Labor & Employment

in committee · New York · Assembly Jan 7, 2026

A 4950: Relates to employees covered under certain provisions relating to laborers, workers or mechanics

Requires employees of a public passenger ferry system employed as United States coast guard-licensed officers or in any position for which a United States coast guard officer license, endorsement or credential is required by law or by the relevant civil service job specifications, to be included under the phrase "laborers, workers or mechanics" as used under certain provisions of the labor law relating to the ability of employee organizations to negotiate with employers.

Topics ✓ Labor & EmploymentSupports Labor & EmploymentBill explicitly includes Coast Guard-licensed ferry employees under labor law provisions enabling collective bargaining by employee organizations.95% confidence

Sub-Topics Public Employees

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in committee · New York · Senate Jan 8, 2026

S 5424: Relates to ratifying the proposed amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to the labor of persons under eighteen years of age

This bill is New York's formal approval to ratify a 1924 constitutional amendment that would give Congress authority to regulate labor for people under 18. If ratified by enough states, it would allow federal laws to limit or ban child labor, overriding conflicting state laws. The amendment was originally proposed by Congress but never completed ratification. This resolution is procedural - New York's legislature is voting to support the existing proposal, not creating new rules. The bill is currently under review by New York's Judiciary Committee.

Topics ✓ Labor & EmploymentSupports Labor & EmploymentRatifies 1924 amendment enabling federal child labor regulation, strengthening protections for minors under 18 per labor & employment standards.95% confidence

Sub-Topics Child Labor

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in committee · New York · Senate Jan 7, 2026

S 7282: Ends involuntary servitude in correctional facilities in New York state

This bill, S 7282 ("No Slavery in New York Act"), prohibits involuntary servitude and forced labor for all incarcerated individuals in New York State correctional facilities, including those convicted of crimes. It amends the Civil Rights Law to explicitly ban slavery, involuntary servitude, and forced labor in the state, and adds a new provision to the Correction Law banning any labor compelled by force, adverse actions, or threats. The law takes effect immediately and directly affects all people incarcerated in state and local correctional facilities across New York.

Topics ✓ Criminal JusticeSupports Criminal JusticeBans forced labor in NY prisons, aligning with criminal justice reform by protecting incarcerated individuals' civil rights and explicitly prohibiting involuntary servitude.95% confidence ✓ Labor & EmploymentSupports Labor & EmploymentBans forced labor for incarcerated individuals, protecting against exploitation in correctional workplaces, directly aligns with labor rights protections.95% confidence

Sub-Topics Civil Rights Human Trafficking

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in committee · New York · Assembly Jan 7, 2026

A 5429: Establishes the New York workforce stabilization act requiring certain businesses to conduct artificial intelligence impact assessments on the application and use of such artificial intelligence

Establishes the New York workforce stabilization act; requires certain businesses to conduct artificial intelligence impact assessments on the application and use of such artificial intelligence and to submit such impact assessments to the department of labor prior to the implementation of the artificial intelligence; establishes a surcharge on certain corporations that use artificial intelligence or data mining or have greater than a threshold number of employees displaced by artificial intelligence of a rate of 2% of the corporation's business income base; defines data mining.

Topics ✓ Labor & EmploymentSupports Labor & EmploymentRequires AI impact assessments and surcharge for worker displacement, protecting workers from job loss due to AI implementation.95% confidence ✓ TechnologySupports TechnologyRequires AI impact assessments before implementation to address workforce effects, aligning with regulatory protection for responsible tech use.85% confidence

Sub-Topics Artificial Intelligence

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in committee · New York · Assembly Jan 7, 2026

A 4812: Enacts the COVID-19 injured workers' protection act

Enacts the "COVID-19 injured workers' protection act"; establishes a coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) presumption for public employee death benefits where a member was required to physically report to work; did in fact physically report to work as of March first, two thousand twenty; contracted COVID-19; and where the applicable head of the member's retirement system or such system's medical board determines COVID-19 to have been a significant contributing factor in the member's death.

Topics ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareProvides death benefits for public workers contracting COVID-19 at work, protecting health-related rights and ensuring coverage for work-related illness.95% confidence ✓ Labor & EmploymentSupports Labor & EmploymentEstablishes presumption for public workers' death benefits due to work-related COVID-19, protecting workers' rights and expanding benefits without requiring proof of work connection.95% confidence

Sub-Topics Medical Licensing Public Employees Workers' Compensation

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in committee · New York · Assembly Jan 7, 2026

A 1333: Establishes the early learning child care act

Establishes the Early Learning Child Care Act to impose a payroll tax on certain employers for the purposes of addressing child care affordability, accessibility, and quality for families with children under five years of age; establishes the early learning child care fund; establishes the early learning child care program to provide subsidies to covered children to attend early learning child care programs; establishes the New York state child care board.

Topics ✓ Budget & TaxesSupports Budget & TaxesImposes payroll tax on employers to fund child care subsidies, establishing new state revenue stream for essential services90% confidence ✓ EducationSupports EducationProvides subsidies and funding for early childhood child care programs, enhancing access and quality for children under five, directly supporting early education access.95% confidence ✓ Labor & EmploymentSupports Labor & EmploymentBill creates child care subsidies to improve accessibility for working families, directly supporting employment stability and workforce participation for parents.85% confidence

Sub-Topics Early Childhood

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in committee · New York · Assembly Jan 7, 2026

A 6367: Requires contracts with home care service providers to provide sufficient resources to ensure compensation to a qualified workforce providing high quality care

Requires contracts with home care service providers to provide sufficient resources to ensure compensation to a qualified workforce providing high quality care; authorizes the commissioner of health to establish a program to provide loans, through the dormitory authority, to home care facilities to finance health care reform efforts.

Topics ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareRequires contracts ensuring home care workforce compensation and authorizes loans for health care reform, directly funding quality care services.95% confidence ✓ Labor & EmploymentSupports Labor & EmploymentBill mandates contracts provide sufficient resources for worker compensation and quality care, directly advancing wage protections and workforce standards in home care services.90% confidence

Sub-Topics Long-Term Care

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in committee · New York · Senate Jan 7, 2026

S 7515: Establishes the schedules that work act

Establishes the schedules that work act to provide for a timely, good faith interactive process between employees and employers that includes a discussion of potential schedule changes to meet an employee's needs.

Topics ✓ Labor & EmploymentSupports Labor & EmploymentBill mandates good faith scheduling discussions between employees and employers to meet worker needs, advancing workplace flexibility and rights without restrictions.92% confidence

Sub-Topics Labor Standards

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in committee · New York · Senate Feb 24, 2025

S 5503: Prohibits discrimination on the basis of a person's height or weight in opportunities of employment, housing, and access to public accommodations

This bill (S 5503) prohibits discrimination based on a person's height or weight in employment, housing, and public accommodations. It amends New York's Executive Law to add height and weight as protected characteristics under existing anti-discrimination statutes, making it illegal for employers, housing providers, and public spaces to deny opportunities or services based on these factors. The law includes exceptions for federal requirements and reasonable accommodations that allow individuals to perform job duties. It also explicitly prohibits harassment related to height or weight and clarifies that employers must demonstrate they had no alternative accommodations before applying height/weight standards.

Topics ✓ HousingSupports HousingBill explicitly prohibits height/weight discrimination in housing, strengthening tenant protections against bias per anti-discrimination statutes.95% confidence ✓ Labor & EmploymentSupports Labor & EmploymentProhibits height/weight discrimination in employment, directly protecting workers' rights under anti-discrimination statutes.95% confidence

Sub-Topics Employment Discrimination

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in committee · New York · Assembly Jan 7, 2026

A 6000: Provides for the advance payment of the earned income tax credit

This New York State bill allows for advance payments of the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) to qualifying low-income workers, replacing the current system where refunds are issued after annual tax filing. Eligible workers - including those aged 19 or older (down from 25) and without children - will receive four payments: three during the year (20% of the expected credit) and one adjusted payment after the tax year ends. The bill also increases the credit percentage for 2027 and later years (up to 40%), raises the income threshold for phaseout to $24,960 (from $11,610), and includes annual inflation adjustments. Payments will be delivered via direct deposit or electronic benefit transfer (EBT) card.

Topics ✓ Budget & TaxesSupports Budget & TaxesExpands EITC access with advance payments for low-income workers, providing direct tax relief and strengthening tax credit funding for qualifying individuals.95% confidence ✓ Labor & EmploymentSupports Labor & EmploymentExpands EITC access for low-income workers, providing earlier financial support and increasing benefits through lower age requirements and advance payments.95% confidence

Sub-Topics Income Tax Tax Credits

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