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 to be in the state government a department of labor. The head of the department shall be the commissioner of labor. The commissioner of labor shall be appointed by the governor, by and with the advice and con…

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

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

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

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

§ 1000. Definitions. For purposes of this article: 1. "Certifying employment" means either completing the employer sections of the public service loan forgiveness form or sharing data directly with the U.S. department of education that corresponds to the information required for…

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

§ 1002. Certifying employment. 1. Should the U.S. department of education permit public service employers to certify employment for past or present individual employees or groups of employees directly with the U.S. department of education or its agents, notwithstanding other pro…

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

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

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

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

§ 101. Review by industrial board of appeals. 1. Except where otherwise prescribed by law, any person in interest or his duly authorized agent may petition the board for a review of the validity or reasonableness of any rule, regulation or order made by the commissioner under th…

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

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

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

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

§ 1032. Registration required. 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, a model management company or model management group shall not engage in business in this state or enter into any arrangement with a client or model for the purpose of providing model management comp…

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

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

§ 1035. Prohibitions on model management companies. A model management company shall not: 1. require or collect any fee or deposit from a model upon the signing of, or as a condition to entering into, any contract or agreement between the model management company and the model; …

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

§ 1037. Duties of clients. A client shall: 1. compensate models at an hourly rate at least fifty percent higher than the contracted hourly rate for any employment, engagement, entertainment, exhibition or performance that exceeds eight hours in any twenty-four hour period; 2. pr…

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

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

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

* § 1050. Definitions. For purposes of this article: 1. "Employer" means any person, corporation, limited liability company, or association employing any individual in any occupation, industry, trade, business or service including the state and its political subdivisions. 2. "Em…

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

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

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

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

* § 1055. Savings clause. If any portion of this article or the application thereof to any person, occupation or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the article and the application of such provision to other persons, employees, occupations, or circumstances shall not …

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

§ 12. Transmission of labor market information. 1. For the purposes of this section: a. Department means the department of labor of the state of New York. b. Commissioner means the industrial commissioner of the state of New York. c. Education department means the education depa…

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

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

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

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

§ 130. Employment of minors under fourteen years of age. 1. No minor under fourteen years of age shall be employed in or in connection with any trade, business, or service, except as otherwise provided in this section. 2. Exceptions: Nothing in this section shall be construed to…

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

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

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

§ 134. Placement of minors by employment agencies. No employment agency shall place a minor in any employment, or shall procure or attempt to procure for a minor, any employment, unless such employment is authorized or permitted by the provisions of this article. The term "emplo…

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

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

* § 137. Duty of commissioner to transmit information. The commissioner shall transmit to the local superintendent of schools, on or before the tenth day of each month, on blanks furnished by the state education department, the names and home addresses of all children under eigh…

§ 138. Employment of persons apparently under eighteen years of age. 1. If any person apparently under eighteen years of age is employed without the certificate on file as required by law, in or in connection with any employment to which the provisions of this article apply, the…

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

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