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S01089 Summary:

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Establishes workplace readiness week to educate minors in relation to their workplace rights; requires eleventh and twelfth graders to receive education on workplace rights; requires a document on workplace rights to be provided to any minor seeking working papers.

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01/08/2025REFERRED TO EDUCATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO EDUCATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 1089

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 8, 2025
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 Introduced by Sen. RAMOS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Education

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to establishing a work-
 place readiness week for secondary school students

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

 1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "youth
 2 workplace readiness act".
 3 § 2. Legislative findings and intent. It is the intent of the Legisla-
 4 ture that New York pupils enter the workforce with a strong understand-
 5 ing of their rights as workers, as well as their explicit rights as
 6 employed minors. It is further the intent of the Legislature to equip
 7 pupils with this knowledge to protect them from retaliation and discrim-
 8 ination, to ensure that these young workers receive all wages and bene-
 9 fits to which they are entitled, to empower them to refuse unsafe work
 10 when necessary, and to prepare them to assert their labor rights whenev-
 11 er these rights are threatened.
 12 The Legislature hereby finds and declares that young New Yorkers must
 13 enter the workforce having received a thorough education on their right
 14 to join or organize a union at their workplace. It is further the intent
 15 of the Legislature that secondary schools present state-approved appren-
 16 ticeship programs as a path towards a living wage career for all pupils.
 17 § 3. The education law is amended by adding a new section 819 to read
 18 as follows:
 19 § 819. Workplace readiness week. 1. The week of each year that
 20 includes May first shall be known as "workplace readiness week". All
 21 secondary schools shall annually observe that week by providing informa-
 22 tion to students on their rights as workers. The topics covered shall
 23 include, but not be limited to, all of the following:
 24 (a) local, state, and federal laws regarding each of the following
 25 issues:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03200-01-5

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 1 (i) child labor;
 2 (ii) wage and hour protections;
 3 (iii) worker safety;
 4 (iv) workers' compensation;
 5 (v) paid sick leave;
 6 (vi) prohibitions against retaliation; and
 7 (vii) the right to organize a union in the workplace;
 8 (b) the labor movement's role in winning the protections and benefits
 9 described in paragraph (a) of this subdivision;
 10 (c) an introduction to state-approved apprenticeship programs in New
 11 York, how to access them, and how they can provide an alternative career
 12 path for those who do not attend university or college;
 13 (d) an introduction to the civil service system in New York and the
 14 process of testing and applying for civil service jobs; and
 15 (e) an introduction to financial literacy which shall include, but not
 16 be limited to, banking basics, budgeting, and filing taxes.
 17 2. For students in grades eleven and twelve, the observances required
 18 by subdivision one of this section shall be integrated into the regular
 19 school program, consistent with the history/social science curriculum,
 20 but may also include special events after regular school hours. This
 21 integration is encouraged, but not required, to occur during workplace
 22 readiness week.
 23 3. Any minor seeking working papers in order to be employed in the
 24 state shall be issued, before or at the time o