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2006 LABOR/HUMAN
RESOURCES LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM
Following is The Business Council's 2006 Legislative
Program. It identifies priority issues to be addressed by the
Committees and Councils during 2006.
Employee Benefits
- Oppose any government mandated employee benefits, especially
the use of Disability Insurance payments for paid leave or
paid time off.
- Support legislation which makes it easier for business
to offer dependent care program options.
- Support the implementation
of reasonable, objective medical guidelines, a maximum 500
week payment schedule for non-scheduled partial impairments for
workers' compensation cases and a reduction in the "Second injury fund" assessment
from 150% to 110%.
- Oppose the effort to prohibit different
co-pays for mail order and non-mail order employee drug
prescription programs.
Employment
- Support the doctrine of "employment at will" and oppose
any attempt to undermine an employer's right to employ and
terminate employment.
- Support legislation which protects an employer's
ability to create a drug-free workplace and excludes current
drug and alcohol abuse from protection under the Human
Rights Law.
- Support legislation which would provide limited liability
to employers who provide good faith employment reference
information.
Human Rights
- Support legislation which facilitates employer actions to
eliminate sexual harassment and domestic violence and discourage
additional mandates and remedies under the Human Rights and Labor
Laws.
Labor Relations
- Oppose the use of a"union only"workforce in public and
private projects and continue support of New York's competitive
bidding laws.
- Oppose any attempts to limit an employer's right to operate
during a labor dispute.
Pay Administration
- Support the concept of "equal pay for equal work"and oppose
the doctrine of comparable worth in both the public and private
sectors.
- Oppose the living wage concept.
Miscellaneous
- Support amendments to the Public Health Law allowing the
use of employee smoking rooms in the workplace.
- Support a civil mediation process to serve as a first resolution
effort prior to litigation and oppose any limitations to employer
or agency Alternative Dispute Resolution procedures.
- Support
amendments to the Industrial Homework Law that give employers
flexibility to allow workers the ability to work from home.
- Oppose legislation that mandates studies, policy development
and training in workplace violence prevention.
Regulatory
- Support the continuing activities of the state and local Workforce
Investment Boards.
Click here for the 2006
Legislative Program for all Issue areas.
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