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Senator · Senate District 40
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History
- Recommit, enacting clause stricken
- Referred to labor
- Referred to labor
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Exempts owners of farms and the owners of multiple dwellings from the scaffold law in certain instances
In Assembly Committee · Labor · Sponsor Stephen Hawley
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BILL NUMBER:S4998
Title of bill
An act to amend the labor law, in relation to the use of scaffolding and other devices for use by employees
Purpose
To amend the labor law as it pertains to the scaffold law to exempt owners of farms and multiple dwellings from its provisions.
Summary of provisions
This legislation would amend sections 240 and 241 of the Labor Law to extend certain exceptions currently applicable to owners of one and two-family dwellings to owners of farms and owners of multiple dwellings who contract for but do not direct or control the work.
Justification
Currently, pursuant to Labor Law §§240 and 241, all contractors and owners and their agents, except for the owners of one and two-family dwellings who contract for but do not direct or control the work, are absolutely liable for injuries sustained on their premises due to an unsafe workplace. Owners of farms and owners of multiple dwellings are similar to owners of one and two-family dwellings in that they often contract for but do not direct or control the work being performed on their premises. There is no compelling reason why a farm owner or owner of a multiple dwelling should be held liable for injuries sustained as the result of an unsafe workplace where they have no direction or control over such workplace. As such, this legislation would extend the existing exception to include owners of farms and multiple dwellings that do not direct or control the work being performed on their premises.
Legislative history
2005: Referred to Labor 2007: A.2426 01/17/2007: Referred to Labor 01/09/2008: Referred to Labor 05/20/2008: Held for Consideration in Labor 06/08/2010: A.909 - Held for Consideration in Labor
Fiscal implications
To be determined
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately.
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