Bill Text: NY S06782 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to displaced building service workers; requires a successor employer to retain for a ninety day transition employment period at affected buildings, building service employees of the terminated building service contractor (and its subcontractors), or other covered employer, employed at the buildings covered by the terminated building service contract or owned or operated by the former covered employer.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-02-22 - REFERRED TO LABOR [S06782 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S06782-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6782
                    IN SENATE
                                    February 22, 2016
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        Introduced  by  Sen. SANDERS -- 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 displaced building service
          workers
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Legislative  findings  and intent. The legislature hereby
     2  finds that the volatility of the real estate industry coupled  with  new
     3  trends   in  the  service  economy  are  undermining  stable  employment
     4  relationships and creating a drain on an  already  over-burdened  social
     5  services system. At a time of great uncertainty, it is the policy of the
     6  state  to  promote stability in employment for building service workers,
     7  which will reduce the need for social services resulting from  unemploy-
     8  ment, and promote stability in the service industry.
     9    § 2. The labor law is amended by adding a new section 202-n to read as
    10  follows:
    11    §  202-n.  Displaced building service workers. 1. For purposes of this
    12  section, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
    13    (a) "Building service" means work performed  in  connection  with  the
    14  care  or  maintenance  of  an existing building and includes, but is not
    15  limited to, work performed  by  a  watchman,  guard,  doorman,  building
    16  cleaner,  porter, handyman, janitor, gardener, groundskeeper, stationary
    17  fireman, elevator operator and starter, window cleaner, and  superinten-
    18  dents.
    19    (b)  "Building  service  contract" means a contract let to any covered
    20  employer for the furnishing  of  building  services,  and  includes  any
    21  subcontracts for such services.
    22    (c)  "Building  service contractor" means any person who enters into a
    23  building service contract.
    24    (d) "Building service employee" means any person employed as a  build-
    25  ing  service  employee  by  a  covered  employer  who has been regularly
    26  assigned to a building on a full or part-time basis for at least  ninety
    27  days  immediately preceding any transition in employment subject to this
    28  section except for: (i) persons  who  are  managerial,  supervisory,  or
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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