Assembly Bill A1088

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to eliminating a disincentive for whistleblowers

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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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2015-A1088 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Labor
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง740, Lab L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A8483
2017-2018: A2565
2019-2020: A375

2015-A1088 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to eliminating a disincentive for whistleblowers.

2015-A1088 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  1088

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             January 8, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. STECK -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Labor

AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to eliminating a disincentive
  for whistleblowers

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

  Section  1. Subdivision 7 of section 740 of the labor law, as added by
chapter 660 of the laws of 1984, is amended to read as follows:
  7. Existing rights. Nothing in this section shall be deemed to  dimin-
ish  the rights, privileges, or remedies of any employee under any other
law or regulation  or  under  any  collective  bargaining  agreement  or
employment  contract[;  except  that  the  institution  of  an action in
accordance with this section shall be deemed a waiver of the rights  and
remedies  available  under  any  other  contract,  collective bargaining
agreement, law, rule or regulation or under the common law].
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.






 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD04461-01-5

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