New York S 2595: Relates to gender balance in public authorities, industrial development agencies and local development corporations

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S02595 Summary:

BILL NOS02595 

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SAME ASSAME AS A07781-A

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SPONSORMAYER

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COSPNSRCLEARE, COMRIE, GOUNARDES, HOYLMAN-SIGAL, JACKSON, MAY, MYRIE, RAMOS, SEPULVEDA

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§860-a, 860-b, 860-c, 860-d, 860-e & 860-g, rpld §860-b sub 3, Lab L

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Removes the exclusion of part-time employees from certain definitions relating to employment and expanding the definition of employer; removes certain exclusions for employer notice requirements for the closing of a facility; removes the discretionary reduction of penalties for employers for certain acts or omissions concerning notice requirements for mass layoffs, relocations or employment loss; removes the maximum time period for determining back pay and other liabilities for certain employees who experience employment loss; allows the attorney general to take certain action to assist certain employees in receiving back pay and other liabilities; requires employers to pay severance to employees when there is a plant closing, relocation, or mass layoff.

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BILL NOS02595 

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01/21/2025REFERRED TO LABOR

01/07/2026REFERRED TO LABOR

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 2595

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 21, 2025
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 Introduced by Sens. MAYER, CLEARE, COMRIE, GOUNARDES, HOYLMAN-SIGAL,
 JACKSON, MAY, MYRIE, RAMOS, SEPULVEDA -- read twice and ordered print-
 ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Labor

 AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to removing the exclusion of
 part-time employees from certain definitions relating to employment
 and expanding the definition of employer; removing certain exclusions
 for employer notice requirements for the closing of a facility; remov-
 ing the discretionary reduction of penalties for employers for certain
 acts or omissions concerning notice requirements for mass layoffs,
 relocations or employment loss; removing the maximum time period for
 determining back pay and other liabilities for certain employees who
 experience employment loss; allowing the attorney general to take
 certain action to assist certain employees in receiving back pay and
 other liabilities; requiring employers to pay severance to employees
 when there is a plant closing, relocation, or mass layoff; and to
 repeal certain provisions of such law relating thereto

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Section 860-a of the labor law, as added by chapter 475 of
 2 the laws of 2008, is amended to read as follows:
 3 § 860-a. Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms
 4 shall have the following meanings:
 5 1. "Affected employees" means employees who may reasonably be expected
 6 to experience an employment loss as a consequence of a proposed [plant]
 7 facility closing or mass layoff by their employer.
 8 2. "Affiliate" means a person that directly, or indirectly through one
 9 or more intermediaries, controls, or is controlled by, or is under
 10 common control with, a specified person.
 11 3. "Associate", when used to indicate a relationship with any person,
 12 means:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD05943-02-5

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 1 (a) any entity of which such person is an officer or partner or is,
 2 directly or indirectly, the beneficial owner of ten percent or more of
 3 any class of voting securities;
 4 (b) any trust or other estate in which such person has a substantial
 5 beneficial interest or as to which such person serves as trustee or in a
 6 similar fiduciary capacity; and
 7 (c) any relative or spouse of such person, or any relative of such
 8 spouse, who has the same home as such person.
 9 4. "Beneficial owner", when used with respect to any securities, means
 10 a person:
 11 (a) that, individually or with or through any of its affiliates or
 12 associates, beneficially owns such securities, directly or indirectly;
 13 or
 14 (b) that, individually or with or through any of its affiliat