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Requires employers to display a poster containing information on veterans' benefits and services which shall be created and distributed by the department of labor.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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10259
IN ASSEMBLY
April 8, 2020
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Introduced by M. of A. McMAHON -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Labor
AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to requiring employers to
display a poster containing information on veterans' benefits and
services which shall be created and distributed by the department of
labor
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The labor law is amended by adding a new section 201-h to
2 read as follows:
3 § 201-h. Posting of veterans' benefits and services. 1. The department
4 shall consult with the division of veterans' services to create and
5 distribute a veterans' benefits and services poster.
6 2. Such poster shall, at a minimum, include information regarding the
7 following services available to veterans:
8 a. contact numbers for veterans' resources, including contact and
9 website information for the division of veterans' services;
10 b. substance abuse and mental health treatment;
11 c. educational resources;
12 d. tax benefits;
13 e. New York state veteran drivers' licenses;
14 f. unemployment rights and benefits;
15 g. legal services; and
16 h. constituency groups such as women's, African Americans', Native
17 Americans', and LGBTQ veterans' groups.
18 3. Every employer in the state shall display the poster created pursu-
19 ant to this section in a place accessible to such employer's employees,
20 and in a visually conspicuous manner.
21 § 2. This act shall take effect January 1, 2021. Effective imme-
22 diately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation
23 necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective date are
24 authorized to be made and completed on or before such effective date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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