Assembly Bill A2024

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Enacts provisions providing protection to employees from retaliatory actions by employers where such employees report illegal business activities

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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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2011-A2024 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §740, Lab L; amd §75-b, Civ Serv L
Versions Introduced in 2009-2010 Legislative Session:
A2126

2011-A2024 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts provisions providing protection to employees from retaliatory actions by employers where such employees report illegal business activities; applicable to employees who in good faith reasonably believes that an illegal business activity has or will occur, based on information that the employee reasonably believes to be true; provides remedies and relief.

2011-A2024 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  2024

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 13, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. LANCMAN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Labor

AN ACT to amend the labor law and the civil service law, in relation  to
  protection of employees against retaliatory action by employers

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as  the  "whistle-
blower protection act".
  S 2. Section 740 of the labor law, as added by chapter 660 of the laws
of  1984,  paragraph  (g) of subdivision 1 as added and paragraph (a) of
subdivision 2 as amended by chapter 442 of the laws of  2006  and  para-
graph  (d)  of subdivision 4 as added by chapter 24 of the laws of 2002,
is amended to read as follows:
  S 740. Retaliatory personnel  action  by  employers;  prohibition.  1.
Definitions.  For  purposes  of this section, unless the context specif-
ically indicates otherwise:
  (a) "Employee" means an individual who performs services for and under
the control and direction of an employer for wages  or  other  remunera-
tion.
  (b)  "Employer"  means  any  person,  firm,  partnership, institution,
corporation, or association that employs one or more employees.
  (c) "Law, rule or regulation" includes: (I) any duly enacted  FEDERAL,
STATE  OR  LOCAL  statute or ordinance [or]; (II) any rule or regulation
promulgated pursuant to [any federal, state or local]  SUCH  statute  or
ordinance;  OR  (III) ANY JUDICIAL OR ADMINISTRATIVE DECISION, RULING OR
ORDER.
  (d) "Public body" includes the following:
  (i) the United States Congress, any state legislature, or  any  [popu-
larly-elected] ELECTED local governmental body, or any member or employ-
ee thereof;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD04117-01-1

              

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