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BILL S852-2011: Provides an exemption from workers' compensation coverage under certain circumstances
Permits an employer to file an application with the department of labor to be exempted from the provisions of the workers' compensation law with respect to employees whose religious tenets or teachings oppose acceptance of any insurance benefits.
Sponsor: YOUNG
Committee: LABOR
BILL S964-2011: Enacts the farmworkers fair labor practices act, granting collective bargaining rights, workers' compensation and unemployment benefits to farmworkers
Enacts the farmworkers fair labor practices act: grants collective bargaining rights to farm laborers; requires employers of farm laborers to allow at least 24 consecutive hours of rest each week; provides for a 10 hour work day for farm laborers; requires overtime rate at one and one-half times normal rate; makes provisions of unemployment insurance law applicable to farm laborers; provides sanitary code shall apply to all farm and food processing labor camps intended to house migrant workers, regardless of the number of occupants; provides for eligibility of farm laborers for workers' compensation benefits; requires employers of farm laborers to provide such farm laborers with claim forms for workers' compensation claims under certain conditions; requires reporting of injuries to employers of farmworkers.
Sponsor: PERALTA
Committee: LABOR
BILL S767-2011: Authorizes minors who are members of a religious community to engage or assist in employment which minors are otherwise prohibited from performing
Authorizes minors who are 14 or older and are active members of a religious community to engage or assist in employment which such minors are otherwise prohibited from performing; requires such minors to be supervised by an adult member of such religious community.
Sponsor: YOUNG
Committee: LABOR
BILL S7434-2011: Relates to prevailing wages for service workers
Relates to prevailing wages for service workers; amends certain definitions, payroll filing requirements and penalties for violations thereof.
Sponsor: SAVINO
Committee: LABOR
BILL S7468-2011: Removes the mandatory aggregate trust fund deposit requirements for non-scheduled permanent partial disability cases
Removes the mandatory aggregate trust fund deposit requirements for non-scheduled permanent partial disability cases.
Sponsor: SEWARD
Committee: LABOR
BILL S7478-2011: Relates to chronic care for injured workers
Relates to chronic care for injured workers; authorizes workers' compensation board to approve a monthly dollar allowance or treatment frequency for an injured worker to continue specialized treatment where the worker's injuries are deemed long term or permanent.
Sponsor: GRISANTI
Committee: LABOR
BILL S748-2011: Relates to asbestos project notification and associated fee
Relates to asbestos project notification and associated fee.
Sponsor: YOUNG
Committee: LABOR
BILL S7547-2011: Provides benefits for injury, sickness, pregnancy or family leave
Provides workers' compensation benefits for injury or sickness, pregnancy or family leave; applies to an employee and to family members taking family leave to care for an employee.
Sponsor: MCDONALD
Committee: LABOR
BILL S7549-2011: Applies the prevailing wage laws to certain projects on privately owned property
Applies the prevailing wage laws to certain projects on privately owned property.
Sponsor: LANZA
Committee: LABOR
BILL S7234-2011: Establishes certain waivers from the project notification fee imposed for certain asbestos removal projects
Establishes certain waivers from the project notification fee imposed for certain asbestos removal projects.
Sponsor: MARTINS
Committee: LABOR
BILL S7393-2011: Enacts the "Higher Education Employment Protection Act"
Enacts the "Higher Education Employment Protection Act"; provides that an offer of employment or assignment made to a part-time faculty employee by a higher education institution which is contingent on enrollment, funding, or programmatic changes shall not constitute reasonable assurance of continued employment.
Sponsor: ROBACH
Committee: LABOR
BILL S7397-2011: Authorizes the care and treatment of injured employees by duly licensed or certified acupuncturists under the workers' compensation program
Authorizes the care and treatment of injured employees by licensed or certified acupuncturists under the workers' compensation program.
Sponsor: MCDONALD
Committee: LABOR
BILL A100-2011: Requires the posting of a statement of wage rates and supplements; provides penalties for failure to do so
Provides that the failure of a contractor or sub-contractor on a public works project to post a statement of wage rates and supplements shall be subject to prosecution as a misdemeanor and subject to a civil penalty of not less than five hundred nor more than one thousand dollars; provides for the maintenance and production on the job site of "sign-in" and "sign-out" sheets upon the request of the fiscal officer.
Sponsor: Latimer
Committee: LABOR
BILL A10036-2011: Enacts the "prevailing wage protection and restoration act"
Enacts the "prevailing wage protection and restoration act".
Sponsor: Lancman
Committee: LABOR
BILL A10063-2011: Provides that requirements to report wage information to employees may be waived for employers deemed to pose a lower risk of underpayment of wages
Provides that requirements to report wage information to employees may be waived for employers deemed to pose a lower risk of underpayment of wages, provided that an employee may request a copy of such a notice.
Sponsor: Lavine
Committee: LABOR
BILL A10076-2011: Relates to compensation, benefits and other terms of employment of certain state officers and employees who are members of the security services unit; repealer; appropriation
Relates to compensation, benefits and other terms of employment of certain state officers and employees who are members of the security services unit; implements an agreement between the state and the employee organization representing the security services unit; and makes an appropriation therefor.
Sponsor: Aubry
Committee: LABOR
BILL A10119-2011: Directs the chairman of the workers' compensation board to appoint and employ a referee to hear claims at each hearing part in the city of New York
Directs the chairman of the workers' compensation board to appoint and employ a referee to hear claims in each county in the city of New York.
Sponsor: Cusick
Committee: LABOR
BILL A10121-2011: Creates a jobs development incentive income tax credit available to employers who employ individuals previously receiving unemployment
Creates a job development incentive income tax credit available to employers who employ individuals previously receiving unemployment.
Sponsor: Rivera N
Committee: LABOR
BILL A10192-2011: Establishes certain waivers from the project notification fee imposed for certain asbestos removal projects
Establishes certain waivers from the project notification fee imposed for certain asbestos removal projects.
Sponsor: Schimel
Committee: LABOR
BILL A103-2011: Fines municipalities which fail to enforce prevailing wage paid by contractors on public works projects 10% of the project costs
Fines municipalities which fail to enforce prevailing wage paid by contractors on public works projects 10% of the project costs to be paid to the department of labor for apprenticeship training programs.
Sponsor: Montesano
Committee: LABOR