Bill Text: NY A03702 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Relates to employment agencies, including application for license; relates to procedures; relates to granting of licenses and enforcement of provisions relating thereto.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2016-01-25 - amended on third reading 3702a [A03702 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-A03702-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3702--A Cal. No. 158 2015-2016 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 27, 2015 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. MOYA, MOSLEY, CRESPO, PICHARDO, BLAKE, FAHY -- read once and referred to the Committee on Consumer Affairs and Protection -- advanced to a third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place on the order of third reading AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to employment agencies The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 171 of the general business law is amended by 2 adding a new subdivision 12 to read as follows: 3 12. "Bona fide order" means a written order from an employer directed 4 to an employment agency stating that the employer requests that the 5 employment agency refer one or more job applicants for a specific posi- 6 tion or positions within a specified and limited application period. An 7 employment agency must renew a bona fide order after forty-five days if 8 it intends to refer an applicant for the position described in such bona 9 fide order, and the employment agency must specify on the bona fide 10 order the name of the representative of the prospective employer who 11 authorized the renewal and the date on which the renewal was authorized. 12 The bona fide order shall also include a written statement setting forth 13 the terms and conditions of employment for the position described in the 14 order; such written statement shall include, at a minimum, the following 15 information: 16 a. the name of the employer, any "doing business as" names used by the 17 employer, the physical address of the employer's main office or princi- 18 pal place of business, and a mailing address if different, the telephone 19 number of the employer, plus such other information as the commissioner 20 deems material and necessary; 21 b. the place or places of employment; 22 c. the hours of work per day and number of days per week to be worked; EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD06774-08-6