Title LAB, Labor

Section 1. Short title. This chapter shall be known as the "Labor\nLaw."\n

§ 10. Department of labor; commissioner of labor. There shall continue\nto be in the state government a department of labor. The head of the\ndepartment shall be the commissioner of labor. The commissioner of\nlabor shall be appointed by the governor, by and with the advice and\…

§ 10-a. Domestic violence policy. The commissioner shall study the\nissue of employees separated from employment due to acts of domestic\nviolence as referred to in and qualified by section four hundred\nfifty-nine-a of the social services law. The commissioner shall consult\nwi…

§ 10-b. Domestic violence employee awareness and assistance. The\ncommissioner shall assist the office for the prevention of domestic\nviolence in the creation, approval and dissemination of the model\ndomestic violence employee awareness and assistance policy as further\ndefine…

§ 10-c. Workforce guidance and information for women initiative. 1.\nThe department shall provide guidance to local workforce investment\nboards and staff, to enable them to better educate and inform both women\nand men about higher paying jobs and careers including jobs\ntradit…

§ 100. Industrial board of appeals. 1. There is hereby created in the\ndepartment of labor a board, to be known as the industrial board of\nappeals, which shall be composed of five members, at least one of whom\nshall be a lawyer. Of the first members of the board, two shall be\…

§ 1000. Definitions. For purposes of this article:\n 1. "Certifying employment" means either completing the employer\nsections of the public service loan forgiveness form or sharing data\ndirectly with the U.S. department of education that corresponds to the\ninformation require…

§ 1001. Hours worked and full-time employment. The following shall\napply for the purposes of certifying employment for the purposes of the\npublic service loan forgiveness program only and shall have no other\napplicability for public service employers and their employees.\n 1.…

§ 1002. Certifying employment. 1. Should the U.S. department of\neducation permit public service employers to certify employment for past\nor present individual employees or groups of employees directly with the\nU.S. department of education or its agents, notwithstanding other\…

§ 1005. Administration and services. 1. There is hereby established\nwithin the department a New York youth jobs connector program to connect\nunemployed and underemployed individuals between the ages of sixteen and\ntwenty-four years with targeted educational, occupational, and…

§ 1006. Funding. The department shall identify and leverage any\navailable funds as necessary, including any private funds provided for\nthe purpose of supporting this article, which may be used to subsidize\nthe New York youth jobs connector program. The department may further\…

§ 1007. Public outreach. 1. The department shall engage in outreach\nefforts to raise awareness about the New York youth jobs connector\nprogram and the services offered thereunder. Such outreach may include,\nbut not be limited to:\n (a) brochures and posters to be distributed …

§ 1008. Annual report. Not later than two years after the effective\ndate of this article, and annually thereafter, the commissioner shall\nprepare and submit a report to the governor, the temporary president of\nthe senate, and the speaker of the assembly on the efficacy and pr…

§ 101. Review by industrial board of appeals. 1. Except where\notherwise prescribed by law, any person in interest or his duly\nauthorized agent may petition the board for a review of the validity or\nreasonableness of any rule, regulation or order made by the commissioner\nunde…

§ 102. Review by court. 1. The decision of the board in a proceeding\nunder section one hundred one of this chapter shall be final except that\nsuch decision shall be subject to appeal by an aggrieved party in a\nproceeding under article seventy-eight of the civil practice law a…

§ 103. Limited review of provisions of chapter and of rules,\nregulations and orders. 1. Every provision of this chapter and of the\nrules and regulations made in pursuance thereof, and every order\ndirecting compliance therewith, shall be valid unless declared invalid\nin a pro…

§ 1030. Short title. This article shall be known and may be cited as\nthe "New York state fashion workers act".\n

§ 1031. Definitions. As used in this article:\n 1. "Client" means a person or entity that contracts for and manages\nthe performance of modeling services from a model or model management\ncompany, directly or through intermediaries.\n 2. "Model" means an individual who, in the c…

§ 1032. Registration required. 1. Except as otherwise provided in this\nsection, a model management company or model management group shall not\nengage in business in this state or enter into any arrangement with a\nclient or model for the purpose of providing model management c…

§ 1033. Registration process. 1. Except as otherwise provided in this\nsection, a model management company or model management group required\nto be registered under this article shall provide the department with\ninformation required by the department on forms that the departme…

§ 1034. Duties of model management companies. A model management\ncompany shall:\n 1. be deemed to have a fiduciary duty to the models they represent and\nshall be required to act in good faith, with the utmost honesty and\nintegrity, in the best interests of the models. This fi…

§ 1035. Prohibitions on model management companies. A model management\ncompany shall not:\n 1. require or collect any fee or deposit from a model upon the signing\nof, or as a condition to entering into, any contract or agreement\nbetween the model management company and the mo…

§ 1036. Power of attorney. 1. Any power of attorney agreement between\na model management company and a model shall:\n (a) be presented as an optional component of the model management\ncompany's representation agreement;\n (b) not be presented as a necessary condition of enteri…

§ 1037. Duties of clients. A client shall:\n 1. compensate models at an hourly rate at least fifty percent higher\nthan the contracted hourly rate for any employment, engagement,\nentertainment, exhibition or performance that exceeds eight hours in any\ntwenty-four hour period;\…

§ 1038. Violations, penalties and procedures. 1. Any model management\ncompany or model management group that has failed to comply with the\nregistration requirements of section one thousand thirty-two of this\narticle shall be deemed to have violated this article.\n 2. Any mode…

§ 1039. Other legal requirements. Nothing in this article shall\ndiminish the rights, privileges, wages, working conditions or remedies\nof any employee under any applicable collective bargaining agreement.\n

§ 104. Corporate instruments; inquiry by board. Whenever any corporate\ninstrument is submitted to the board for approval in accordance with the\nrequirements of any statute, the board shall make such inquiry as it may\ndeem advisable, and shall order a hearing, if necessary, in…

* § 1050. Definitions. For purposes of this article:\n 1. "Employer" means any person, corporation, limited liability\ncompany, or association employing any individual in any occupation,\nindustry, trade, business or service including the state and its\npolitical subdivisions.\n…

* § 1051. Scope. The rights and remedies provided pursuant to this\narticle shall not supersede any other rights and remedies provided by\nstatute or common law.\n * NB Effective December 19, 2026\n

* § 1052. Prohibiting the use of employment promissory notes and other\nsimilar provisions. 1. No employer may require, as a condition of\nemployment, any employee or prospective employee to execute an\nemployment promissory note. The execution of an employment promissory\nnote …

* § 1053. Enforcement. 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,\nan employee who is sued by an employer seeking to enforce the provisions\nof a promissory note made null and void by this article shall be able to\nrecover attorney's fees upon a successful defense.\n 2. An e…

* § 1054. Rules. The commissioner may promulgate rules and regulations\nnecessary to carry out the provisions of this article.\n * NB Effective December 19, 2026\n

* § 1055. Savings clause. If any portion of this article or the\napplication thereof to any person, occupation or circumstance is held\ninvalid, the remainder of the article and the application of such\nprovision to other persons, employees, occupations, or circumstances\nshall …

§ 11. Deputy commissioner. There shall be a deputy commissioner, who\nshall be appointed by and removed at the pleasure of the commissioner.\n

§ 12. Transmission of labor market information. 1. For the purposes of\nthis section:\n a. Department means the department of labor of the state of New York.\n b. Commissioner means the industrial commissioner of the state of New\nYork.\n c. Education department means the educat…

§ 12-c. Passenger tramway advisory council. 1. To advise the\ncommissioner of labor in relation to his duties and responsibilities\nunder the provisions of section two hundred two-c and article twenty-six\nof this chapter, there shall be in the department an advisory council,\nt…

* § 12-d. Advisory council on farm labor safety. 1. There is hereby\nestablished in the department of labor an advisory council on farm labor\nsafety to make a study and investigation of the problems of providing\nadequate protection to farm workers against injuries arising out …

§ 1200. When to take effect. This act shall take effect immediately.\n

§ 13. Oaths of office. The industrial commissioner, members of the\nindustrial board of appeals and the deputy commissioner shall, before\nentering upon the duties of their office, take and subscribe the\nconstitutional oath of office. Such oaths shall be filed in the office\nof…

§ 130. Employment of minors under fourteen years of age. 1. No minor\nunder fourteen years of age shall be employed in or in connection with\nany trade, business, or service, except as otherwise provided in this\nsection.\n 2. Exceptions: Nothing in this section shall be constru…

* § 131. Employment of minors fourteen or fifteen years of age. 1. No\nminor fourteen or fifteen years of age shall be employed in or in\nconnection with any trade, business, or service when attendance upon\ninstruction is required by the education law.\n 2. When attendance upon…

§ 132. Employment of minor sixteen or seventeen years of age. 1. No\nminor sixteen or seventeen years of age shall be employed in or in\nconnection with any trade, business, or service when attendance upon\ninstruction is required by the education law or in violation of the\nemp…

§ 133. Prohibited employments of minors. 1. Minors under sixteen. No\nminor under sixteen years of age shall be employed in or assist in:\n a. painting or exterior cleaning in connection with the maintenance of\na building or structure;\n b. any occupation in or in connection wi…

§ 134. Placement of minors by employment agencies. No employment\nagency shall place a minor in any employment, or shall procure or\nattempt to procure for a minor, any employment, unless such employment\nis authorized or permitted by the provisions of this article. The term\n"e…

* § 135. Duties of employers. 1. The employer of any minor required to\nhave an employment certificate:\n a. Shall, before employment begins, file at the place of the minor's\nemployment such certificate so that it may be readily accessible to any\nperson authorized by law to ex…

§ 136. Employment of minors fourteen to eighteen years of age under\nphysical disability. No employer shall employ a child whose employment\ncertificate or permit states that the occupation in which the child may\nengage is limited because of his physical disability, for more th…

* § 137. Duty of commissioner to transmit information. The\ncommissioner shall transmit to the local superintendent of schools, on\nor before the tenth day of each month, on blanks furnished by the state\neducation department, the names and home addresses of all children under\n…

§ 138. Employment of persons apparently under eighteen years of age.\n1. If any person apparently under eighteen years of age is employed\nwithout the certificate on file as required by law, in or in connection\nwith any employment to which the provisions of this article apply, …

* § 139. Physical examination of employed minors; cancellation of\nemployment certificate. 1. A medical inspector of the department of\nlabor shall require any minor sixteen or seventeen years of age employed\nin or in connection with any trade, business, or service, to submit t…

§ 14. Offices of the department. The principal office of the\ndepartment shall be in the city of Albany in rooms designated by the\ncommissioner of general services as provided by law. There shall be a\nbranch office in the city of New York and other branch offices may be\nestab…