Title LAB, Labor

§ 21. General powers and duties of commissioner. The commissioner shall be the administrative head of the department and shall have, notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, general administrative supervision over the several divisions, boards, commissions, bureaus,…

* § 21-a. The industrial commissioner is hereby authorized to enter into agreements with the appropriate agencies of the United States, whereby, in accordance with a law of the United States, the commissioner shall cooperate with such appropriate agencies of the United States in…

§ 21-b. Power of the industrial commissioner to make agreements for federal reimbursement to the state of certain expenses in connection with veterans' training. The industrial commissioner is hereby authorized to enter into agreements with the United States veterans' administra…

§ 21-c. Power of commissioner to enter into agreements relating to certain federal acts. The commissioner is hereby authorized and empowered to take such steps, not inconsistent with law, as may be necessary or desirable for the purpose of procuring for the people of this state …

§ 21-d. Power of commissioner to enter into agreement relating to information obtained by the state directory of new hires. The department, through the commissioner, shall enter into the agreement provided for in section one hundred seventy-one-h of the tax law, and shall take s…

§ 21-e. Powers of the commissioner to prepare and issue a notice to be posted at worksite. 1. The commissioner is hereby authorized to prepare and issue a notice to be posted at the worksite of each and every apparel or garment manufacturer or contractor known to the department …

§ 21-f. Job transition plan for certain climate risk-related and energy transition projects. 1. The commissioner, in consultation with labor organizations, shall develop a comprehensive plan to transition, train, or retrain employees that are impacted by climate risk-related and…

§ 210. Proceedings for nonenforcement. Any officer, agent or employee of this state or of a municipal corporation therein having a duty to act in the premises who violates, evades or knowingly permits the violation of any of the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of malf…

§ 210-a. Legal duty to employees. It shall be unlawful for any employer to refuse to hire, employ or license, or to discharge from employment, an employee in order to evade such employer's legal duty to provide workers' compensation coverage for such employee. An employer in vio…

* § 210-b. Access to personnel records. 1. As used in this section, the following terms shall, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, have the following meanings: (a) "Employee" means a person currently employed or formerly employed by an employer. (b) "Employer" means a…

§ 211. Protection of employees. The commissioner shall cooperate with any employee in the enforcement of a just claim against his employer and for his protection against frauds and other improper practices on the part of any person public or private.

§ 211-a. Prohibition against use of funds. 1. The legislature hereby finds and declares that sound fiscal management requires vigilance to ensure that funds appropriated by the legislature for the purchase of goods and provision of needed services are ultimately expended solely …

§ 212. Drinking water for farm laborers. Every grower or processor who employs or uses paid farm or food processing workers, whether or not he uses the services of a farm labor contractor, shall, at his own expense, provide safe drinking water, which may be in a portable contain…

§ 212-a. Migrant registration law. 1. Definitions. As used in this section: a. "Farm labor contractor" includes: (1) Any person who, for a fee, recruits, transports, supplies or hires farm or food processing workers to work for, or under the direction, supervision, or control of…

§ 212-b. Farm labor camp commissaries; issuance of permit; renewal, refusal, suspension, and revocation of permit; rules and regulations. 1. No person shall operate a farm labor camp commissary, or cause or allow the operation of a farm labor camp commissary, without a permit fr…

§ 212-c. Definitions. As used in section two hundred twelve-b: 1. "Persons" includes any individual, firm, partnership, association, or corporation. 2. "Farm labor camp commissary" means a place where goods are offered for sale or lease and which is operated in or in connection …

§ 212-d. Field sanitation for farm hand workers, farm field workers and farm food processing workers. 1. Every grower or processor who employs or uses paid farm hand workers, farm field workers or farm food processing workers, whether or not he or she uses the services of a farm…

§ 213. Violations of provisions of labor law; the rules, regulations or orders of the industrial commissioner and the industrial board of appeals. Any person who violates or does not comply with any provision of the labor law, any rule, regulation or lawful order of the industri…

§ 213-a. Special provisions regarding the purchasing of apparel or sports equipment by the state university of New York and the city university of New York. 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the various units of the state university of New York, the city university …

§ 214. Criminal prosecution. The attorney-general may prosecute every person charged with the commission of a criminal offense in violation of this chapter, or of any rule, regulation or order made thereunder, or in violation of the laws of this state, applicable to or arising o…

§ 215. Penalties and civil action; prohibited retaliation. 1. (a) No employer or his or her agent, or the officer or agent of any corporation, partnership, or limited liability company, or any other person, shall discharge, threaten, penalize, or in any other manner discriminate…

* § 215-a. Discrimination against employees for failure to meet certain ticket quotas. 1. No employer or his or her duly authorized agent shall transfer or in any other manner penalize or threaten, expressly or impliedly, an employee as to his or her employment in a manner, incl…

§ 215-b. Children; adverse information; notification. 1. For purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (a) "Child" means any person under the age of sixteen; (b) "Parent" means the birth or adoptive parent, the guardian or other adult havin…

§ 215-c. Discrimination against employees for displaying the American flag. 1. No employer, public or private, or such employer's duly authorized agent shall discharge or discriminate against any employee in compensation or in terms, conditions or privileges of employment for di…

§ 216. Failure to pay statutory inspection fees. Any person who fails\nto pay the statutory fees for the inspection of boilers, as provided in\nsubdivision three of section two hundred four of this article or the\nstatutory fees for the inspection of places of public assembly, a…

§ 217. Employee notification and remittance of premiums; group policies of accident and health insurance. 1. Statement of public policy. The legislature finds that in today's society health and accident insurance coverage for medical care and treatment is of prime importance to …

§ 218. Violations of certain provisions; civil penalties. 1. If the commissioner determines that an employer has violated a provision of article six (payment of wages), article nineteen (minimum wage act), article nineteen-A (minimum wage standards and protective labor practices…

§ 218-a. Sun safety education for state employees. 1. Any state employee who spends more than a total of five hours per week outdoors shall be provided information about (a) the potential dangers of diseases caused by over-exposure of the sun, such as skin cancer, (b) the existe…

§ 218-b. Prevention of occupational exposure to an airborne infectious disease. 1. For purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (a) "Employee" shall mean any person providing labor or services for remuneration for a private entity or busin…

§ 219. Violations of certain wage payment provisions; interest, filing of order as judgment. 1. If the commissioner determines that an employer has failed to pay wages, benefits or wage supplements required pursuant to article six (payment of wages), article nineteen (minimum wa…

§ 219-a. Affirmation in lieu of oath. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any application for a license, permit, registration, certificate or notification required by law to be filed with the department may, in lieu of being acknowledged or sworn to under oath, be subscr…

§ 219-c. Public notice of employer violations. The commissioner shall have the following powers: 1. where an employer is found in violation of article six, nineteen or nineteen-A of this chapter, to post and/or affix for a period not to exceed one year a notice of no less than e…

§ 219-d. Emergency alert notification system employer registration. 1. The department, in consultation with the state office of information technology services, shall provide every employer in the state with a registration form which shall be created by the state office of infor…

§ 220. Hours, wages and supplements. 1. Eight hours shall constitute a\nlegal day's work for all classes of employees in this state except those\nengaged in farm and domestic service unless otherwise provided by law.\n 2. Each contract to which the state or a public benefit corp…

§ 220-a. Statements showing amounts due for wages and supplements to\nbe filed--Verification. 1. Subcontractors engaged by a public\nimprovement contractor or its subcontractor shall upon receipt from the\npublic improvement contractor or its subcontractor of a copy of the\nsche…

§ 220-b. Amounts due for wages and supplements may be withheld for\nbenefit of laborers. 1. In case any interested person shall have\npreviously filed a protest in writing objecting to the payment to any\ncontractor or subcontractor to the extent of the amount or amounts due\nor…

§ 220-c. Contractor or subcontractor verifying false statement guilty\nof perjury.\n Any contractor or subcontractor who shall upon his oath verify any\nstatement required to be filed under this act which is known by him to\nbe false shall be guilty of perjury and punishable as …

§ 220-d. Minimum rate of wage and supplement. The advertised\nspecifications for every contract for the construction, reconstruction,\nmaintenance and/or repair of public work to which the state, county,\ntown and/or village is a party shall contain a provision stating the\nmini…

§ 220-e. Provisions in contracts prohibiting discrimination on account\nof race, creed, color or national origin in employment of citizens upon\npublic works. Every contract for or on behalf of the state or a\nmunicipality for the construction, alteration or repair of any public…

§ 220-f. Labor policy of the state with regard to public work\ncontracts; participation in an international boycott prohibited. It\nshall be the labor policy of the state that contracts for the\nconstruction, reconstruction, maintenance and/or repair of public work\nor for servi…

§ 220-g. Additional enforcement of article. For the purpose of\nenforcing this article, the affected employee may bring an action to\nrecover from the bond which is required by section one hundred\nthirty-seven of the state finance law, of the contractor, the\nsubcontractor or b…

§ 220-h. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)\nconstruction safety and health course. The advertised specifications for\nevery contract for the construction, reconstruction, maintenance and/or\nrepair of public work to which the state or a municipality is a party…

§ 220-i. Registration system for contractors and subcontractors. 1. As\nused in this section:\n a. "Contractor" means any entity entering into a contract to perform\nconstruction, demolition, reconstruction, excavation, rehabilitation,\nrepair, installation, renovation, alterati…

§ 220-j. Payroll reporting requirements. 1. As used in this section:\n a. "Contractor" means any entity entering into a contract to perform\nconstruction, demolition, reconstruction, excavation, rehabilitation,\nrepair, installation, renovation, alteration, or custom fabrication…

§ 221. Company stores. No person engaged in construction of public\nwork under contract with the state or with any municipal corporation\neither as a contractor or subcontractor shall, directly or indirectly,\nconduct what is commonly known as a company store if there is any sto…

§ 221-a. Permits required. No person or persons shall conduct what is\ncommonly known as a company store or a labor camp for the purpose of\nselling provisions or clothing or for providing board and/or lodging to\nworkmen in the employ of a contractor, subcontractor or other per…

§ 221-b. Issue of permits. 1. An application for a permit shall be\nmade to the commissioner upon blanks furnished by him, and shall state\nunder oath:\n a. Name of owner or lessee of the property.\n b. A list of the provisions and clothing it is intended to sell.\n c. The maxim…

§ 222. Project labor agreements. 1. Definition. "Project labor\nagreement" shall mean a pre-hire collective bargaining agreement between\na contractor and a bona fide building and construction trade labor\norganization establishing the labor organization as the collective\nbarga…

§ 222-a. Prevention of dust hazard in public works. In the\nconstruction of public works by the state or a public benefit\ncorporation or a municipal corporation or a commission appointed\npursuant to law wherein a harmful dust hazard is created for which\nappliances or methods …

§ 223. Enforcement of article. If the fiscal officer as defined herein\nfinds that any person contracting with the state, a municipal\ncorporation, or any commission appointed pursuant to law, for the\nperformance of any public work fails to comply with or evades the\nprovisions…