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- Referred to labor
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 60–0
- Ordered to third reading cal.1496
- Committee discharged and committed to rules
- Print number 6027a
- Amend and recommit to labor
- Referred to labor
- Referred to rules
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Relates to certain affirmative defenses available under the labor law
In Assembly Committee · Labor · Sponsor Pamela J. Hunter
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Title of bill
An act to amend the labor law, in relation to certain affirmative defenses
Purpose of bill
This bill relates to certain affirmative defenses available under the labor law.
Summary of specific provisions
Section 1 - Amends paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section 195 of the labor law, as added by chapter 564 of the laws of 2010.
Section 2 - Amends section 196-d of the labor law, as added by chapter 1007 of the laws of 1968.
Section 3 - Amends subdivision 1-a, the closing paragraph of subdivision 1-b and the closing paragraph of subdivision 1-d of section 198 of the labor law, subdivision 1-a amended by chapter 362 of the laws of 2015, the closing paragraph of subdivision 1-b and the closing paragraph of subdivision 1-d as amended by chapter 537 of the laws of 2014.
Section 4 - Amends section 199 of the labor law, as added by chapter 548 of the laws of 1966.
Section 5 - Effective date
Justification
Businesses, especially those with limited resources and acting in good faith, should not be penalized for inadvertently submitting previous versions of forms which were later revised by the state. This bill would ensure that those businesses would be able to correct this oversight within a reasonable period of time without penalty.
Prior legislative history
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Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to affirmative defenses that became available before, on, or after such effective date.
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