NY State Senate Bill 2015-S8003

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Date of Action	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jun 03, 2016	referred to labor

2015-S8003 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A9933
Current Committee:: Senate Labor
Law Section:: Labor Law
Laws Affected:: Add §44, Lab L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2017-2018: A2164
2019-2020: A1056
2021-2022: A2542
2023-2024: A359
2025-2026: A3451

2015-S8003 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the establishment of a wage data clearinghouse to assist in the effective collection, organization, management, aggregation or disaggregation and analysis of available wage, employment and education released data and the examination of student progress and outcomes over time, as well as the effectiveness of workforce preparation programs.

2015-S8003 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S8003

 TITLE OF BILL :  An act to amend the labor law, in relation to the
establishment of a wage data clearinghouse

 PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL :

Require the State Department of Labor .(DOL) to issue an RFP to form a
partnership with an academic institution with proven experience in
analyzing labor market data to establish a research center to serve as
the State's clearinghouse for wage data. The clearinghouse would be
required to issue reports evaluating workforce preparation, worker
training and selected education programs, and to provide data on
workforce trends. This would allow the state to benefit from the
expertise of academics in conducting important research while keeping
the data protected.

 SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS :

Labor Law - § 44 wage data clearinghouse.

Section 1. The labor commissioner shall establish a wage data
clearinghouse in consultation with the commissioner of education and
the state workforce investment board.

Section 2. The wage data clearinghouse shall be administered by an

academic institution in New York state with proven experience in
analyzing labor data.

Section 3. The department shall provide the wage data clearinghouse
with all state and federal wage and employment related data it has
available.

Section 4. A nine member advisory board is established

Section 5. The wage data clearinghouse shall provide analyses on the
effectiveness of workforce preparation programs and other related
research.

Section 6. The advisory board will consult with DOL, the commissioner
of education and the state workforce investment board.

Section 7. The clearinghouse shall release reports and aggregated data
to the department, which shall be made available online.

Section 8. DOL shall issue an evaluation of this data clearinghouse
within one year, and every four years thereafter.

 EFFECTS OF PRESENT LAW WHICH THIS BILL WOULD ALTER :

Create new section 44 of Labor Law.

 JUSTIFICATION :

The state spends billions of state and federal dollars each year on
educating and training future workers through the PK-12 system, public
colleges and universities, workforce development and preparation
programs, and adult literacy classes. Yet policymakers and the public
have little idea which programs are effective and actually help
participants get on career paths that lead to living wage employment.

Since enactment of a state law in 2013, colleges and public workforce
programs have had access to the earnings and employment information of
people who completed their programs. While most large institutions do
have the capacity to meet the state's exacting standards for using the
information safely and effectively, smaller workforce preparation
programs which might benefit from information do not have the
technological capacity and analytical expertise to use the data.

Most other states are using wage data, often in combination with
education data to assess education and workforce programs.

Examples of Data Aggregation:

*Colleges and universities can now look at earnings of graduates, see
not only whether students got a job after graduation but whether they
stayed in a job and were able to move into higher paying positions.
*Individuals and policymakers can identify which educational and
workforce development programs are producing the best outcomes for
participants.
*This data will help the state and localities identify how many people
are trained in specific skills, where they are, whether they are out
of work or are looking for similarly skilled jobs, how many went
through such skill programs, are grads of programs and are successful
in training more.

 PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

None.

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS :

Subject to available appropriations.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
Immediately.

2015-S8003 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  8003

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              June 3, 2016
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. MARTINS -- 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  the  establishment  of  a
  wage data clearinghouse

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

  Section 1. The labor law is amended by adding a new section 44 to read
as follows:
  S 44. WAGE DATA CLEARINGHOUSE. 1.  THE COMMISSIONER, SUBJECT TO AVAIL-
ABLE APPROPRIATIONS AND IN CONSULTATION WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF  EDUCA-
TION  AND  THE  STATE WORKFORCE INVESTMENT BOARD, SHALL ESTABLISH A WAGE
DATA CLEARINGHOUSE. THE PURPOSE OF THE WAGE DATA CLEARINGHOUSE IS TO USE
AVAILABLE WAGE RECORD DATA, QUARTERLY CENSUS  OF  EMPLOYMENT  AND  WAGES
DATA, AND UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE DATA AND OTHER AVAILABLE DATA TO ASSIST
THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, POLICY MAKERS, WORKFORCE PREPARATION PROVIDERS,
INSTITUTIONS  OF  HIGHER  EDUCATION  AND  RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS WITH THE
COLLECTION, ORGANIZATION, MANAGEMENT, AGGREGATION OR DISAGGREGATION  AND
ANALYSIS  OF  SUCH DATA, AND THE ANALYSIS OF THE OUTCOMES AND EFFECTIVE-
NESS OF WORKFORCE PREPARATION PROGRAMS, AND  TO  CONDUCT  OTHER  RELATED
RESEARCH.
  2.  THE  WAGE  DATA CLEARINGHOUSE SHALL BE ADMINISTERED BY AN ACADEMIC
INSTITUTION IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITH PROVEN EXPERIENCE IN ANALYZING
LABOR DATA AND SHALL BE SELECTED BY THE  COMMISSIONER,  IN  CONSULTATION
WITH  THE  COMMISSIONER  OF EDUCATION AND THE STATE WORKFORCE INVESTMENT
BOARD, THROUGH A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL PROCESS. CRITERIA  SHALL  INCLUDE,
BUT  NOT  BE LIMITED TO, THE DEMONSTRATED ABILITY OF THE CHOSEN INSTITU-
TION TO ANALYZE WAGE REPORTING DATA AND TO LEVERAGE AND ATTRACT  FEDERAL
FUNDS, AND OTHER NON-GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS.
  3.  THE  DEPARTMENT SHALL PROVIDE THE WAGE DATA CLEARINGHOUSE WITH ALL
STATE AND FEDERAL WAGE AND EMPLOYMENT RELATED  DATA  IT  HAS  AVAILABLE,
INCLUDING  BUT  NOT  LIMITED  TO  WAGE  RECORD DATA, QUARTERLY CENSUS OF
EMPLOYMENT AND WAGES DATA AND UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE DATA.  ALL  DISCLO-
SURE REQUIREMENTS SPECIFIED IN SECTION FIVE HUNDRED THIRTY-SEVEN OF THIS

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD14992-03-6

S. 8003                             2

CHAPTER  SHALL  APPLY  TO  ALL WAGE DATA CLEARINGHOUSE EMPLOYEES WORKING
WITH THE DATA.
  4.  A WAGE DATA CLEARINGHOUSE ADVISORY BOARD IS HEREBY ESTABLISHED FOR
THE  PURPOSE  OF DETERMINING THE WAGE DATA CLEARINGHOUSE'S PRIORITIES IN
DATA ANALYSIS. THE ADVISORY BOARD SHALL CONSIST OF NINE  MEMBERS,  THREE
OF  WHOM  SHALL BE APPOINTED BY THE COMMISSIONER, THREE OF WHOM SHALL BE
APPOINTED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF  EDUCATION,  THREE  OF  WHOM  SHALL  BE
APPOINTED  BY  THE STATE WORKFORCE INVESTMENT BOARD.  THE ADVISORY BOARD
SHALL INCLUDE REPRESENTATIVES OF HIGHER EDUCATION, WORKFORCE PREPARATION
PROGRAMS, LARGE AND SMALL BUSINESSES,  LABOR  ORGANIZATIONS,  AND  OTHER
APPOINTEES  WITH EXPERTISE IN WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT THE DEPARTMENT DEEMS
APPROPRIATE.  CONSIDERATION SHALL BE GIVEN TO GEOGRAPHIC  REPRESENTATION
OF APPOINTEES.
  5.   THE WAGE DATA CLEARINGHOUSE SHALL USE WAGE RECORD DATA, QUARTERLY
CENSUS OF EMPLOYMENT AND WAGES DATA,  AND  UNEMPLOYMENT  INSURANCE  DATA
PROVIDED BY THE DEPARTMENT AND ANY OTHER DATA SETS PROVIDED BY ANY OTHER
STATE,  FEDERAL  OR  LOCAL  AGENCIES  IT  DEEMS  APPROPRIATE, TO PROVIDE
ANALYSES OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF WORKFORCE PREPARATION PROGRAMS THROUGH-
OUT THE STATE, AND ANY OTHER RESEARCH THE ADVISORY BOARD  IDENTIFIES  AS
HELPING  TO IMPROVE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS IN THE STATE, HELPING
TO CLOSE A MIDDLE SKILLS GAP  AND  CONTRIBUTING  TO  THE  ATTAINMENT  OF
LONG-TERM  EMPLOYMENT  OF RESIDENTS, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO ARE UNEMPLOYED
OR UNDER-EMPLOYED.
  6. THE ADVISORY BOARD OF THE WAGE DATA CLEARINGHOUSE WILL CONSULT WITH
THE DEPARTMENT, THE COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION AND  THE  STATE  WORKFORCE
INVESTMENT  BOARD, TO DETERMINE THE WAGE DATA CLEARINGHOUSE'S PRIORITIES
IN DATA ANALYSIS.
  7. THE WAGE DATA CLEARINGHOUSE SHALL RELEASE  REPORTS  AND  AGGREGATED
DATA  TO  THE  DEPARTMENT,  WHICH  SHALL  SHARE  SUCH INFORMATION ON THE
DEPARTMENT'S WEBSITE, AS WELL AS ON ANY WEBSITE MAINTAINED BY THE CLEAR-
INGHOUSE.
  8. ON OR BEFORE THE FIRST  OF  JANUARY,  TWO  THOUSAND  EIGHTEEN,  THE
DEPARTMENT  SHALL SUBMIT TO THE DIRECTOR OF THE BUDGET, THE CHAIR OF THE
SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE, THE CHAIR  OF  THE  ASSEMBLY  WAYS  AND  MEANS
COMMITTEE,  THE  CHAIRS  OF  SENATE  AND  ASSEMBLY LABOR COMMITTEES, THE
SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY, AND THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE OF THE SENATE, AN
EVALUATION OF THIS PROGRAM PREPARED BY  AN  ENTITY  INDEPENDENT  OF  THE
DEPARTMENT.  SUCH  EVALUATION SHALL BE SUBMITTED EVERY FOUR YEARS THERE-
AFTER.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Labor Committee

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