Assembly Bill A10674

Signed By Governor
2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to written notice requirements for mass layoffs

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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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2019-A10674 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7344
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §860-b, Lab L

2019-A10674 - Summary

Relates to written notice requirements for mass layoffs; includes a requirement to notify all localities in the state where the employer remitted taxes in the current or previous year and each locality that provides police, firefighting, emergency medical or ambulance services to real property where the employer has a place of business.

2019-A10674 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10674
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               June 24, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  COMMITTEE  ON  RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Otis) --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Labor
 
 AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to  written  notice  require-
   ments for mass layoffs
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 860-b of the labor law,  as  added
 by chapter 475 of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  An employer may not order a mass layoff, relocation, or employment
 loss, unless, at least ninety days before the order  takes  effect,  the
 employer gives written notice of the order to the following:
   (a) affected employees and the representatives of affected employees;
   (b) the department; [and]
   (c)  the local workforce investment boards established pursuant to the
 federal Workforce Investment Act (P.L.  105-220)  for  the  locality  in
 which the mass layoff, relocation, or employment loss will occur;
   (D)  EACH  LOCALITY  IN THE STATE, INCLUDING MUNICIPALITIES AND SCHOOL
 DISTRICTS, TO WHICH THE EMPLOYER REMITTED TAXES IN THE CURRENT  YEAR  OR
 THE PREVIOUS YEAR; AND
   (E)  EACH  LOCALITY  IN THE STATE WHICH PROVIDES POLICE, FIREFIGHTING,
 EMERGENCY MEDICAL OR AMBULANCE SERVICES OR OTHER EMERGENCY  SERVICES  TO
 REAL  PROPERTY WHERE THE EMPLOYER HAS A PLACE OF BUSINESS SUBJECT TO THE
 MASS LAYOFF, RELOCATION, OR EMPLOYMENT LOSS, AS APPLICABLE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14822-02-0

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2019-A10674A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7344
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §860-b, Lab L

2019-A10674A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to written notice requirements for mass layoffs; includes a requirement to notify all localities in the state where the employer remitted taxes in the current or previous year and each locality that provides police, firefighting, emergency medical or ambulance services to real property where the employer has a place of business.

2019-A10674A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                 10674--A
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               June 24, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  COMMITTEE  ON  RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Otis) --
   read once  and  referred  to  the  Committee  on  Labor  --  committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to said committee
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the labor law, in relation to written notice require-
   ments for mass layoffs

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision 1 of section 860-b of the labor law, as added
 by chapter 475 of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as follows:
   1. An employer may not order a mass layoff, relocation, or  employment
 loss,  unless,  at  least ninety days before the order takes effect, the
 employer gives written notice of the order to the following:
   (a) affected employees and the representatives of affected employees;
   (b) the department; [and]
   (c) the local workforce investment boards established pursuant to  the
 federal  Workforce  Investment  Act  (P.L.  105-220) for the locality in
 which the mass layoff, relocation, or employment loss will occur;
   (D) THE CHIEF ELECTED OFFICIAL OF THE UNIT OR UNITS OF  LOCAL  GOVERN-
 MENT  AND  THE  SCHOOL  DISTRICT  OR DISTRICTS IN WHICH THE MASS LAYOFF,
 RELOCATION OR EMPLOYMENT LOSS WILL OCCUR; AND
   (E) EACH  LOCALITY  WHICH  PROVIDES  POLICE,  FIREFIGHTING,  EMERGENCY
 MEDICAL OR AMBULANCE SERVICES OR OTHER EMERGENCY SERVICES TO THE SITE OF
 EMPLOYMENT  SUBJECT  TO THE MASS LAYOFF, RELOCATION, OR EMPLOYMENT LOSS,
 AS APPLICABLE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14822-03-0

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