Bill Text: NY S09450 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to employer violations of certain provisions allowing for workplace safety committees; allows the commissioner of labor to assess certain civil penalties for such violations.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2022-12-28 - APPROVAL MEMO.91 [S09450 Detail]
Download: New_York-2021-S09450-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 9450 IN SENATE May 28, 2022 ___________ Introduced by Sen. GIANARIS -- 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 employer violations of certain provisions allowing for workplace safety committees The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 27-d of the labor law is amended by adding a new 2 subdivision 9 to read as follows: 3 9. (a) An employer must recognize within five business days the estab- 4 lishment of a workplace safety committee created pursuant to this 5 section. Violations of this subdivision shall result in a civil penalty 6 of not less than fifty dollars per day until the violation is remedied. 7 (b) The commissioner may also order other appropriate relief including 8 enjoining the conduct of any person or employer in addition to any other 9 remedies permitted by this section. 10 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD15941-06-2
