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A00775 Summary:

BILL NOA00775
 
SAME ASSAME AS S05153
 
SPONSORJoyner
 
COSPNSRArdila, Gunther, Alvarez, Eachus, Aubry, Reyes, Taylor
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd §27-b, Lab L
 
Relates to the definition of employer and the duty of public employers to develop and implement programs to prevent workplace violence.
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A00775 Actions:

BILL NOA00775
 
01/11/2023referred to labor
01/03/2024referred to labor
01/10/2024enacting clause stricken
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A00775 Memo:

NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION
submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
 
BILL NUMBER: A775
 
SPONSOR: Joyner
  TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the labor law, in relation to the definition of employer and 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 govern- ment sources.   SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1: Amends paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section 27-b of the labor law, as added by Chapter 82 of the laws of 2006 Section 2: Adds to the definition of employer: a not-for-profit corpo- ration, as defined in paragraph (a) of section 102 of the not-for-profit corporation law, who received at least fifty percent of their budget through government sources.   JUSTIFICATION: The incidence of violence against government employees has become a growing concern in recent years and is more than 85 percent higher than that of private sector employees, according to a U.S. Department of Justice report entitled "Workplace Violence Against Government Employ- ees, 1994 - 2011" released in April 2013. Recognizing the need to ensure that workplaces are free of violence this bill would assist both employ- ers and employees in ensuring a safe work environment by building upon the New York State Workplace Violence Prevention Law enacted on June 7,2006. That previously enacted legislation created Section 27-b of the State Labor Law requiring most public employers to perform a workplace evaluation and develop and implement programs to prevent and minimize workplace violence. This legislation broadens the application of those same successful programs to non-profit organiza- tions receiving at least 50 percent of their budget from governmental sources.   LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:-: Assembly: 03/01/21referred to labor 01/05/22referred to labor 01/22/19 Referred to Labor, 01/03/18 Referred to Labor, 01/30/17 Referred to Labor, 01/06/16 Referred to Labor, 05/26/16 Referred to Labor, 01/08/14 Referred to Labor, 06/04/13 Referred to Labor Senate: 03/11/19 Referred to Labor   FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: None.   EFFECTIVE DATE: This Act shall take effect immediately.
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A00775 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                           775
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    January 11, 2023
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. JOYNER -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Labor
 
        AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to the definition of employer
          and  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.  Paragraph a of subdivision 2 of section 27-b of the labor
     2  law, as amended by chapter 504 of the laws of 2011, is amended  to  read
     3  as follows:
     4    a. "Employer" means: (1) the state; (2) a political subdivision of the
     5  state,  provided,  however  that  this  subdivision  shall  not mean any
     6  employer as defined in section twenty-eight hundred one-a of the  educa-
     7  tion  law;  (3) a public authority, a public benefit corporation, or any
     8  other governmental agency  or  instrumentality  thereof;  [and]  (4)  an
     9  authorized  agency  as  defined  in  paragraph (a) of subdivision ten of
    10  section three hundred  seventy-one  of  the  social  services  law  that
    11  accepts children adjudicated delinquent under article three of the fami-
    12  ly  court act; and (5) a not-for-profit corporation, as defined in para-
    13  graph (a) of section one hundred two of the  not-for-profit  corporation
    14  law, who received at least fifty percent of their budget through govern-
    15  ment sources.
    16    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02338-01-3
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