRED
EIGHTY-B OF THIS ARTICLE; AND
  (3)  A  REASONABLE  OPPORTUNITY  TO  RESPOND TO ANY INFORMATION IN THE
REPORT THAT IS DISPUTED BY THE CONSUMER.
  S 7. The labor law is amended by adding a new section 219-d to read as
follows:
  S 219-D. FILING OF COMPLAINT.   ANY EMPLOYEE OR  PROSPECTIVE  EMPLOYEE
MAY  FILE  WITH  THE  COMMISSIONER  A  COMPLAINT  REGARDING  AN  ALLEGED
VIOLATION OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED EIGHTY-U OF THE GENERAL BUSINESS  LAW
FOR  AN INVESTIGATION OF SUCH COMPLAINT AND STATEMENT SETTING THE APPRO-
PRIATE REMEDY, IF ANY.
  S 8. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
it shall have become a law.

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