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Senate Bill S8557

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Requires reporting on merit determinations relating to unfair labor practices and a certificate of compliance to be eligible for state economic incentives

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2025-S8557 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Add §45, Lab L

2025-S8557 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires reporting on merit determinations relating to unfair labor practices to the department of labor and a certificate of compliance to be eligible for state economic incentives.

2025-S8557 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S8557 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8557
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             October 29, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  BASKIN -- 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  requiring  reporting  on
   merit  determinations relating to unfair labor practices and a certif-
   icate of compliance to be eligible for state economic incentives

   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 45 to read
 as follows:
   §  45.  UNFAIR  LABOR PRACTICE REPORTING. 1. ANY EMPLOYER APPLYING FOR
 ANY ECONOMIC INCENTIVE, OR A RENEWAL OF SUCH INCENTIVE, AUTHORIZED UNDER
 THE TAX LAW, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT  LAW,  THIS  CHAPTER,  PUBLIC  HOUSING
 LAW,  GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, GENERAL CITY LAW, INSURANCE LAW, REAL PROP-
 ERTY TAX LAW, OR ANY OTHER LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK  SHALL  PROVIDE
 A CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE AS PART OF ITS APPLICATION.
   2. ANY EMPLOYER APPLYING FOR OR RECEIVING ECONOMIC INCENTIVES FROM THE
 STATE  SHALL  FILE  AN  ANNUAL  REPORT WITH THE DEPARTMENT DETAILING ANY
 MERIT DETERMINATIONS RELATING TO UNFAIR LABOR PRACTICES IN VIOLATION  OF
 ARTICLE  TWENTY  OF THIS CHAPTER OR THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS ACT (29
 U.S.C.  151  ET SEQ.) AND THE OUTCOME OF SUCH DETERMINATIONS.
   3. AFTER A REVIEW OF THE MATERIALS SUBMITTED PURSUANT  TO  SUBDIVISION
 TWO OF THIS SECTION BY THE DEPARTMENT, EMPLOYERS SHALL RECEIVE A CERTIF-
 ICATE OF COMPLIANCE DEEMING THEM ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE ECONOMIC INCENTIVES
 AUTHORIZED UNDER STATE LAW.
   § 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.
                                                            LBD13889-03-5

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