NY State Senate Bill 2023-S5124

Senate Bill S5124

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires copies and abstracts of certain provisions, rules and orders to be provided to new hires

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Finance Committee

Introduced
- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
Delivered to Governor
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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Apr 02, 2024	reported and committed to finance
Jan 03, 2024	referred to investigations and government operations
Apr 25, 2023	reported and committed to finance
Feb 23, 2023	referred to investigations and government operations

Votes

- Apr 2, 2024 - Investigations And Government Operations Committee Vote
  S5124
  
  5
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  2
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Investigations And Government Operations Committee Vote: Apr 2, 2024
      
      aye (5)
      
      Fernandez
      
      Gounardes
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Sepúlveda
      
      Skoufis
      
      aye wr (2)
      
      O'Mara
      
      Palumbo
  Apr 25, 2023 - Investigations And Government Operations Committee Vote
  S5124
  
  6
  
  Aye
  
  1
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Investigations And Government Operations Committee Vote: Apr 25, 2023
      
      aye (6)
      
      Fernandez
      
      Gounardes
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Palumbo
      
      Sepúlveda
      
      Skoufis
      
      nay (1)
      
      O'Mara

2023-S5124 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Finance
Law Section:: Tax Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §171-h, Tax L

2023-S5124 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires copies and abstracts of certain provisions, rules and orders to be provided to new hires both physically and digitally.

2023-S5124 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S5124

SPONSOR: HARCKHAM
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the tax law, in relation to requiring copies and
abstracts of certain provisions, rules and orders to be provided to new
hires

 
PURPOSE:

The purpose of this legislation is to ensure employees have digital
access to the copies and abstracts of certain provisions, rules, and
orders that are required to be physically posted by employers.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 amends section 171-h of the tax law to require employers to
additionally provide copies or abstracts of such provisions, rules, and
orders that are physically posted in the workplace, digitally through
email or posted on the website of the employer. Additionally, it estab-
lishes guidelines for employers to ensure employees are able to access

and are aware they are able to access these documents digitally.

Section 2 states the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Under current law, employers are required to physically post copies and
abstracts of certain provisions, rules, and orders that pertain to
employees, including but not limited to information regarding the mini-
mum wage, health and safety, and discrimination.

Requiring these documents to be digitally sent to a newly hired employee
will ensure employees have access to rules and regulations pertaining to
them at all times, not just while physically at work.  Providing access
to employees to personal digitized copies of these laws will ensure they
are aware of the rules and regulations that pertain to them.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

This is a new bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

To be determined.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the one-hundred-eightieth day after it
shall have become a law.

2023-S5124 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5124
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 23, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. HARCKHAM -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
   ment Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the  tax  law,  in  relation  to  requiring  copies  and
   abstracts  of  certain  provisions, rules and orders to be provided to
   new hires

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  171-h  of the tax law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 5 to read as follows:
   (5) LAWS AND ORDERS TO BE PROVIDED TO NEW HIRES.  WHENEVER INDIVIDUALS
 ARE NEWLY HIRED OR RE-HIRED WHO ARE AFFECTED BY THE PROVISIONS  OF  THIS
 CHAPTER,  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL  FURNISH  TO  THE  EMPLOYER COPIES OR
 ABSTRACTS OF SUCH PROVISIONS, RULES AND ORDERS AS THE  COMMISSIONER  MAY
 DEEM NECESSARY AFFECTING SUCH INDIVIDUALS. THE COPIES OR ABSTRACTS SHALL
 BE  IN  SUCH  LANGUAGE AS THE COMMISSIONER MAY REQUIRE AND SHALL BE KEPT
 POSTED BY THE EMPLOYER IN A CONSPICUOUS  PLACE  PURSUANT  TO  RULES  AND
 REGULATIONS  PROMULGATED  BY  THE COMMISSIONER. DIGITAL VERSIONS OF SUCH
 COPIES AND ABSTRACTS SHALL ALSO BE MADE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE EMPLOYER'S
 WEBSITE OR BY EMAIL.  EMPLOYERS  SHALL  PROVIDE  NOTICE  THAT  DOCUMENTS
 REQUIRED   FOR  PHYSICAL  POSTING  ARE  ALSO  AVAILABLE  ELECTRONICALLY.
 EMPLOYERS SHALL PROVIDE THE DEPARTMENT WITH AN EMAIL  ADDRESS  FOR  EACH
 NEWLY  HIRED OR RE-HIRED EMPLOYEE REPORTED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION THREE
 OF THIS SECTION, AND THE DEPARTMENT SHALL AUTOMATICALLY EMAIL  ANY  SUCH
 DIGITAL  VERSIONS  OF COPIES AND ABSTRACTS AFFECTING SUCH NEWLY HIRED OR
 RE-HIRED EMPLOYEE. ALL OTHER DOCUMENTS REQUIRED TO BE PHYSICALLY  POSTED
 AT  A  WORKSITE  PURSUANT  TO STATE OR FEDERAL LAWS OR REGULATIONS SHALL
 ALSO BE MADE ELECTRONICALLY AVAILABLE IN THE MANNER  DESCRIBED  PURSUANT
 TO THIS SECTION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it  shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
 tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be  made  and
 completed on or before such effective date.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09641-01-3

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