New York A 1941: Relates to protections and rights afforded to delivery network company workers

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A01941 Summary:

BILL NOA01941 

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SAME ASSAME AS S05139

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SPONSORRosenthal

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COSPNSRValdez, Ramos

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MLTSPNSR

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Add Art 20-D §§750 - 750-l, Lab L

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Relates to protections and rights afforded to delivery network company (DNC) workers; requires DNCs to create internal procedures for workers to challenge deactivations; provides certain notice and other rights to workers to challenge deactivation both internally in a DNC and externally; allows the Department of Labor to investigate unwarranted deactivation of workers; makes related provisions.

Go to top A01941 Actions:

BILL NOA01941 

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01/14/2025referred to labor

01/07/2026referred to labor

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Go to topA01941 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1941

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 14, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Labor

 AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to protections and rights
 afforded to delivery network company workers

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

 1 Section 1. The labor law is amended by adding a new article 20-D to
 2 read as follows:
 3 ARTICLE 20-D
 4 DELIVERY NETWORK COMPANIES
 5 Section 750. Definitions.
 6 750-a. Deactivation requirements.
 7 750-b. Right to challenge deactivation.
 8 750-c. Notice of deactivation.
 9 750-d. Access to records substantiating deactivation.
 10 750-e. Affirmative production of records.
 11 750-f. Notice of rights.
 12 750-g. Network company records.
 13 750-h. Retaliation prohibited.
 14 750-i. Rulemaking authority.
 15 750-j. Enforcement power and duties.
 16 750-k. Violation.
 17 750-l. Investigation.
 18 § 750. Definitions. For the purposes of this article, the following
 19 terms shall have the following meanings:
 20 1. "Adverse action" means reducing compensation; garnishing tips or
 21 gratuities; temporarily or permanently denying or limiting access to
 22 work, incentives, or bonuses; offering less desirable work; terminating;
 23 deactivating; threatening; penalizing; retaliating; engaging in unfair
 24 immigration-related practices; filing a false report with a government
 25 agency; or discriminating against any person for any reason.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD05272-01-5

 A. 1941 2

 1 2. "Deactivate" or "deactivation" means the blocking of a DNC worker's
 2 access to a DNC's digital network, prohibiting a DNC worker from accept-
 3 ing any future DNC orders for such DNC, or other material restriction of
 4 a DNC worker's access to such DNC's digital network. The term "deacti-
 5 vation" shall not include a temporary suspension lasting less than
 6 forty-eight hours.
 7 3. "Deactivation policy" means a DNC's policy for measures to be taken
 8 prior to implementing the deactivation of a DNC worker adopted pursuant
 9 to subdivision one of section seven hundred fifty-a of this article.
 10 4. "Deactivation challenge procedure" means a procedure under which a
 11 DNC worker may challenge their deactivation under section seven hundred
 12 fifty-b of this article.
 13 5. (a) "Delivery network company" or "DNC" means a person, corpo-
 14 ration, partnership, sole proprietorship, or other entity that is oper-
 15 ating in New York state exclusively using a digital network to connect
 16 DNC customers with DNC workers who provide delivery for orders of
 17 products made via a digital network.
 18 (b) "Delivery network company" shall not include:
 19 (i) a transportation network company, as defined by section sixteen
 20 hundred ninety-one of the vehicle and traffic law; or
 21 (ii) a restaurant, or restaurant chain, that enables customers to
 22 place orders for food using a digital network that was created specif-
 23 ically for use by customers of such restaurant or restaurant chain.
 24 6. "Delivery network company customer" or "DNC customer" means an
 25 individual or other entity who uses a delivery network company's digital
 26 network to request a DNC order.
 27