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Senate Bill S2134

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to retaliatory personnel action by employers

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2019-S2134 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Labor
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §740, Lab L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S7106
2017-2018: S4646
2021-2022: S3172
2023-2024: S4355

2019-S2134 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to retaliatory personnel action by employers.

2019-S2134 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S2134 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2134
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 22, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SANDERS -- 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  retaliatory  personnel
   action by employers
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 2 of section 740 of the  labor
 law, as added by chapter 660 of the laws of 1984, is amended and two new
 paragraphs (d) and (e) are added to read as follows:
   (c) objects to, or refuses to participate in any such activity, policy
 or practice in violation of a law, rule or regulation[.]; OR
   (D)  COMPLAINS  TO THE EMPLOYER OR SUPERVISOR THAT WAGES HAVE NOT BEEN
 PAID ACCORDING TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT; OR
   (E) INSTITUTES OR PLANS ON INSTITUTING A CIVIL ACTION AS SET FORTH  IN
 SUBDIVISION FOUR OF THIS SECTION.
   §  2.  Paragraph (e) of subdivision 5 of section 740 of the labor law,
 as added by chapter 660 of the laws of  1984,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   (e)  the  payment  by the employer of reasonable costs, disbursements,
 [and] attorney's fees AND A FINE OF NOT LESS THAN FIVE THOUSAND  DOLLARS
 NOR MORE THAN TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08143-01-9

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