Bill Text: NY A00375 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to eliminating a disincentive for whistleblowers.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-1)

Status: (Passed) 2019-12-20 - signed chap.684 [A00375 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A00375-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           375
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                       (Prefiled)
                                     January 9, 2019
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        Introduced by M. of A. STECK, GOTTFRIED -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Labor
        AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to eliminating a disincentive
          for whistleblowers
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Subdivision 7 of section 740 of the labor law, as added  by
     2  chapter 660 of the laws of 1984, is amended to read as follows:
     3    7.  Existing rights. Nothing in this section shall be deemed to dimin-
     4  ish the rights, privileges, or remedies of any employee under any  other
     5  law  or  regulation  or  under  any  collective  bargaining agreement or
     6  employment contract[; except  that  the  institution  of  an  action  in
     7  accordance  with this section shall be deemed a waiver of the rights and
     8  remedies available  under  any  other  contract,  collective  bargaining
     9  agreement, law, rule or regulation or under the common law].
    10    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD03379-01-9