Labor

This bill (A 10342) extends the existing rules allowing certain wage deductions - like those for garnishments or payroll deductions - by two additional years. It directly affects workers whose wages may be subject to these deductions and the employers or agencies that implement them under current law. The bill modifies the expiration date of the 2012 law (last amended in 2024) from 16 to 18 years after the law’s effective date, without changing the deduction rules themselves. This is a procedural extension to maintain current wage deduction provisions.

Directs the New York State Department of Labor to establish a voluntary training and certification program for employers entitled the Neurodiversity Training Pledge.

Enacts "the construction reporting pay act"; provides that each laborer, worker or mechanic in the employ of a contractor who by request or permission of an employer reports for work on any day shall be paid no less than four hours at the prevailing rate of wages.

Approves notice and proof of disability or proof of need for family leave, or proof of disability for a special cross-bow permit, from an attending nurse practitioner.

Defines mental health practitioners with diagnostic authority for the purposes of providing services under the workers' compensation law; includes such practitioners as providers.