Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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May 24, 2016 |
reported and committed to finance |
Feb 02, 2016 |
print number 757a |
Feb 02, 2016 |
amend (t) and recommit to labor |
Jan 06, 2016 |
referred to labor |
Jan 07, 2015 |
referred to labor |
Senate Bill S757A
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Finance Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
Bill Amendments
co-Sponsors
(D) 15th Senate District
(D) Senate District
(D, WF) Senate District
(D) Senate District
2015-S757 - Details
2015-S757 - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S757 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the labor law, in relation to enacting the "save New York call center jobs act of 2015" PURPOSE OF BILL: The purpose of this bill is to penalize companies that relocate call center jobs overseas by restricting their access to state contracts and loans. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: The bill amends the labor law by adding Article 21. Under Section 771, a call center employer that intends to relocate a call center, or one or more facilities or operating units within a call center compromising at least thirty percent of the call centers, or operating unit's total volume when measured against the previous twelve month average call volume of operations or substantially similar operations, from New York State to a foreign country shall notify the commissioner at least one hundred days before such relocation. A call center employer that violates subdivision one of this section shall be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed ten thousand dollars
2015-S757 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 757 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E (PREFILED) January 7, 2015 ___________ Introduced by Sens. KENNEDY, ADDABBO, AVELLA, HASSELL-THOMPSON, STAVI- SKY, VALESKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Labor AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to enacting the "save New York call center jobs act of 2015" THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "save New York call center jobs act of 2015". S 2. The labor law is amended by adding a new article 21 to read as follows: ARTICLE 21 SAVE NEW YORK CALL CENTER JOBS ACT SECTION 770. DEFINITIONS. 771. LIST OF RELOCATED CALL CENTERS. 772. GRANTS, GUARANTEED LOANS AND TAX BENEFITS. 773. PROCUREMENT CONTRACTS. 774. STATE BENEFITS FOR WORKERS. 775. NO PRIVATE RIGHT OF ACTION. S 770. DEFINITIONS. AS USED IN THIS ARTICLE: 1. THE TERM "CALL CENTER" MEANS A FACILITY OR OTHER OPERATION WHEREBY EMPLOYEES RECEIVE TELEPHONE CALLS OR OTHER ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE OR OTHER SERVICE. 2. (A) THE TERM "EMPLOYER" MEANS ANY BUSINESS ENTITY THAT EMPLOYS FIFTY OR MORE EMPLOYEES, EXCLUDING PART-TIME EMPLOYEES; OR FIFTY OR MORE EMPLOYEES THAT IN THE AGGREGATE WORK AT LEAST FIFTEEN HUNDRED HOURS PER WEEK, EXCLUDING OVERTIME HOURS, FOR THE PURPOSE OF STAFFING A CALL CENTER. (B) THE TERM "PART-TIME EMPLOYEE" MEANS AN EMPLOYEE WHO IS EMPLOYED FOR AN AVERAGE OF FEWER THAN TWENTY HOURS PER WEEK OR WHO HAS BEEN EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
co-Sponsors
(D) 15th Senate District
(D) Senate District
(D, WF) Senate District
(D) Senate District
2015-S757A (ACTIVE) - Details
2015-S757A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S757A TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the labor law, in relation to enacting the "save New York call center jobs act of 2016" PURPOSE OF BILL : The purpose of this bill is to penalize companies that relocate call center jobs overseas by restricting their access to state contracts and loans. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : The bill amends the labor law by adding Article 21. Under Section 771, a call center employer that intends to relocate a call center, or one or more facilities or operating units within a call center compromising at least thirty percent of the call centers, or operating unit's total volume when measured against the previous twelve month average call volume of operations or substantially similar operations, from New York State to a foreign country shall notify the commissioner at least one hundred days before such relocation. A call center employer that violates subdivision one of this section shall be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed ten thousand dollars for each day of such violation, except that the commissioner may reduce such amount for just cause shown.
2015-S757A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 757--A 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E (PREFILED) January 7, 2015 ___________ Introduced by Sens. KENNEDY, ADDABBO, AVELLA, HASSELL-THOMPSON, PANEPIN- TO, STAVISKY, VALESKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Labor -- recommitted to the Committee on Labor in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to enacting the "save New York call center jobs act of 2016" THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "save New York call center jobs act of 2016". S 2. The labor law is amended by adding a new article 21 to read as follows: ARTICLE 21 SAVE NEW YORK CALL CENTER JOBS ACT SECTION 770. DEFINITIONS. 771. LIST OF RELOCATED CALL CENTERS. 772. GRANTS, GUARANTEED LOANS AND TAX BENEFITS. 773. PROCUREMENT CONTRACTS. 774. STATE BENEFITS FOR WORKERS. 775. NO PRIVATE RIGHT OF ACTION. S 770. DEFINITIONS. AS USED IN THIS ARTICLE: 1. THE TERM "CALL CENTER" MEANS A FACILITY OR OTHER OPERATION WHEREBY EMPLOYEES RECEIVE TELEPHONE CALLS OR OTHER ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE OR OTHER SERVICE. 2. (A) THE TERM "EMPLOYER" MEANS ANY BUSINESS ENTITY THAT EMPLOYS FIFTY OR MORE EMPLOYEES, EXCLUDING PART-TIME EMPLOYEES; OR FIFTY OR MORE EMPLOYEES THAT IN THE AGGREGATE WORK AT LEAST FIFTEEN HUNDRED HOURS PER EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD01678-03-6
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