Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Oct 23, 2021 |
signed chap.493 |
Oct 13, 2021 |
delivered to governor |
Jun 07, 2021 |
returned to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading rules cal.473 substituted for a7373 |
Jun 07, 2021 |
substituted by s17a rules report cal.473 reported |
Jun 02, 2021 |
reported referred to rules |
May 24, 2021 |
reported referred to codes |
May 06, 2021 |
referred to labor |
Assembly Bill A7373
Signed By Governor2021-2022 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
BRONSON
Archive: Last Bill Status Via S17 - Signed by Governor
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
co-Sponsors
John T. McDonald III
Peter Abbate
Sandy Galef
Jonathan Jacobson
2021-A7373 (ACTIVE) - Details
2021-A7373 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7373 2021-2022 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y May 6, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BRONSON -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Labor AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to authorizing employees to petition an employer to apply to participate in a shared work program for purposes of avoiding a reduction in workforce or for purposes of re-hiring THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The labor law is amended by adding a new section 605-a to read as follows: § 605-A. SHARED WORK PROGRAM. 1. ANY GROUP OF EMPLOYEES WHO MAY REASONABLY BE EXPECTED TO EXPERIENCE AN EMPLOYMENT LOSS AS A CONSEQUENCE OF A REDUCTION IN WORKFORCE OR HAVE EXPERIENCED EMPLOYMENT LOSS AS A CONSEQUENCE OF A REDUCTION IN WORKFORCE MAY PETITION IN WRITING THE EMPLOYER OF SUCH GROUP OF EMPLOYEES TO APPLY TO PARTICIPATE IN A SHARED WORK PROGRAM PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE FOR PURPOSES OF AVOIDING SUCH REDUCTION IN WORKFORCE OR FOR PURPOSES OF RE-HIRING ANY FORMER EMPLOYEE OR EMPLOYEES OF THE EMPLOYER THAT WERE LAID OFF DUE TO A REDUCTION IN WORKFORCE. SUCH EMPLOYER SHALL, NO LATER THAN SEVEN DAYS AFTER SUCH PETITION HAS BEEN MADE, RESPOND IN WRITING TO SUCH GROUP OF EMPLOYEES. SUCH RESPONSE SHALL STATE THE DECISION OF THE EMPLOYER TO APPLY OR NOT TO APPLY TO PARTICIPATE IN A SHARED WORK PROGRAM, AND THE REASON FOR DECIDING TO APPLY OR NOT TO APPLY TO PARTICIPATE IN A SHARED WORK PROGRAM, AND IF THE EMPLOYER DID APPLY, THE OUTCOME OF THE APPLICATION, IF AVAILABLE. 2. NO EMPLOYER OR THEIR AGENT, OR PERSON ACTING AS OR ON BEHALF OF A HIRING ENTITY, OR THE OFFICER OR AGENT OF ANY CORPORATION, PARTNERSHIP, OR LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, SHALL DISCRIMINATE, RETALIATE AGAINST, OR TAKE ADVERSE ACTION AGAINST ANY EMPLOYEE FOR EXERCISING THE RIGHTS AFFORDED TO THEM UNDER 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.
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