Senate Bill S2074

Signed By Governor
2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to written notice requirements for mass layoffs

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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-S2074 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A1919
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §860-b, Lab L (as proposed in S.8748 & A.10674-A)

2021-S2074 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to written notice requirements for mass layoffs; includes a requirement to notify each locality which provides police, firefighting, emergency medical or ambulance services to the site of employment at which the mass layoff will occur.

2021-S2074 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S2074 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2074
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 19, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  MAYER  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to  written  notice  require-
   ments for mass layoffs
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 860-b of the labor law, as amended
 by a chapter of the laws of 2020, amending the  labor  law  relating  to
 written notice requirements for mass layoffs, as proposed in legislative
 bills numbers S. 8748 and A. 10674-A, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  An employer may not order a mass layoff, relocation, or employment
 loss, unless, at least ninety days before the order  takes  effect,  the
 employer gives written notice of the order to the following:
   (a) affected employees and the representatives of affected employees;
   (b) the department;
   (c)  the local workforce investment boards established pursuant to the
 federal Workforce Investment Act (P.L. 105-220) for the locality [in] OF
 THE SITE OF EMPLOYMENT AT which the mass layoff, relocation, or  employ-
 ment loss will occur;
   (d)  the  chief elected official of the unit or units of local govern-
 ment and the school district or districts [in] FOR THE LOCALITY  OF  THE
 SITE  OF  EMPLOYMENT  AT which the mass layoff, relocation or employment
 loss will occur; and
   (e) each  locality  which  provides  police,  firefighting,  emergency
 medical or ambulance services or other emergency services to the site of
 employment  [subject  to the] WITHIN WHICH SUCH mass layoff, relocation,
 or employment loss WILL OCCUR, as applicable.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the  same  date  and  in  the  same
 manner as a chapter of the laws of 2020, amending the labor law relating
 to written notice requirements for mass layoffs, as proposed in legisla-
 tive bills numbers S. 8748 and A. 10674-A, takes effect.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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