A02282 Summary:

BILL NOA02282
 
SAME ASNo Same As
 
SPONSOREnglebright
 
COSPNSRMorelle, Lupardo, Markey, Rivera, Abbate, Magnarelli, Gunther, Cahill, Jaffee
 
MLTSPNSRAbinanti, Benedetto, Colton, Gottfried, Oaks, Paulin, Peoples-Stokes, Perry
 
Add S224, Eld L; amd S100, Ec Dev L
 
Establishes the mature worker business initiative within the state office for the aging to encourage businesses to recruit, retain and retrain mature workers.
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A02282 Actions:

BILL NOA02282
 
01/15/2015referred to aging
01/06/2016referred to aging
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A02282 Committee Votes:

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A02282 Floor Votes:

There are no votes for this bill in this legislative session.
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A02282 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          2282
 
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    January 15, 2015
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M.  of A. ENGLEBRIGHT, MORELLE, LUPARDO, MARKEY, RIVERA,
          ABBATE, BROOK-KRASNY, CLARK, MAGNARELLI, GUNTHER,  CAHILL,  JAFFEE  --
          Multi-Sponsored  by  --  M. of A.   ABINANTI, BENEDETTO, COLTON, GOTT-
          FRIED, OAKS, PAULIN, PEOPLES-STOKES, PERRY -- read once  and  referred
          to the Committee on Aging
 
        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  elder  law and the economic development law, in
          relation to establishing the mature worker business initiative
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.  The  elder  law is amended by adding a new section 224 to
     2  read as follows:
     3    § 224. Mature worker business initiative.   1. There shall  be  estab-
     4  lished, within the office for the aging, a mature worker business initi-
     5  ative. Such initiative shall be subject to the direction and supervision
     6  of the mature worker business initiative council.
     7    2. The mature worker business initiative council shall be composed of:
     8    (a)  the director of the office for the aging or his or her designated
     9  representative;
    10    (b) the commissioner of economic development, or his or her designated
    11  representative; and
    12    (c) such other persons as shall be designated  by  the  governor,  who
    13  shall  be representatives of state agencies, advocates for the aging and
    14  the business community, who are concerned with the role of older workers
    15  in the economy, and development of second career opportunities entrepre-
    16  neurial initiative.  Such members shall serve at  the  pleasure  of  the
    17  governor.
    18    3.  The members of the mature worker business initiative council shall
    19  serve without compensation, but shall be entitled to  their  actual  and
    20  necessary  expenses incurred in the performance of their duties pursuant
    21  to this title.
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD06493-01-5

        A. 2282                             2
 
     1    4. The director of the office for the aging, or his or her  designated
     2  representative,  shall  serve as the chair of the mature worker business
     3  initiative council. In the event of the absence of the director  or  his
     4  or  her  designated representative from any meeting of such council, the
     5  members  shall  elect an acting chair from amongst the membership of the
     6  council. Legal, technical and other services shall be provided  to  such
     7  council by the office for the aging, the department of economic develop-
     8  ment, the urban development corporation, and other state departments and
     9  agencies.
    10    5.  The  mature  worker  business  initiative  council  shall have the
    11  following functions, powers and duties:
    12    (a) to develop and implement  a  program  of  initiatives  that  shall
    13  establish  strategies for identifying businesses that offer arrangements
    14  to employees designed to recruit, retain and retrain mature workers, and
    15  encourage them to remain in the work force;
    16    (b) to develop a certification process for which an employer may apply
    17  indicating that such employer has met the qualifications established  by
    18  the  mature  worker  business  initiative  council and providing for the
    19  designation of such employer as a "mature worker friendly employer";
    20    (c) to identify and  encourage  employers  to  offer  arrangements  to
    21  employees  designed  to  recruit, retain and retrain mature workers, and
    22  encourage them to remain in the work force;
    23    (d) to provide technical assistance and training to encourage  employ-
    24  ers  to  offer arrangements to employees designed to recruit, retain and
    25  retrain mature workers, and encourage them to remain in the work  force;
    26  and
    27    (e) to design and execute a marketing outreach plan to encourage busi-
    28  nesses  to  participate  in  mature  worker business initiatives, and to
    29  educate mature workers  about  businesses  that  have  implemented  such
    30  initiatives, by means of the office for the aging's internet website and
    31  such  other appropriate means as the council shall determine to be suit-
    32  able for information distribution.
    33    § 2. Section 100 of the economic development law is amended by  adding
    34  a new subdivision 18-j to read as follows:
    35    18-j. to work in cooperation with the director of the state office for
    36  the aging and the mature worker business initiative council to establish
    37  rules, regulations and procedures to implement the provisions of section
    38  two  hundred  twenty-four  of  the elder law. The mature worker business
    39  initiative shall recognize  those  employers  that  provide  exceptional
    40  support  designed  to  recruit,  retain  and retrain mature workers, and
    41  encourage them to remain in the work force. The commissioner, in cooper-
    42  ation with the director of the state office for the  aging,  shall  make
    43  recommendations  for  enhancing the opportunities for mature workers and
    44  which resources of the state may be  made  available  to  fully  support
    45  businesses  that  have been designated as mature worker friendly employ-
    46  ers.
    47    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
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