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Assembly Bill A7683

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Requires certain employment agencies to post job seekers rights in languages other than English

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2017-A7683 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2312
Current Committee:
Assembly Economic Development
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §188, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S5188
2011-2012: S1874
2013-2014: S504
2015-2016: S3039

2017-A7683 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires certain employment agencies to post job seekers rights in languages other than English.

2017-A7683 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7683
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                May 9, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. MOYA -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Economic Development
 
 AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to the conspicuous
   posting of the rights of job seekers in languages other than English
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  188  of  the general business law, as amended by
 chapter 519 of the laws of 2016, is amended to read as follows:
   § 188. Copies of law to be posted. 1. Every licensed person shall post
 in a conspicuous place in the main room of such agency, AND  IN  A  FONT
 SIZE PRESCRIBED BY THE COMMISSIONER, sections one hundred seventy-eight,
 one  hundred eighty-one, one hundred eighty-five, and one hundred eight-
 y-six, of this article. Such poster shall  also  contain  the  name  and
 address of the commissioner charged with the enforcement of this article
 in the place where the agency is located.
   2. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL DETERMINE IF THE LICENSED PERSON MUST POST A
 WRITTEN TRANSLATION OF SUCH POSTER IN ANY NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE, BASED ON
 THE  SIZE  OF  THE POPULATION THAT SPEAKS EACH LANGUAGE, THE LANGUAGE OF
 PERSONS COMMONLY DOING BUSINESS WITH SUCH OFFICE, AND ANY  OTHER  FACTOR
 THAT  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL  DEEM  RELEVANT.  THE  COMMISSIONER SHALL
 PROVIDE WRITTEN NOTICE TO THE LICENSED PERSON OF SUCH  REQUIREMENT  UPON
 SUCH DETERMINATION.
   3.  The  commissioner,  in conjunction with the director of the office
 for new Americans, shall  develop,  establish  and  implement  a  public
 awareness  campaign  regarding  the  rights  of job seekers. Such public
 awareness campaign shall be made available to the public  by  any  means
 deemed  appropriate  by  the commissioner and the director of the office
 for new Americans. Any materials developed and disseminated to job seek-
 ers according to this subdivision must also be distributed  to  licensed
 employment agencies.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 have become a law.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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