Assembly Bill A10586

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                   10586
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               July 6, 2022
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 Introduced  by  COMMITTEE  ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Reyes) --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Labor
 
 AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation  to  employer  violations  of
   certain provisions allowing for workplace safety committees
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Section 27-d of the labor law is amended by  adding  a  new
 subdivision 9 to read as follows:
   9.  (A) IF AFTER INVESTIGATION THE COMMISSIONER FINDS THAT AN EMPLOYER
 HAS FAILED TO COMPLY WITH ANY PROVISION OF THIS SECTION,  INCLUDING  BUT
 NOT  LIMITED  TO  THE  RECOGNITION  OF A WORKPLACE SAFETY COMMITTEE, THE
 COMMISSIONER MAY ASSESS A CIVIL PENALTY OF NOT LESS  THAN  ONE  THOUSAND
 DOLLARS  BUT NOT TO EXCEED TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS. PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT
 IF THE COMMISSIONER FINDS THAT SUCH EMPLOYER HAS VIOLATED THE PROVISIONS
 OF THIS SECTION PREVIOUSLY IN THE PRECEDING SIX YEARS,  HE  OR  SHE  MAY
 ASSESS  A CIVIL PENALTY OF NOT LESS THAN ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS BUT NOT TO
 EXCEED TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS.
   (B) THE COMMISSIONER MAY ALSO ORDER OTHER APPROPRIATE RELIEF INCLUDING
 ENJOINING THE CONDUCT OF ANY PERSON OR EMPLOYER IN ADDITION TO ANY OTHER
 REMEDIES PERMITTED BY THIS SECTION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15941-03-2