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S07096 Summary:

BILL NOS07096
 
SAME ASNo Same As
 
SPONSORRAMOS
 
COSPNSR
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd 198-b, Lab L
 
Relates to awards to employees who prevail in actions on kick-back claims; provides that such employees shall be entitled to the full amount of what was received, liquidated damages, attorney's fees and prejudgment interest.
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S07096 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          7096
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                      May 18, 2023
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sen.  RAMOS  -- 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 awards  to  employees  who
          prevail in actions on kick-back claims
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Section 198-b of the labor law is amended by adding  a  new
     2  subdivision 6 to read as follows:
     3    6.  In  any  action  instituted  in  the courts upon a kick-back claim
     4  pursuant to this section by an employee in which the employee  prevails,
     5  the  court  shall  allow such employee to recover the full amount of the
     6  wages, supplements or other thing of value received, liquidated  damages
     7  in  the  amount  of one hundred percent of the full amount of the wages,
     8  supplements or other thing  of  value  received,  reasonable  attorney's
     9  fees,  and prejudgment interest as required under the civil practice law
    10  and rules.
    11    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD10996-01-3
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