Requires that a minimum of ten percent of the labor hours of the total construction workforce employed by all contractors and subcontractors performing work pursuant to a construction contract shall be performed by a person or persons participating in a certified apprenticeship program; makes technical amendments.
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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4738
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
February 6, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. DURSO -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Labor
AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to apprenticeship training
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The section heading, the opening paragraph of subdivision 1
and subdivision 2 of section 811 of the labor law, the section heading
and the opening paragraph of subdivision 1 as amended by chapter 482 of
the laws of 1961 and subdivision 2 as amended by chapter 51 of the laws
of 1968, are amended to read as follows:
Powers and duties of [industrial] THE commissioner; personnel.
The [industrial] commissioner shall have the following powers and
duties:
2. The [industrial] commissioner shall appoint a person who shall be
in charge of apprentice training in the department [of labor], and who
shall act as secretary of the state apprenticeship and training council
and of state joint apprenticeship committees. The [industrial] commis-
sioner is further authorized to appoint such clerical, technical, and
professional assistants as shall be necessary to effectuate the purposes
of this article. The personnel appointed under this article shall
receive an annual compensation to be fixed by the [industrial] commis-
sioner within the amount provided by appropriation.
§ 2. Section 816-b of the labor law, as amended by chapter 669 of the
laws of 2023, is amended by adding a new subdivision 3 to read as
follows:
3. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL REQUIRE THAT A MINIMUM OF TEN PERCENT OF THE
LABOR HOURS OF THE TOTAL CONSTRUCTION WORKFORCE EMPLOYED BY ALL CONTRAC-
TORS AND SUBCONTRACTORS PERFORMING WORK PURSUANT TO A CONSTRUCTION
CONTRACT AS DEFINED BY PARAGRAPH (B) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION
SHALL BE PERFORMED BY A PERSON OR PERSONS PARTICIPATING IN A CERTIFIED
APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE. ONLY HOURS WORKED BY A
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD01195-01-5
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