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May 08, 2018 | referred to labor |
senate Bill S8466
2017-2018 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
Jose Peralta
(D, WF) 0 Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Labor Committee
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor Calendar
- Passed Senate
- Passed Assembly
- Delivered to Governor
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S8466 (ACTIVE) - Details
S8466 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S8466 SPONSOR: PERALTA TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the labor law, in relation to domestic workers and household employees PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: This bill requires that statements of employee rights and employer obli- gations for domestic workers are prepared in English, Spanish, Creole and other necessary languages. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Subdivision 1 of section 691 of the labor law is amended to require that every licensed employment agency under the jurisdiction of the commis- sioner and engaged in the job placement of domestic workers or household employees shall provide to each applicant for employment as a domestic worker or household employee and his or her prospective employer, before job placement is arranged, a written statement indicating the rights of such worker and employee and the obligations of his or her employer
S8466 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 8466 I N S E N A T E May 8, 2018 ___________ Introduced by Sen. PERALTA -- 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 domestic workers and household employees THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 691 of the labor law, as added by chapter 721 of the laws of 2004, is amended to read as follows: 1. Every licensed employment agency under the jurisdiction of the commissioner and engaged in the job placement of domestic workers or household employees shall provide to each applicant for employment as a domestic worker or household employee and his or her prospective employ- er, before job placement is arranged, a written statement indicating the rights of such worker and employee and the obligations of his or her employer under state and federal law. In the event any such licensed employment agency maintains a website, the text of such written state- ment shall also be provided on the agency's website. The department shall promulgate rules and regulations detailing what information should be included in such written statement. Such rules and regulations shall require that such statement of rights and obligations embody provisions of state and federal laws that pertain to domestic workers or household employees, both in their capacity as workers and employees in New York state and the United States and in their capacity specifically as domes- tic workers or household employees in New York state and the United States. Such statement of rights and obligations shall include, but not be limited to, a general description of employee rights and employer obligations pursuant to laws regarding minimum wage, overtime and hours of work, record keeping, social security payments, unemployment insur- ance coverage, disability insurance coverage and workers' compensation. SUCH STATEMENT OF RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS SHALL BE PREPARED IN ENGLISH, SPANISH, CREOLE AND ANY OTHER LANGUAGE DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSIONER TO BE SPOKEN AS A PRIMARY LANGUAGE BY A SUBSTANTIAL PERCENTAGE OF SUCH WORKERS OR EMPLOYEES. UPON THE REQUEST OF THE EMPLOYMENT AGENCY, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PROVIDE TRANSLATION ASSISTANCE TO SUCH AGENCY AND EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
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