S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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9796--A
I N A S S E M B L Y
April 9, 2024
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Introduced by M. of A. BRONSON -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Labor -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted
as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the labor law and the education law, in relation to
creating a workplace rights document to be provided to minors seeking
employment
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 137-a to
read as follows:
§ 137-A. WORKPLACE RIGHTS DOCUMENT. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL DEVELOP, AND
MAKE AVAILABLE TO SCHOOL OFFICIALS, A WORKPLACE RIGHTS DOCUMENT TO BE
PROVIDED TO MINORS SEEKING AN EMPLOYMENT CERTIFICATE OR PERMIT PURSUANT
TO ARTICLE SIXTY-FIVE OF THE EDUCATION LAW. SUCH DOCUMENT SHALL CLEARLY
EXPLAIN BASIC LABOR RIGHTS EXTENDED TO WORKERS, AND EXPRESS SUCH LABOR
RIGHTS IN PLAIN TERMINOLOGY, EASILY UNDERSTOOD BY A MINOR. THE WORKPLACE
RIGHTS DOCUMENT SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE ON THE DEPARTMENT'S WEBSITE AND
TRANSLATED BY THE DEPARTMENT IN THE TEN MOST COMMONLY SPOKEN LANGUAGES
IN THE STATE OR ANY LANGUAGE OTHERWISE REQUESTED BY THE MINOR SEEKING
THE EMPLOYMENT CERTIFICATE OR PERMIT. TOPICS COVERED IN SUCH WORKPLACE
RIGHTS DOCUMENT SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, LOCAL, STATE, AND
FEDERAL LAWS REGARDING EACH OF THE FOLLOWING ISSUES: (I) CHILD LABOR;
(II) WAGE AND HOUR PROTECTIONS; (III) WORKER SAFETY; (IV) WORKERS'
COMPENSATION; (V) PAID SICK LEAVE; (VI) PROHIBITIONS AGAINST RETALI-
ATION; AND (VII) THE RIGHT TO ORGANIZE A UNION IN THE WORKPLACE. ANY
MINOR SEEKING AN EMPLOYMENT CERTIFICATE OR PERMIT SHALL BE ISSUED,
BEFORE OR AT THE TIME OF RECEIVING SUCH EMPLOYMENT CERTIFICATE OR
PERMIT, THE WORKPLACE RIGHTS DOCUMENT. THE DOCUMENT SHALL BE PRODUCED TO
A MINOR IN PHYSICAL FORM.
§ 2. Section 3215-a of the education law is amended by adding a new
subdivision 4 to read as follows:
4. EMPLOYMENT CERTIFICATES OR PERMITS ISSUED TO STUDENTS SHALL INCLUDE
THE WORKPLACE RIGHTS DOCUMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-
SEVEN-A OF THE LABOR LAW.
§ 3. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD14982-03-4