New York A 7781: Relates to granting salary protection for provisional and temporary employees

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A07781 Summary:

BILL NOA07781A

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SAME ASSAME AS S02595

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SPONSORBronson

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COSPNSRSimon, Taylor

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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.

Go to top A07781 Actions:

BILL NOA07781A

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04/10/2025referred to labor

01/07/2026referred to labor

02/24/2026amend (t) and recommit to labor

02/24/2026print number 7781a

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Go to topA07781 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 7781--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 April 10, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. BRONSON, SIMON, TAYLOR -- read once and referred
 to the Committee on Labor -- recommitted to the Committee on Labor in
 accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill
 amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
 tee

 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.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD05943-03-6

 A. 7781--A 2

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