| 2010 HR Legislative Briefing Schedule | |
| Long Island | January 12, 2010 |
| Saratoga | January 21, 2010 |
Manhattan - Thursday, April 1, 2010 |
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Albany - 2010 HR Legislative Conference |
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| Mid-Hudson Valley | May 13, 2010 |
| Rochester | May 26, 2010 |
| Adirondacks | June 30, 2010 |
| Corning-Syracuse | July 15, 2010 |
| Buffalo | August 25, 2010 |
| Gouverneur | September 21, 2010 |
| Albany | December 16, 2010 Labor & HR Committee planning meeting |
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Labor & Human Resources Committee
Staff Contact:Tom Minnick
NYC Council Testimony on Mandatory Employee Sick Time
Federal Stimulus Provisions Update
- Federal COBRA Subsidy Extended (January 2010)
- Dealing with the new COBRA requirements in the federal stimulus package
- March 6, 2009 Update
- February 24, 2009 Update
COBRA Premium Subsidy, Work Opportunity Tax Credit for Veterans and Disconnected Youth, Earned Income Tax Credit Expansion, Making Work Pay Tax Credit, Job Training Program Funding Increases
COBRA Notice in Connection with Extended Election Periods
Paid Family Leave
- 2009 paid family leave bill - S.5791/A.8742
- Oppose Paid Family Leave
- Legislative Memo in Opposition - S.5791/A.8742
- Comparison of federal FMLA to the NYS paid family leave proposals
- 2008 state paid family leave proposals: A.9245 and S.5821
- Worksheet to project increased leave usage and costs
- California claims experience
- Family leave bill too costly Buffalo News Editorial
- Binghamton's News channel 34 reports on the joint effort by The Business Council and the Greater Binghamton Chamber of Commerce in opposing the Paid Family Leave bill. (May 28, 2008)
- Business Council warns Paid Family Leave mandate an obstacle to job growth (May 27, 2008)
- Business Council launches “electronic advocacy” campaign on Paid Family Leave (May 22, 2008)
- A.9245 (Silver), Oppose, Paid family leave - Legislative memo (March 20, 2008)
- Council: 'Family leave' proposals would burden New York businesses (June 5, 2007)
- Paid Family
Leave testimony (June 5, 2007)
- ASSEMBLY PAID FAMILY MEDICAL LEAVE DEBATE (June 24, 2005)
New York State Department of Labor Guidelines and Reports
- 2008 Annual Independent Contractor Misclassification Report (February 2009)
- Expressing Breast Milk in the Workplace (Summer 2008)
- Blood Donation Leave (Summer 2008)
New York State WARN ()
- Summary of proposed Department Labor Rule (February 2009)
- Proposed WARN Rule (February 2009)
- Business Council response cover letter (April 2009)
- Business Council response (April 2009)
U.S. Department of Labor Guidelines
Presentations from the 2009 HR Legislative Conference
- Employer’s Obligations under the New York State Human Rights Law
- 2009 HR Legislative Update
- Division of Labor Standards
- The National Work Readiness Credential
- New York State Department of Labor Shared Work Program
- The Employee Free Choice Act (“EFCA”): What every employer should know
Presentations from the 2008 HR Legislative Conference
- Navigating UI Fundamentals
Edward J. Delehanty, NYS Department of Labor - Labor Standards Seminar for Employers
NYS Department of Labor
Posters & Guides
New York State
- NYS Correction Law-Article 23-A
- A Guide for Employers to New York State's Clean Indoor Air Act
- "No Smoking" Poster
- State Human Rights Poster
- State Minimum Wage Poster
- Election Law & Poster (2 pages)
- NYS Juror Service Guide for Employers and Employees
- The New York State Consumer Protection Board’s Business Privacy Guide
Federal
- Federal Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Notice (New)
- Federal Employee Polygraph Protection Act Poster
- Federal Minimum Wage Poster
- Federal Equal Employment Opportunity Poster
- Federal Family Medical Leave Poster
- Veterans' Poster
- OSHA Poster
Forms & Notices
- I-9 Handbook for Employers
- Form I-9
- Model Initial COBRA Notice
- Model COBRA Notice - Qualifying event
- Model Premium Assistance Notice
Family Medical Leave
- Notice of Eligibility and Rights and Responsibilities form (WH-381)
- Employee’s Serious Health Condition (WH-380E)
- Family Member’s Serious Health Condition (WH-380F)
- Designation Notice to Employee of FMLA Leave (WH-382)
- Certification of Qualifying Exigency for Military Family Leave (WH-384)
- Certification for Serious Injury or Illness of Covered Service member for Military Family Leave (WH-385)
2009-2010 Legislative Memos
- S.1629 (Oppenheimer)/A.4350 (Heastie), Oppose, Requires access to employee personnel records
Bill text - S.2247 (Onorato), Oppose, Expansion of labor law provisions for farm employees
Bill text - A.2351(Lifton) / S.2968(Krueger), Oppose, Comparable Worth
Bill text - S.3357 (Onorato)/A.6962 (Lattimer), Oppose, Requires employers to give
written notice of pay rates and pay dates
Bill text - S.3397-A (Onorato) / A.1690-A (Brodsky), Oppose, Motor Carrier Employee Overtime Pay
Bill text - S.3509 (Savino) / A.4468 (Brodsky), Oppose, Expands Whistleblower Protections
Bill text - A. 3911 (John)/ S.955 (Johnson), Oppose, NYS Fair Pay Act
Bill text - A.4350 (Heastie) / S.1629 (Oppenheimer), Oppose, Requires access to employee personnel records
Bill text - S.4755 (Addabbo) / A.3871-A (Rosenthal), Oppose, Requires prior and annual notice of electronic monitoring
Bill text - S.5791 (Savino)/A.8742 (Silver), Oppose, Paid family care
Bill text
2007-08 Legislative Memos
- S.627, UI waiting period for strikers
- S.1952 / A.6927, Increases the maximum disability benefit
- S.3884 / A. 7528, Expansion of labor law provisions for farm employees
- S.8208 / A.10852, Increase Labor Department Enforcement Authority and Penalties
- S.4738 / A.7999, allows disability benefits for non-disabled persons
- S.6342, restricts overtime for nurses
- S.6489-A, UI waiting period for strikers
- A.7528 / S.3884, Includes agricultural workers within the State Labor Relations Act; as covered employment for unemployment insurance benefit purposes; and other employment-based benefits
- A.9168-A, Minimum wage
- A.9245, Paid family leave
- A.11711 / S.8637, Restricts overtime for nurses
Council NEWS
- End of session job creation message to the legislature, 6/19/09
- Council opposes proposed change to labor law (February 7, 2006)
- Echoing Council arguments, court overturns state's controversial 'labor neutrality' law, 5/18/05
- Citing Business Council opposition, Governor vetoes union-backed bill 11/16/04
- Unions' political party endorses Senators who supported minimum-wage vote 8/10/04
- State legislators approve bill to increase state's minimum wage 7/21/04
- Cornell University researchers: Big minimum-wage increase would cut job opportunities for entry-level workers 7/15/04
- Public Policy Institute tackles the "Living Wage"