A07721 Summary:

BILL NOA07721
 
SAME ASSAME AS S05130
 
SPONSORPeoples-Stokes
 
COSPNSRBronson, Colton
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd S27-b, Lab L
 
Relates to the definition of employer with respect to the duty of public employers to develop and implement programs to prevent workplace violence.
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A07721 Actions:

BILL NOA07721
 
05/26/2015referred to labor
06/03/2015reported referred to rules
06/09/2015reported
06/09/2015rules report cal.172
06/09/2015ordered to third reading rules cal.172
06/10/2015passed assembly
06/10/2015delivered to senate
06/10/2015REFERRED TO LABOR
06/15/2015SUBSTITUTED FOR S5130
06/15/2015PASSED SENATE
06/15/2015RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
11/10/2015delivered to governor
11/20/2015vetoed memo.242
11/20/2015tabled
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A07721 Memo:

NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION
submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
 
BILL NUMBER: A7721
 
SPONSOR: Peoples-Stokes
  TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the labor law, in relation to the definition of employer with respect to the duty of public employers to develop and implement programs to prevent workplace violence   PURPOSE: To ensure employee safety through the development and implementation of workplace violence prevention programs for not-for-profit corporations who have received at least fifty percent of their budget through a municipal, state or federal government sources.   SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section one amends paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section 27-b of the labor law, as added by Chapter 82 of the laws of 2006. Adds to the defi- nition of employer: a not-for-profit corporation, as defined in para- graph (a) of section 102 of the not-for-profit corporation law, who received at least fifty percent of their budget from the state or feder- al government. Section two sets the enacting date of one year after it shall have become law.   JUSTIFICATION: Acts of violence have become an increasing concern in the modern work- place. This bill would assist both employers and employees in ensuring a safe work environment. Workplace violence is now one of the leading causes of death on the job in the United States and the leading cause of workplace fatalities for women. In addition, this legislation contains changes that address the technical concerns that were raised in the 2007 veto message.   LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: This is a new bill. Similar legislation has been introduced as A.7765 (2013-14);S.5880/A.6436 (2007 - vetoed).   FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: None.   EFFECTIVE DATE: One Year after enactment.
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A07721 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          7721
 
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                      May 26, 2015
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M. of A. PEOPLES-STOKES -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Labor
 
        AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to the definition of employer
          with respect to the duty of public employers to develop and  implement
          programs to prevent workplace violence
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Paragraphs a and b of subdivision 2 of section 27-b of  the
     2  labor law, paragraph a as amended by chapter 504 of the laws of 2011 and
     3  paragraph  b  as added by chapter 82 of the laws of 2006, are amended to
     4  read as follows:
     5    a. "Employer" means: (1) the state; (2) a political subdivision of the
     6  state, provided, however  that  this  subdivision  shall  not  mean  any
     7  employer  as defined in section twenty-eight hundred one-a of the educa-
     8  tion law; (3) a public authority, a public benefit corporation,  or  any
     9  other  governmental  agency  or  instrumentality  thereof;  [and] (4) an
    10  authorized agency as defined in paragraph  (a)  of  subdivision  ten  of
    11  section  three  hundred  seventy-one  of  the  social  services law that
    12  accepts children adjudicated delinquent under article three of the fami-
    13  ly court act; and (5) a not-for-profit corporation, as defined in  para-
    14  graph  (a)  of section one hundred two of the not-for-profit corporation
    15  law, which received at least fifty percent of its budget through munici-
    16  pal, state or federal government sources, including, but not limited to,
    17  Medicaid or medicare, during its preceding fiscal year.
    18    b. "Employee" means [a public] an employee working for an employer  as
    19  defined in paragraph a of this subdivision.
    20    § 2. This act shall take effect one  year after it shall have become a
    21  law.
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD10811-02-5
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