Senate Bill S1069

Signed By Governor
2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to employment agencies

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Archive: Last Bill Status Via A380 - Signed by Governor


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2017-S1069 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A380
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§173, 174, 181 & 189, Gen Bus L; amd §11, Chap of 2016 (as proposed in S.8102 & A.10672)

2017-S1069 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to employment agencies including the creation of terms and condition forms; relates to the effectiveness thereof.

2017-S1069 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S1069 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1069
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 6, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  KLEIN  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the general business  law,  in  relation  to  employment
   agencies;  and  to  amend  a chapter of the laws of 2016, amending the
   general business law relating to employment agencies, as  proposed  in
   legislative  bills  numbers  S.  8102 and A. 10672, in relation to the
   effectiveness thereof
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Paragraph b of subdivision 2 of section 173 of the general
 business law, as amended by a chapter of the laws of 2016, amending  the
 general  business  law  relating  to employment agencies, as proposed in
 legislative bills numbers S. 8102 and A. 10672, is amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   b.  The  application  for a license shall be accompanied by samples or
 accurate facsimiles of each and every form which  the  applicant  for  a
 license  will  require  applicants  for  employment to execute, and such
 forms must be approved by the  commissioner  before  a  license  may  be
 issued.  The  commissioner shall approve any such forms which fairly and
 clearly represent contractual terms and conditions between the  proposed
 employment  agency  and applicants for employment, such as are permitted
 by this article.  [The  commissioner  shall  determine  in  his  or  her
 discretion, which languages to provide, in addition to English, based on
 the size of the state population that speaks each language and any other
 factor  the  commissioner deems relevant. All forms shall be made avail-
 able to employment agencies in  such  a  manner  as  determined  by  the
 commissioner.]  THE  COMMISSIONER SHALL MAKE ALL FORMS REQUIRED PURSUANT
 TO THIS ARTICLE AVAILABLE TO EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES IN LANGUAGES OTHER THAN
 ENGLISH, INCLUDING ANY OTHER LANGUAGE THAT THE COMMISSIONER  DETERMINES,
 IN  HIS  OR HER DISCRETION, BASED ON THE SIZE OF THE NEW YORK POPULATION
 THAT SPEAKS EACH LANGUAGE AND ANY OTHER  FACTOR  THAT  THE  COMMISSIONER
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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