Senate Bill S9381

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to employer violations of certain provisions allowing for workplace safety committees

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  • 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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2021-S9381 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A10586
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §27-d, Lab L

2021-S9381 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to employer violations of certain provisions allowing for workplace safety committees; allows the commissioner of labor to assess civil penalties and to seek additional relief for such violations.

2021-S9381 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S9381 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9381
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 23, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. GIANARIS -- 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  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

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