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                                  9796--A
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               April 9, 2024
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 Introduced  by M. of A. BRONSON -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Labor -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered  reprinted
   as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  labor law and the education law, in relation to
   creating a workplace rights document to be provided to minors  seeking
   employment

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1.  The labor law is amended by adding a new section 137-a  to
 read as follows:
   § 137-A. WORKPLACE RIGHTS DOCUMENT.  THE DEPARTMENT SHALL DEVELOP, AND
 MAKE  AVAILABLE  TO  SCHOOL OFFICIALS, A WORKPLACE RIGHTS DOCUMENT TO BE
 PROVIDED TO MINORS SEEKING AN EMPLOYMENT CERTIFICATE OR PERMIT  PURSUANT
 TO  ARTICLE SIXTY-FIVE OF THE EDUCATION LAW. SUCH DOCUMENT SHALL CLEARLY
 EXPLAIN BASIC LABOR RIGHTS EXTENDED TO WORKERS, AND EXPRESS  SUCH  LABOR
 RIGHTS IN PLAIN TERMINOLOGY, EASILY UNDERSTOOD BY A MINOR. THE WORKPLACE
 RIGHTS  DOCUMENT SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE ON THE DEPARTMENT'S WEBSITE AND
 TRANSLATED BY THE DEPARTMENT IN THE TEN MOST COMMONLY  SPOKEN  LANGUAGES
 IN  THE  STATE  OR ANY LANGUAGE OTHERWISE REQUESTED BY THE MINOR SEEKING
 THE EMPLOYMENT CERTIFICATE OR PERMIT. TOPICS COVERED IN  SUCH  WORKPLACE
 RIGHTS  DOCUMENT SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, LOCAL, STATE, AND
 FEDERAL LAWS REGARDING EACH OF THE FOLLOWING ISSUES:   (I) CHILD  LABOR;
 (II)  WAGE  AND  HOUR  PROTECTIONS;  (III)  WORKER SAFETY; (IV) WORKERS'
 COMPENSATION; (V) PAID SICK LEAVE;  (VI)  PROHIBITIONS  AGAINST  RETALI-
 ATION;  AND  (VII)  THE RIGHT TO ORGANIZE A UNION IN THE WORKPLACE.  ANY
 MINOR SEEKING AN EMPLOYMENT  CERTIFICATE  OR  PERMIT  SHALL  BE  ISSUED,
 BEFORE  OR  AT  THE  TIME  OF  RECEIVING  SUCH EMPLOYMENT CERTIFICATE OR
 PERMIT, THE WORKPLACE RIGHTS DOCUMENT. THE DOCUMENT SHALL BE PRODUCED TO
 A MINOR IN PHYSICAL FORM.
   § 2. Section 3215-a of the education law is amended by  adding  a  new
 subdivision 4 to read as follows:
   4. EMPLOYMENT CERTIFICATES OR PERMITS ISSUED TO STUDENTS SHALL INCLUDE
 THE  WORKPLACE  RIGHTS  DOCUMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-
 SEVEN-A OF THE LABOR LAW.
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.
 
              

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14982-03-4