New York S 9991: Relates to providing reforms to the New York state worker adjustment and retraining notification act; repealer

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S09991 Summary:

BILL NOS09991 

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SAME ASSAME AS A11216

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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; expands 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.

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BILL NOS09991 

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04/21/2026REFERRED TO LABOR

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 9991

 IN SENATE

 April 21, 2026
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 Introduced by Sen. MAYER -- read twice and ordered printed, 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; and to repeal certain provisions of such law relat-
 ing 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:
 13 (a) any entity of which such person is an officer or partner or is,
 14 directly or indirectly, the beneficial owner of ten percent or more of
 15 any class of voting securities;
 16 (b) any trust or other estate in which such person has a substantial
 17 beneficial interest or as to which such person serves as trustee or in a
 18 similar fiduciary capacity; and

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD15517-01-6

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 1 (c) any relative or spouse of such person, or any relative of such
 2 spouse, who has the same home as such person.
 3 4. "Beneficial owner", when used with respect to any securities, means
 4 a person:
 5 (a) that, individually or with or through any of its affiliates or
 6 associates, beneficially owns such securities, directly or indirectly;
 7 or
 8 (b) that, individually or with or through any of its affiliates or
 9 associates, has (i) the right to acquire such securities, whether such
 10 right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time,
 11 pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding, whether or not
 12 in writing, or upon the exercise of conversion rights, exchange rights,
 13 warrants or options, or otherwise; or (ii) the right to vote such secu-
 14 rities pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding