New York S 3129: Relates to collective bargaining rights to farm laborers, repealing certain provisions of chapter 105 of the laws of 2019 and repealing certain provisions of the labor law and the workers' compensation law

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S03129 Summary:

BILL NOS03129 

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SAME ASSAME AS A06938

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Rpld §§1, 2 & 24, Chap 105 of 2019; rpld §701 sub 3 ¶(c), §161 sub 1 cl ¶, §705 sub 1-a, §703 cl ¶, §§163-a,
704-b, 702-b & 674-a, amd §§161, 511, 564, 651, 674 & 701, Lab L; rpld §110-b, amd §§3, 51, 120 & 201, Work
Comp L; amd §225, Pub Health L

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Defines certain collective bargaining rights for farm laborers.

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BILL NOS03129 

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01/23/2025REFERRED TO LABOR

01/07/2026REFERRED TO LABOR

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 3129

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 23, 2025
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 Introduced by Sen. ORTT -- 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 collective bargaining
 rights to farm laborers; to amend the public health law, in relation
 to the application of the sanitary code to all farm and food process-
 ing labor camps for migrant workers; to amend the workers' compen-
 sation law in relation to the eligibility of farm laborers for work-
 ers' compensation benefits and in relation to service as farm
 laborers; to amend the labor law, in relation to labor on a farm; to
 repeal sections 1, 2, 24 and 25 of chapter 105 of the laws of 2019
 relating to farm laborers; and repealing certain provisions of the
 labor law and the workers' compensation law relating thereto

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

 1 Section 1. Sections 1, 2 and 24 of chapter 105 of the laws of 2019,
 2 relating to farm laborers, are REPEALED.
 3 § 2. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 3 of section 701 of the labor law,
 4 as amended by chapter 105 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as
 5 follows:
 6 (a) The term "employees" includes but is not restricted to any indi-
 7 vidual employed by a labor organization; any individual whose employment
 8 has ceased as a consequence of, or in connection with, any current labor
 9 dispute or because of any unfair labor practice, and who has not
 10 obtained any other regular and substantially equivalent employment; and
 11 shall not be limited to the employees of a particular employer, unless
 12 the article explicitly states otherwise, but shall not include any indi-
 13 vidual employed by [his] their parent or spouse or in the domestic
 14 service of and directly employed, controlled and paid by any person in
 15 [his] their home, any individual whose primary responsibility is the
 16 care of a minor child or children and/or someone who lives in the home
 17 of a person for the purpose of serving as a companion to a sick, conva-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD07036-01-5

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 1 lescing or elderly person or any individuals employed only for the dura-
 2 tion of a labor dispute, or any individuals employed as farm laborers
 3 or, any individual who participates in and receives rehabilitative or
 4 therapeutic services in a charitable non-profit rehabilitation facility
 5 or sheltered workshop or any individual employed in a charitable non-
 6 profit rehabilitation facility or sheltered workshop who has received
 7 rehabilitative or therapeutic services and whose capacity to perform the
 8 work for which [he] such individual is engaged is substantially impaired
 9 by physical or mental deficiency or injury.
 10 § 3. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 3 of section 701 of the labor law is
 11 REPEALED.
 12 § 4. The closing paragraph of subdivision 1 of section 161 of the
 13 labor law is REPEALED.
 14 § 5. Paragraphs b and d of subdivision 2 of section 161 of the labor
 15 law, as amended by chapter 105 of the laws of 2019, are amended to read
 16 as follows:
 17 b. Employees in dairies, creameries, milk condenseries, milk powder
 18 factories, milk sugar factories, milk shipping stations, butter and
 19 cheese factories, ice cream man