Senate Bill S4478

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Requires the department of labor to provide a document on workplace rights to any minor seeking working papers

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Labor Committee

  • 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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2025-S4478 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A5607
Current Committee:
Senate Labor
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Add §137-a, Lab L; amd §3215-a, Ed L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
S8949, A9796

2025-S4478 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the department of labor to provide a document on workplace rights to any minor seeking working papers and to make such document available in other languages and to school officials who issue working papers.

2025-S4478 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S4478 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4478
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 5, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  RAMOS, JACKSON -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Labor
 
 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:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08826-01-5
 S. 4478                             2

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