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NY Work Comp L § 120 (2021)
2021 New York Laws WKC - Workers' Compensation Article 7 - Miscellaneous Provisions. 120 - Discrimination Against Employees.

§  120. Discrimination against employees. It shall be unlawful for any   employer or his or her duly authorized agent to  discharge  or  fail  to   reinstate pursuant to section two hundred three-b of this chapter, or in   any  other  manner  discriminate  against  an  employee as to his or her   employment because such employee  has  claimed  or  attempted  to  claim   compensation  from  such  employer,  requested a claim form for injuries   received in the course of employment, or claimed or attempted  to  claim   any  benefits  provided  under  this  chapter  or  because he or she has   testified or is about to testify in a proceeding under this chapter  and   no other valid reason is shown to exist for such action by the employer.Any  complaint  alleging such an unlawful discriminatory practice must   be filed within two years of  the  commission  of  such  practice.  Upon   finding that an employer has violated this section, the board shall make   an order that any employee so discriminated against shall be restored to   employment or otherwise restored to the position or privileges he or she   would  have  had  but for the discrimination and shall be compensated by   his or her employer for any loss of compensation  arising  out  of  such   discrimination  together  with  such  fees  or  allowances  for services   rendered by an attorney or  licensed  representative  as  fixed  by  the   board.  Any  employer  who  violates  this  section shall be liable to a   penalty of not less than one hundred dollars or more than  five  hundred   dollars,  as may be determined by the board. All such penalties shall be   paid into the state treasury. All penalties, compensation  and  fees  or   allowances  shall be paid solely by the employer. The employer alone and   not his or her carrier shall be liable for such penalties and  payments.   Any provision in an insurance policy undertaking to relieve the employer   from liability for such penalties and payments shall be void.An employer found to be in violation of this section and the aggrieved   employee  must  report  to  the board as to the manner of the employer's   compliance within thirty days of receipt of a  final  determination.  In   case  of  failure  to report on compliance, or failure to comply with an   order or penalty of the board within thirty  days  after  the  order  or   notice  of  penalty  is  served,  except where timely application to the   board for a modification, rescission or review of such order or  penalty   has  been filed under section twenty-three of this chapter, the chair in   any such case or, on the chair's consent,  any  party  may  enforce  the   order or penalty in a like manner as an award of compensation.
NY Work Comp L § 121 (2021)
2021 New York Laws WKC - Workers' Compensation Article 7 - Miscellaneous Provisions. 121 - Depositions.

§  121.  Depositions.  The  chairman or board may cause depositions of   witnesses residing within or without the state to be taken in the manner   prescribed by law for like depositions in civil actions in  the  supreme   court.
NY Work Comp L § 121-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws WKC - Workers' Compensation Article 7 - Miscellaneous Provisions. 121-A - Proof of Dependency in Foreign Countries.

§  121-a. Proof of dependency in foreign countries. In cases involving   the dependency of aliens residing in foreign countries,  transcripts  of   birth or marriage certificates, also documents and affidavits, certified   by  a  local  official  or local magistrate and authenticated as to such   official or magistrate by the  secretary  of  state  or  other  official   having  charge  of  foreign  affairs, or a United States consul, in said   foreign country, may be received in evidence,  but  in  all  such  cases   proof of present existence and of dependency may be made by the personal   appearance   of  each  and  all  persons  claiming  relationship  to  or   dependence upon a deceased  worker  under  the  provisions  of  sections   sixteen  and  seventeen of this chapter, before a diplomatic or consular   officer of the  United  States,  and  statements  made  to  or  evidence   presented  before  such diplomatic or consular officer under oath may be   received in evidence in whole or in part by  the  board  upon  any  such   claim.  Questions  regarding  admissibility  and  adequacy  of  evidence   arising in connection  with  proceedings  before  the  consul  shall  be   determined  by the board. The board may by rule prescribe the conditions   under which proofs other than personal appearance before a diplomatic or   consular officer of the United States may be accepted as  proof  of  the   facts of existence, relationship and dependency.
NY Work Comp L § 122 (2021)
2021 New York Laws WKC - Workers' Compensation Article 7 - Miscellaneous Provisions. 122 - Transcripts.

§ 122. Transcripts. A copy of the testimony, evidence and procedure of   any  investigation,  or  a  particular  part  thereof,  transcribed by a   stenographer  in  the  employ  of  the  board  and  certified  by   such   stenographer to be true and correct may be received in evidence with the   same  effect  as if such stenographer were present and testifying to the   facts so certified.  A copy of such transcript shall be furnished to any   party upon payment of the fee for transcripts of similar minutes in  the   supreme court.
NY Work Comp L § 123 (2021)
2021 New York Laws WKC - Workers' Compensation Article 7 - Miscellaneous Provisions. 123 - Jurisdiction of Board to Be Continuing.

§  123.  Jurisdiction  of  board  to  be  continuing.  The  power  and   jurisdiction of the board over each case shall  be  continuing,  and  it   may, from time to time, make such modification or change with respect to   former findings, awards, decisions or orders relating thereto, as in its   opinion  may  be  just,  except that, where the employer has secured the   payment of compensation in accordance with  the  provisions  of  section   fifty  of  this chapter, no claim for compensation or for death benefits   that has been disallowed after a trial on the merits, or that  has  been   otherwise  disposed  of  without  an award after the parties in interest   have been given due notice of hearing or hearings and opportunity to  be   heard  and  for  which no determination was made on the merits, shall be   reopened after a lapse of seven years from the date of the  accident  or   death.  Nor  shall  any  award of compensation or death benefits be made   against the special fund  provided  in  section  twenty-five-a  of  this   chapter or against an employer or an insurance carrier where application   therefor  is  made  after a lapse of eighteen years from the date of the   injury or death and also a lapse of eight years from  the  date  of  the   last payment of compensation.
NY Work Comp L § 124 (2021)
2021 New York Laws WKC - Workers' Compensation Article 7 - Miscellaneous Provisions. 124 - Reporting.

§ 124. Reporting. 1. The chair shall prescribe the form and format for   the  collection  and  dissemination  of  information  and  data  as  the   administration of this chapter requires. In the event the proper  format   requires  the  submission  of a complete paper document, the chair shall   have distributed such blank forms, including forms of notice and  claims   and  forms  for processing injury, death, medical or other attendance or   treatment, employment or wage earnings as are necessary.2. Insurance carriers shall constantly keep  on  hand,  at  their  own   expense,  a  sufficient  supply  of  such  forms  or,  in  the  event of   electronic transfer, be responsible  for  all  charges  associated  with   transmission of such information.3.  Nothing  stated  above shall preclude the chair from requiring the   submission or dissemination of notices or reports in  an  electronic  or   typed form, with the exact format to be prescribed by the chair.
NY Work Comp L § 125 (2021)
2021 New York Laws WKC - Workers' Compensation Article 7 - Miscellaneous Provisions. 125 - Job Discrimination Prohibited Based on Prior Receipt of Benefits.

§  125.  Job  discrimination  prohibited  based  on  prior  receipt of   benefits.  1. It shall be unlawful for any employer to inquire into,  or   to  consider  for  the  purpose  of  assessing fitness or capability for   employment, whether a job applicant has filed for or  received  benefits   under  this  chapter,  or  to  discriminate against a job applicant with   regard to employment on the basis of that claimant having filed  for  or   received  benefits  under  this  chapter,  or because the claimant is an   injured veteran. An individual  aggrieved  under  this  subdivision  may   initiate  proceedings  in  a  court  of  competent  jurisdiction seeking   damages, including reasonable  attorney  fees,  for  violation  of  this   subdivision.2.  An employer who violates the provisions of subdivision one of this   section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction  shall  be   punished,  except  as  in  this  chapter  or  in the penal law otherwise   provided, by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars,  and  subject   to  the  debarment provisions of section one hundred forty-one-b of this   chapter.
NY Work Comp L § 125-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws WKC - Workers' Compensation Article 7 - Miscellaneous Provisions. 125-A - Discriminating Against an Injured Veteran.

§  125-a.  Discriminating  against an injured veteran. 1. An insurance   carrier is  guilty  of  unlawfully  discriminating  against  an  injured   veteran  when  with  respect  to  workers'  compensation  insurance, the   insurer knowingly and intentionally (a) discriminates against an injured   veteran because of the veteran's injury or status as a veteran,  or  (b)   encourages   or  causes  an  employer  or  other  entity  to  unlawfully   discriminate  against  an  injured  veteran  in  hiring  or  discharging   decisions because of the veteran's injury or status as a veteran.2. For the purpose of this section (a) "injured veteran" shall mean an   individual  who  suffered an injury as a result of his or her service in   the armed forces; and (b) "insurance carrier" shall  be  defined  as  in   subdivision twelve of section two of this chapter.3. Discriminating against an injured veteran is a class A misdemeanor.4.  Any  person  convicted  under this section shall be subject to the   debarment provisions of section one hundred forty-one-b of this chapter.
NY Work Comp L § 127 (2021)
2021 New York Laws WKC - Workers' Compensation Article 7 - Miscellaneous Provisions. 127 - Construction.

§  127.  Construction.  This  chapter  shall  be read and construed in   connection with the labor law.
NY Work Comp L § 128 (2021)
2021 New York Laws WKC - Workers' Compensation Article 7 - Miscellaneous Provisions. 128 - Unconstitutional Provisions.

§  128.  Unconstitutional  provisions.  If any section or provision of   this chapter be decided by the courts to be unconstitutional or invalid,   the same shall not affect the validity of the chapter as a whole or  any   part  thereof  other  than the part so decided to be unconstitutional or   invalid.
NY Work Comp L § 129 (2021)
2021 New York Laws WKC - Workers' Compensation Article 7 - Miscellaneous Provisions. 129 - Actions or Causes of Action Pending.

§  129. Actions or causes of action pending. This act shall not affect   any action pending or cause of action existing or which accrued prior to   July first, nineten hundred and twenty-two.
NY Work Comp L § 130 (2021)
2021 New York Laws WKC - Workers' Compensation Article 7 - Miscellaneous Provisions. 130 - Workmen's Compensation Premiums Shall Be Deemed Preferred Claims.

§  130.  Workmen's  compensation  premiums  shall  be deemed preferred   claims. All  premiums  and  interest  charges  on  account  of  policies   insuring employers against liability under this chapter which may be due   to  the  state  insurance  fund,  or  any  stock  corporation  or mutual   association authorized to transact the business  of  insurance  in  this   state,  and  all  judgments recovered by the state insurance fund or any   such insurance  corporation  or  association  against  any  employer  on   actions  brought under any such policy, shall be deemed preferred claims   in all insolvency or bankruptcy  proceedings,  trustee  proceedings  for   administration  of  estates  and  receiverships  involving  the employer   liable therefor or the property of such employer, provided however  that   claims for wages shall receive prior preference in all such proceedings.
NY Work Comp L § 132 (2021)
2021 New York Laws WKC - Workers' Compensation Article 7 - Miscellaneous Provisions. 132 - Criminal Prosecution; Certifications

§  132.  Criminal prosecution; certifications. 1. The attorney-general   may prosecute every person charged with the  commission  of  a  criminal   offense  in  violation  of  this  chapter, or of any rule, regulation or   order made thereunder, or in  violation  of  the  laws  of  this  state,   applicable  to  or  arising  out of any provision of this chapter or any   rule, regulation or order made thereunder.2. Every check or draft issued directly  to  a  benefit  recipient  or   provider  of health services in payment of a claim made pursuant to this   chapter  shall  contain  a  printed  statement  on  the   reverse   side   immediately   above   the  signature  line  for  the  first  endorsement   indicating that in endorsing the check or draft for payment the  benefit   recipient  or provider of health services is certifying that such person   is entitled to such payment and that circumstances  which  would  affect   entitlement to receive the payment have not changed. The statement shall   be  in  a  form  prescribed  by  the  workers'  compensation board after   consultation with the superintendent of financial services.3. The check or draft described in subdivision  two  of  this  section   shall  be  claim forms within the meaning of section 176.00 of the penal   law and subsection (d) of section four hundred three  of  the  insurance   law.
NY Work Comp L § 133 (2021)
2021 New York Laws WKC - Workers' Compensation Article 7 - Miscellaneous Provisions. 133 - Refunds and Credits.

§  133. Refunds and credits. In any case where an award, an assessment   or a penalty has been made and paid directly into the state treasury  or   into  one  of  the  special  funds  created under the provisions of this   chapter, and it is thereafter determined by the chairman, the  board  or   by  a  court  of  competent  jurisdiction that such award, assessment or   penalty,  or  any  portion  thereof  was  erroneously,   illegally,   or   improperly made, the employer or his insurance carrier who made any such   payment  may  be reimbursed, or allowed a credit, from any moneys in the   state treasury not otherwise appropriated or from the  special  fund  to   which  the  payment  had  been  made,  for such amount, without costs or   interest, as may be determined by the chairman, the board or by a  court   of  competent  jurisdiction;  provided, however, that a request for such   reimbursement is filed with the chairman within three months after  such   determination,   on   the  audit  and  warrant  of  the  comptroller  on   certification of the chairman.
NY Work Comp L § 140 (2021)
2021 New York Laws WKC - Workers' Compensation Article 8 - Administration 140 - Workmen's Compensation Board.

§  140. Workmen's compensation board. The workmen's compensation board   in the department of labor is hereby continued. Such board shall consist   of thirteen members, at least  four  of  whom  shall  be  attorneys  and   counsellors-at-law  duly admitted to practice in this state. The members   of the board shall be appointed by the governor, by and with the  advice   and consent of the senate.  The members of the board in office, together   with the additional members and the members appointed to fill vacancies,   if  any,  at  the  time  this  section  takes  effect,  shall  continue,   notwithstanding the appointment  of  any  of  the  members  for  a  term   expiring on a different date, to hold office for terms to be assigned by   the  governor by and with the advice and consent of the senate; two such   terms to expire on December thirty-first, nineteen hundred fifty; two to   expire on December thirty-first,  nineteen  hundred  fifty-one;  two  to   expire  on  December  thirty-first,  nineteen  hundred fifty-two; two to   expire on December thirty-first, nineteen hundred  fifty-three;  two  to   expire  on  December  thirty-first,  nineteen hundred fifty-four; two to   expire on December thirty-first, nineteen hundred fifty-five; and one to   expire on December thirty-first, nineteen hundred fifty-six. The members   next appointed, except to fill  a  vacancy  created  otherwise  than  by   expiration  of  term,  shall  be appointed for terms of seven years. The   governor shall designate one of the members of the board as chairman and   another as vice-chairman.
NY Work Comp L § 141 (2021)
2021 New York Laws WKC - Workers' Compensation Article 8 - Administration 141 - General Powers and Duties of the Chair.

§  141. General powers and duties of the chair. The chair shall be the   administrative  head  of  the  workers'  compensation  board  and  shall   exercise   the  powers  and  perform  the  duties  in  relation  to  the   administration of this chapter heretofore vested in the commissioner  of   labor  by  chapter fifty of the laws of nineteen hundred twenty-one, and   acts amendatory thereof, and  by  this  chapter  excepting  article  six   thereof,  and  except  in so far as such powers and duties are vested by   this chapter in the workers' compensation board. The chair shall preside   at all meetings of the board and shall appoint all committees and panels   of the board; shall designate the times and places for  the  hearing  of   claims under this chapter and shall perform all administrative functions   of the board as in this chapter set forth. The chair, in the name of the   board,  shall  enforce  all the provisions of this chapter, and may make   administrative  regulations  and  orders  providing  for  the   receipt,   indexing  and  examining  of  all  notices,  claims and reports, for the   giving of notice  of  hearings  and  of  decisions,  for  certifying  of   records,  for  the  fixing  of  the  times and places for the hearing of   claims, and for providing for the conduct of hearings  and  establishing   of  calendar  practice  to the extent not inconsistent with the rules of   the board.  The  chair  shall  issue  and  may  revoke  certificates  of   authorization  of  physicians, chiropractors and podiatrists as provided   in sections thirteen-a, thirteen-k and thirteen-1 of this  chapter,  and   licenses  for medical bureaus and x-ray and other laboratories under the   provisions of section thirteen-c of this chapter, issue stop work orders   as provided in section one hundred  forty-one-a  of  this  article,  and   shall  have and exercise all powers not otherwise provided for herein in   relation to the administration  of  this  chapter  heretofore  expressly   conferred  upon  the  commissioner  of labor by any of the provisions of   this chapter, or of the labor law. The chair, on behalf of the  workers'   compensation  board,  shall  enter  into  the  agreement provided for in   section one hundred seventy-one-h of the tax law, and  shall  take  such   other  actions  as  may be necessary to carry out the agreement provided   for in  such  section  for  matching  beneficiary  records  of  workers'   compensation  with  information  provided  by  employers  to  the  state   directory of new hires for the purposes  of  verifying  eligibility  for   such benefits and for administering workers' compensation.
NY Work Comp L § 141-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws WKC - Workers' Compensation Article 8 - Administration 141-B - Suspension and Debarment.

§  141-b.  Suspension  and  debarment.  Any  person subject to a final   assessment of civil fines or penalties or a stop-work order, or that has   been convicted of a misdemeanor for a violation of sections  twenty-six,   fifty-two   or   one   hundred  thirty-one  of  this  chapter,  and  any   substantially-owned  affiliated  entity  of  such   person,   shall   be   ineligible  to submit a bid on or be awarded any public work contract or   subcontract with the state, any municipal corporation or public body for   a period of one year from the final  determination  or  conviction.  Any   person  convicted of a felony under this article, or a misdemeanor under   sections one hundred twenty-five and one hundred twenty-five-a  of  this   chapter  shall be ineligible to submit a bid on or be awarded any public   work contract or subcontract with the state, any  municipal  corporation   or public body for a period of five years from such conviction.
NY Work Comp L § 141-C (2021)
2021 New York Laws WKC - Workers' Compensation Article 8 - Administration 141-C - Coordination of Forms.

§  141-c. Coordination of forms. The board, the commissioner of labor,   the commissioner of taxation and  finance,  the  commissioner  of  motor   vehicles,  and the superintendent of financial services shall consult on   an ongoing basis to coordinate the amendment of  forms  used  to  gather   data  helpful  in  identifying fraud, so as to promote effective use and   sharing of such  information  for  identifying  fraud  in  the  area  of   workers' compensation. Through such consultations and other means, these   agencies  shall  study  the  implementation  of  appropriate practicable   technology to verify the authenticity of forms,  including  certificates   of coverage.
NY Work Comp L § 143 (2021)
2021 New York Laws WKC - Workers' Compensation Article 8 - Administration 143 - Maintenance of Records.

§  143.  Maintenance  of  records.  1.  The  board  is  authorized and   empowered to use electronic  means  in  accordance  with  section  three   hundred  five  of the state technology law to record and maintain public   records, papers, documents or matters required by law  to  be  recorded.   Such  records  shall  be  capable  of  being  copied,  photographed,  or   microphotographed by a process which accurately reproduces the  original   thereof in all details.2. The copies thereof shall be deemed to be an original record for all   purposes,   including   introduction   in  evidence  in  all  courts  or   administrative agencies. A transcript, exemplification or certified copy   thereof shall, for all purposes  recited  herein,  be  deemed  to  be  a   transcript, exemplification, or certified copy of the original.3.  The  board shall have the power to authorize the destruction, sale   to a historical, educational, or scientific organization or to otherwise   dispose of its records, subject only to receiving  the  consent  of  the   commissioner  of  education as may be required by article fifty-seven of   the arts and cultural affairs law.
NY Work Comp L § 144 (2021)
2021 New York Laws WKC - Workers' Compensation Article 8 - Administration 144 - Seal.

§  144.  Seal.  The board may adopt a seal and require that it be used   for the authentication of orders and  proceedings  and  for  such  other   purposes as the board may prescribe.
NY Work Comp L § 145 (2021)
2021 New York Laws WKC - Workers' Compensation Article 8 - Administration 145 - Oaths of Office.

§  145.  Oaths  of  office. The members of the board and the secretary   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 department of state.