NY State Senate Bill 2025-S4144

Senate Bill S4144

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Requires state agencies to provide labor organizations with certified payroll records of the contractors hired to perform public work by such agency

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2025-S4144 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Labor
Law Section:: Labor Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §220, Lab L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2009-2010: S8093
2011-2012: S3370
2013-2014: S3220
2015-2016: S1436
2017-2018: S3415
2019-2020: S4590
2021-2022: S4760
2023-2024: S5745

2025-S4144 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires state agencies to provide labor organizations with certified payroll records of the contractors hired to perform public work by such agency.

2025-S4144 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S4144

SPONSOR: PARKER
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the labor law, in relation to allowing certain organiza-
tions access to certified payroll records of companies performing public
work

 
PURPOSE:

The proposed legislation will require the Department of Education to
create a curriculum that provides career development and basic profes-
sional skills to high school students. There will be two main outcomes
at the conclusion of these classes (1) the students will have acquired
basic knowledge to search, apply and secure an internship and (2) the
students will be able to set higher academic and career goals.

 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISION:

Section 1: The education law is amended by adding a new section 817.

Section 2: This act shall take effect one year after it shall have
become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of
this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed
on or before such effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Each year there are an increasing number of high school students that do
not graduate from high school, enter the working world unprepared to be
successful or are admitted to higher education institutions lacking
basic skills needed to excel in an intellectual environment. Studies
have shown that school based career guidance have Positive influences on
students in the long run. This bill will provide students with a fair
chance to be thoroughly prepared for necessary examinations needed to
graduate. The career explorations classes will include but not be limit-
ed to:

1. Career workshops: to provide information on how to search for jobs or
internships in your industry of interest.

2. Guest speakers: professionals from various industries to give a brief
synopsis of what an average work day is like as well as what type of
employees their company looks for.

3. Resume and cover letter writing: to teach students how to write a
competitive resume and cover letter.

4. Thank you letters: to teach students how to write and send proper
thank you notes after an interview.

5. Mock Interviews: a series of Phone and face-to-face interviews simu-
lating the actual event.

6. Workplace etiquette: to teach the basic principles of a professional
environment in reference to mutual respect, appropriate attire, language
and behavior. Career Explorations part two: will focus on SAT prep,
college application and acceptance process. For outside internships
every student should participate in either one summer internship or at
least 5 job shadow days in order to pass part two of the class.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2023-24: S5758- Referred to Education

2021-22: S4793 - Referred to Education

2019-2020: S.4509 - Referred to Education

2017-2018: S.2216 - REFERRED TO EDUCATION

2015-2016: S.2519 - Referred to Education

2013-2014: S.4864A Amend and Recommit to Education

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become a law.
Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule
or regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its effec-
tive date are authorized to be made and completed on or before such
effective date.

2025-S4144 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4144
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 3, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sens. PARKER, MYRIE -- 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 allowing certain organiza-
   tions  access  to  certified  payroll  records of companies performing
   public work

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision 7 of section 220 of the labor law, as amended
 by chapter 7 of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as follows:
   7. Compliance investigations. A. The fiscal officer as herein  defined
 shall  on a verified complaint in writing of any person interested or of
 any employee  organization  pursuant  to  subdivision  eight-d  of  this
 section, and may on [his] THEIR own initiative cause a compliance inves-
 tigation to be made to determine whether the contractor or a subcontrac-
 tor  has  paid the prevailing rate of wages and prevailing practices for
 supplements in the same trade or occupation in the locality  within  the
 state  where  such public work is being performed, or the hours of labor
 performed by the [workmen] WORKERS, laborers and mechanics  employed  on
 such  public  work,  or  both.   The fiscal officer or [his] SUCH FISCAL
 OFFICER'S agents, examiners and inspectors may examine or  cause  to  be
 examined  the books and records pertaining to the rate of wages paid and
 supplements provided to the laborers, [workmen] WORKERS and mechanics on
 said public work and the hours of  labor  performed  by  such  laborers,
 [workmen]  WORKERS and mechanics on said public work. The fiscal officer
 in such investigation shall be deemed to be acting in a judicial capaci-
 ty, and shall have the right to issue subpoenas,  administer  oaths  and
 examine  witnesses.  The  enforcement  of  a  subpoena issued under this
 section shall be regulated by the civil practice  law  and  rules.  Such
 fiscal  officer  shall  make either an order, determination or any other
 disposition, including but not limited  to  an  agreed  upon  settlement
 and/or  stipulation,  within  six months from the date of filing of such
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07737-01-5

 S. 4144                             2
 
 verified complaint, and where a compliance investigation is made without
 the filing of a verified complaint, within six months from  the  date  a
 compliance  investigation  is initiated by such fiscal officer. Upon the
 making  of  said order or determination, or upon arriving at such agreed
 upon settlement and/or stipulation, a copy  thereof  shall  be  sent  by
 certified  mail, return receipt requested, by the fiscal officer: (i) to
 the person and employee organization, if any, who or which initiated the
 complaint, (ii) to the person or corporation, if any, against  whom  the
 complaint  was  brought,  and  (iii) where a compliance investigation is
 made without the filing of a complaint, to the person who or  which  was
 the subject of the compliance investigation.
   B.  (I)  AN  EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATION, WHICH HAS BEEN CERTIFIED OR RECOG-
 NIZED TO REPRESENT EMPLOYEES EMPLOYED ON  PUBLIC  WORKS  CONTRACTS,  MAY
 REQUEST  OF  A STATE AGENCY, PUBLIC AUTHORITY, OR ANY OTHER STATE ENTITY
 AUTHORIZED TO LET OUT WORK ON PUBLIC WORKS CONTRACTS,  TO  BE  FURNISHED
 WITH A COPY OF CERTIFIED PAYROLL RECORDS THAT HAVE BEEN PROVIDED TO SUCH
 AGENCY,  PUBLIC  AUTHORITY,  OR ANY OTHER STATE ENTITY AUTHORIZED TO LET
 OUT WORK ON PUBLIC WORKS CONTRACTS, BY THE CONTRACTOR  OR  SUBCONTRACTOR
 PERTAINING TO A PUBLIC WORKS CONTRACT.
   (II) IF SO REQUESTED, THE AGENCY, PUBLIC AUTHORITY, OR ANY OTHER STATE
 ENTITY  AUTHORIZED  TO  LET  OUT  WORK  ON  PUBLIC WORKS CONTRACTS, MUST
 FURNISH A COPY OF SUCH CERTIFIED PAYROLL  RECORDS  TO  THE  ORGANIZATION
 WITHIN THIRTY DAYS OF THE RECEIPT OF SUCH REQUEST.
   (III)  THE CERTIFIED PAYROLL RECORDS MUST INCLUDE AT LEAST THE FOLLOW-
 ING INFORMATION:
   (1) NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF ALL EMPLOYEES WORKING ON THE  PUBLIC  WORKS
 PROJECT;
   (2) EMPLOYEE CLASSIFICATIONS;
   (3) HOURS EMPLOYED ON THE PUBLIC WORKS PROJECT;
   (4) WAGE RATE THAT HAS BEEN PAID TO THE EMPLOYEES;
   (5) SUPPLEMENTAL WAGE RATE THAT HAS BEEN PAID TO THE EMPLOYEES;
   (6) THE RATE OF ALL OTHER MONIES THAT WERE PAID TO EMPLOYEES.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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Kevin S. Parker