Legislation
SECTION 771
List of relocated call centers
Labor (LAB) CHAPTER 31, ARTICLE 21
§ 771. List of relocated call centers. 1. A call center employer that
intends to relocate a call center or more than thirty percent of a call
center's employees measured as the employment level of the previous
calendar month compared to the average employment level at such site
over the previous twelve months, from New York state to a foreign
country shall notify the commissioner at least ninety days before such
relocation.
2. A call center employer that violates subdivision one of this
section shall be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed ten thousand
dollars for each day of such violation, except that the commissioner may
reduce such amount for just cause shown.
3. The commissioner shall compile an annual list of all call center
employers that relocate pursuant to subdivision one of this section, and
such list shall be made available to the public and shall prominently
display a link to the list on the department's website. The commissioner
shall provide a copy of such list to the commissioner of taxation and
finance.
intends to relocate a call center or more than thirty percent of a call
center's employees measured as the employment level of the previous
calendar month compared to the average employment level at such site
over the previous twelve months, from New York state to a foreign
country shall notify the commissioner at least ninety days before such
relocation.
2. A call center employer that violates subdivision one of this
section shall be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed ten thousand
dollars for each day of such violation, except that the commissioner may
reduce such amount for just cause shown.
3. The commissioner shall compile an annual list of all call center
employers that relocate pursuant to subdivision one of this section, and
such list shall be made available to the public and shall prominently
display a link to the list on the department's website. The commissioner
shall provide a copy of such list to the commissioner of taxation and
finance.