Assembly Bill A6971

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-A6971 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5620
Current Committee:
Assembly Labor
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §740, Lab L; amd §75-b, Civ Serv L
Versions Introduced in 2009-2010 Legislative Session:
A2126, S5194

2011-A6971 (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 believe 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-A6971 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  6971

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              April 6, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. WRIGHT -- read once and referred to the Committee
  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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