Assembly Bill A9059

                             
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                                   9059
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 31, 2022
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 Introduced  by M. of A. WOERNER -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Labor
 
 AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation  to  establishing  an  online
   database  identifying  regional  skills  and  employment  gaps and the
   skills and training needed to fill open and anticipated jobs
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  21  of  the labor law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 16 to read as follows:
   16. (I) SHALL ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN AN ONLINE DATABASE  USING  STATE-
 WIDE  LABOR  MARKET  DATA AND OTHER DATA SOURCES TO PRESENT DATA SHOWING
 REGIONAL LABOR MARKET SHORTAGES AND SURPLUSES AND REGIONAL  SKILLS  GAPS
 AND  OTHER  INFORMATION  TO  ENABLE THE PUBLIC, EDUCATORS, EMPLOYERS AND
 TRAINING PROVIDERS TO MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS AND ADDRESS REGIONAL LABOR
 SHORTAGES AND ANTICIPATED SHORTAGES IN REGIONAL LABOR MARKETS. THE DATA-
 BASE SHALL AGGREGATE DATA ON A  REGIONAL  BASIS  AND  INCLUDE  DATA  FOR
 INDUSTRIES  AND OCCUPATIONS CONSISTENT WITH THOSE IDENTIFIED BY REGIONAL
 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCILS AS PRIORITY OR KEY  INDUSTRIES,  INCLUDING
 BUT  NOT  LIMITED TO JOBS IN HEALTHCARE, ADVANCED MANUFACTURING, APPLIED
 TECHNOLOGIES, INFORMATION AND COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY, AND EDUCATION.
   (II) THE DATABASE SHALL IDENTIFY AVAILABLE DATA AND THE SOURCE OF SUCH
 DATA FOR THE FOLLOWING:
   (A) SPECIFIC OCCUPATIONS AND CLUSTERS OF OCCUPATIONS WITHIN EACH IDEN-
 TIFIED INDUSTRY AND THE MEDIAN HOURLY WAGES FOR EACH  OCCUPATION  BROKEN
 DOWN BY LEVELS OF EXPERIENCE.
  (B)  THE  ESTIMATED  ANNUAL  LABOR  MARKET DEMAND AND TURNOVER FOR EACH
 INDUSTRY AND THE CLUSTERS AND OCCUPATIONS WITHIN THOSE INDUSTRIES.
   (C) THE CURRENT AVAILABILITY  OF  JOB  OPENINGS  AND  ANTICIPATED  JOB
 OPENINGS FOR EACH INDUSTRY AND THE CLUSTERS AND OCCUPATIONS WITHIN THOSE
 INDUSTRIES.
   (D) THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING NEEDED TO FILL OPEN OR ANTICIPATED JOBS
 FOR  EACH  INDUSTRY AND THE CLUSTERS AND OCCUPATIONS WITHIN THOSE INDUS-
 TRIES.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   (E) THE ANNUAL NUMBER OF REGIONAL DEGREE AND  CERTIFICATE  EARNERS  IN
 OCCUPATIONS AND CLUSTERS WITHIN THE INDUSTRIES IDENTIFIED.
   (F)  ESTIMATES  OF THE DEFICIT OR SURPLUS OF WORKERS ACROSS THE REGION
 FOR EACH INDUSTRY, CLUSTERS OF OCCUPATIONS AND SPECIFIC OCCUPATIONS.
   (G) REGIONAL SKILLS GAPS FOR THE OCCUPATIONS, CLUSTERS AND  INDUSTRIES
 IDENTIFIED.
   (H) INCOME BENCHMARKS BY REGION AND INDUSTRY, USING POVERTY THRESHOLDS
 SET BY THE NEW YORK STATE SELF-SUFFICIENCY STANDARD STEERING COMMITTEE.
   (III)  THE  DATABASE  CREATED  PURSUANT  TO  THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL BE
 PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE WITHIN ONE YEAR AFTER THE  EFFECTIVE  DATE  OF  THIS
 SUBDIVISION AND SHALL BE UPDATED AT LEAST ONCE A MONTH THEREAFTER.
   (IV)  AS  USED  IN THIS SUBDIVISION THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE
 FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   (A) "REGION" AND "REGIONAL" SHALL REFER TO  THE  ECONOMIC  DEVELOPMENT
 REGIONS AS DEFINED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
   (B)  "SKILLS  GAP" SHALL MEAN THE GAPS BETWEEN THE SKILLS OF POTENTIAL
 EMPLOYEES IN EACH REGION AND THE SKILLS EMPLOYERS IN EACH REGION SEEK IN
 EMPLOYEES.
   (C) "CLUSTER" SHALL MEAN THE GROUPS OF OCCUPATIONS  WITHIN  INDUSTRIES
 THAT ARE CLOSELY ASSOCIATED IN THE TYPE OF WORK AND THE SKILLS NEEDED TO
 ACCOMPLISH THAT WORK.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.