Bill Text: NY S01617 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 1617 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Prohibits retaliatory personnel action by an employer against an employee who discloses or threatens to disclose an activity, policy or practice of the employer or a fellow employee that is in violation of law; removes requirement that such violation of law present a substantial and specific danger to public health or safety.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - REFERRED TO LABOR [S01617 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S01617-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         1617
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   January 10, 2011
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       Introduced  by  Sen. SAMPSON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Labor
       AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to prohibiting certain retal-
         iatory personnel action by employers
         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 740 of the labor
    2  law, as amended by chapter 442 of the laws of 2006, is amended and a new
    3  paragraph (a-1) is added to read as follows:
    4    (a) discloses, or threatens to disclose to a supervisor or to a public
    5  body an activity,  policy  or  practice  of  the  employer  that  is  in
    6  violation  of  [law,]  rule  or  regulation  which violation creates and
    7  presents a substantial and specific danger to the public health or safe-
    8  ty, or which constitutes health care fraud;
    9    (A-1) DISCLOSES, OR THREATENS TO DISCLOSE TO  A  SUPERVISOR  OR  TO  A
   10  PUBLIC  BODY  AN ACTIVITY, POLICY OR PRACTICE OF THE EMPLOYER OR ANOTHER
   11  EMPLOYEE THAT IS IN VIOLATION OF LAW;
   12    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD05854-01-1