File #: Int 0078-2022    Version: Name: Creating an informational campaign concerning workers’ rights under the earned safe and sick time act.
Type: Introduction Status: Enacted
Committee: Committee on Civil Service and Labor
On agenda: 3/10/2022
Enactment date: 11/5/2023 Law number: 2023/143
Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to creating an informational campaign concerning workers' rights under the earned safe and sick time act
Sponsors: Gale A. Brewer, Shahana K. Hanif, Tiffany Cabán, Julie Won, Lincoln Restler, Eric Dinowitz, Alexa Avilés, Sandy Nurse, Erik D. Bottcher, Mercedes Narcisse, Crystal Hudson, Chi A. Ossé, Lynn C. Schulman, Kamillah Hanks, Nantasha M. Williams, Kevin C. Riley, Farah N. Louis, Julie Menin, Kristin Richardson Jordan, Shekar Krishnan, Carlina Rivera , Christopher Marte, (by request of the Manhattan Borough President)
Council Member Sponsors: 22
Summary: This bill would require the commissioner of Consumer and Worker Protection to engage in best efforts to inform employers, employment agencies, employees, and job applicants about their rights and responsibilities. Such an informational campaign would include, but not be limited to, a joint effort with the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to create and distribute posters, flyers, and other written materials concerning employee rights at pharmacies, doctor’s offices, and other appropriate facilities. The bill would also invite the New York City Health + Hospitals Corporation to participate in the distribution of such educational written materials to the public.
Attachments: 1. Summary of Int. No. 78-A, 2. Summary of Int. No. 78, 3. Int. No. 78, 4. March 10, 2022 - Stated Meeting Agenda, 5. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 3-10-22, 6. Minutes of the Stated Meeting - March 10, 2022, 7. Committee Report 6/20/23, 8. Hearing Testimony 6/20/23, 9. Hearing Transcript 6/20/23, 10. Proposed Int. No. 78-A - 9/28/23, 11. Committee Report 10/5/23, 12. Hearing Transcript 10/5/23, 13. Committee Report - Stated Meeting, 14. October 5, 2023 - Stated Meeting Agenda, 15. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 10-5-23, 16. Minutes of the Stated Meeting - October 5, 2023, 17. Int. No. 78-A (FINAL), 18. Fiscal Impact Statement, 19. Local Law 143, 20. Legislative Documents - Letter to the Mayor
Date Ver.Prime SponsorAction ByActionResultAction DetailsMeeting DetailsMultimedia
11/6/2023AGale A. Brewer City Council Returned Unsigned by Mayor  Action details Meeting details Not available
11/5/2023AGale A. Brewer Administration City Charter Rule Adopted  Action details Meeting details Not available
10/5/2023AGale A. Brewer City Council Sent to Mayor by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available
10/5/2023AGale A. Brewer City Council Approved by CouncilPass Action details Meeting details Not available
10/5/2023*Gale A. Brewer Committee on Civil Service and Labor Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
10/5/2023*Gale A. Brewer Committee on Civil Service and Labor Amendment Proposed by Comm  Action details Meeting details Not available
10/5/2023*Gale A. Brewer Committee on Civil Service and Labor Amended by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
10/5/2023AGale A. Brewer Committee on Civil Service and Labor Approved by CommitteePass Action details Meeting details Not available
6/20/2023*Gale A. Brewer Committee on Civil Service and Labor Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
6/20/2023*Gale A. Brewer Committee on Civil Service and Labor Laid Over by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
3/10/2022*Gale A. Brewer City Council Referred to Comm by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available
3/10/2022*Gale A. Brewer City Council Introduced by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available

Int. No. 78-A

 

By Council Members Brewer, Hanif, Cabán, Won, Restler, Dinowitz, Avilés, Nurse, Bottcher, Narcisse, Hudson, Ossé, Schulman, Hanks, Williams, Riley, Louis, Menin, Richardson Jordan, Krishnan, Rivera and Marte (by request of the Manhattan Borough President)

 

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to creating an informational campaign concerning workers’ rights under the earned safe and sick time act

 

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

 

Section 1. Chapter 8 of title 20 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 20-919.1 to read as follows:

§ 20-919.1 Public education campaign. a. The commissioner shall engage in ongoing public education efforts to inform employers, employment agencies, employees and job applicants about their rights and responsibilities under this chapter, and shall make best efforts to:

1. In coordination with the department of health and mental hygiene, distribute posters, flyers, and other written materials concerning employees’ rights pursuant to this chapter to pharmacies, doctors’ offices, and hospitals and such other sites as may be appropriate; and

2. Invite the New York city health and hospitals corporation to participate in the posting and dissemination of posters, flyers and written materials concerning employees’ rights pursuant to this chapter.

b. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to require the acceptance or display of such materials by private entities.         

§ 2. This local law takes effect 120 days after it becomes law.

 

 

 

Session 12

BV/RO

LS # 7754

9/27/2023 5:00p

 

Session 11

IS

LS #6525

8/12/2019

Int. # 1797-2019