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NY Lab L § 838 (2021)
2021 New York Laws LAB - Labor Article 24 - Worker Adjustment Act 838 - Substate Grantees.

§  838. Substate grantees. 1. Substate grantees shall be designated on a biennial basis through agreement between the governor,  local  elected officials and private industry councils pursuant to the act.  (a)  preference  for  selection shall be given to those entities which have demonstrated  fiscal  and  administrative  capability  to  directly administer  basic  readjustment  and  retraining  services  and  provide support services or have demonstrated  the  administrative  capacity  to contract out for such services.  (b)   entities  eligible  for  selection  as  substate  grantees  must demonstrate the capacity to  administer  the  required  services  either directly  or  by contract continuously through the period covered by the substate plan, and include:  (i) private industry councils in the substate area;  (ii)  service  delivery  area  grant  recipients   or   administrative entities;  (iii) private nonprofit organizations;  (iv)  units  of  general  local  government  in  the  substate area or agencies thereof;  (v) local offices of state agencies; and  (vi) other public  agencies,  such  as  community  colleges  and  area vocational schools.   2.  Substate  grantees shall administer substate activities as defined in subdivision two of section eight hundred thirty-nine of this article.   3. The state shall establish procedures to review the  designation  of substate grantees on a biennial basis. Such procedures shall include the use  of  evaluation  data defined in section eight hundred forty-nine of this article.
NY Lab L § 840 (2021)
2021 New York Laws LAB - Labor Article 24 - Worker Adjustment Act 840 - State Level Activities, Rapid Response.

§  840.  State level activities, rapid response. 1. The state shall be responsible for rapid response activities pursuant to section  312.1  of the  federal Job Training Partnership Act (P.L. 97-300), coordination of title III activity and the state unemployment insurance  program,  state and   regional   projects  and  demonstrations,  and  the  discretionary allocation of additional funds to substate areas based on  determination of need.   2.  The  state's  designated  dislocated  worker  unit  shall have the capability to provide rapid  response  services  to  dislocated  workers affected by a substantial layoff or a plant closing. Such services shall include:  (a)  on  site intervention within forty-eight hours of notification of either a plant closing or a substantial layoff;  (b) provision of emergency basic readjustment services as needed;  (c) promotion of labor-management cooperation through the  initiation, with  the  department  of  economic  development,  where appropriate, of labor-management committees;  (d) development, with the department of economic  development,  of  an early warning system;  (e)   dissemination  of  information  on  dislocated  worker  services available under title III of the federal Job  Training  Partnership  Act (P.L.  97-300)  and  other  appropriate  services funded by the federal, state, and local governments;  (f) provision of technical assistance to substate grantees;  (g) receipt of notifications of layoffs and closings and provision  to substate  grantees of such information as soon as possible to assure the maximum local response;  (h)  coordination  between   rapid   response   activities   and   the unemployment  insurance  system and the job training partnership system, state  and  local  economic  development  activities  and  the  regional education centers of the state education department; and  (i)  notification  of  appropriate state agency staff and coordination with  the  activities  of  central,  local  or  regional  staff  of  the departments  of  labor, economic development and education to facilitate additional on-site contact with employer  and  employee  representatives within  a  short  period  of  time,  preferably forty-eight hours, after becoming  aware  of  a  current  or  projected  permanent   closure   or substantial  layoff  in  order  to provide information on and facilitate access to available public programs and services.   3. The commissioner may, under  exceptional  circumstances,  authorize the designated dislocated worker unit to provide rapid response services when  the employment loss is for less than twenty-five employees, is not at a single site of employment or does not take place  during  a  single thirty  day  period.  For  purposes  of  this  subdivision,  exceptional circumstances include those situations which would have a  major  impact on the community or communities in which they occur.
NY Lab L § 841 (2021)
2021 New York Laws LAB - Labor Article 24 - Worker Adjustment Act 841 - Regional and Demonstration Projects.

§   841.    Regional  and  demonstration  projects.  1.  Demonstration projects. (a) The  state  unit  shall  conduct  statewide  projects  and demonstration programs to address the needs of distressed industries and to provide for projects that would lead to the development of innovative strategies to meet the needs of dislocated workers.  (b)  Such  projects shall emphasize retraining, and include counseling and assessment components.  (c) Funding for such projects shall be allocated  through  a  contract process  subject to the state plan and in coordination with the substate grantees affected.  (d) Funding for projects and  programs  shall  be  made  available  in annual rounds, by December thirty-first of each fiscal year beginning in nineteen  hundred eighty-nine.  The department shall, by rule, establish a solicitation and award evaluation process for funds made available for this purpose. Such  rules  shall  specify  the  criteria  by  which  the department  shall  evaluate  proposals and determine which shall receive funding. The evaluation  process  shall  consider  the  ability  of  the provider   to   accomplish  the  proposal  based  on  past  performance, administrative capability and fiscal responsibility, the  innovativeness of  the  proposal,  the expected improvement in the delivery of services within the area served by the substate  grantee,  the  extent  to  which elements of the proposal may be replicated in other service areas within the  state,  and  such other factors as the commissioner shall, by rule, prescribe.   2.  Regional  projects.    The  state  unit  shall  provide   extended retraining   and   basic  readjustment  services  directly  through  the department, through awards to substate grantees or through awards by the department to service providers. Substate grantees shall have preference in receiving such grants. Such grants shall be made available from funds allocated to the state pursuant to paragraph (e) of subdivision four  of section  eight  hundred forty-seven of this article and shall be subject to such requirements as are imposed by section eight hundred forty-seven of this article.
NY Lab L § 842 (2021)
2021 New York Laws LAB - Labor Article 24 - Worker Adjustment Act 842 - Monitoring.

§  842.  Monitoring. The state unit will monitor the implementation of   substate plans and, as needed, shall make additional funds available  to   the  substate  grantees,  pursuant  to  subdivision two of section eight   hundred forty-eight of this article, to assure that the substate plan is   fully implemented regardless of economic changes in  the  substate  area   that could influence the number of dislocated workers to be served.
NY Lab L § 844 (2021)
2021 New York Laws LAB - Labor Article 24 - Worker Adjustment Act 844 - Feasibility Studies.

§  844.  Feasibility  studies.  The department of economic development   shall conduct preliminary assessments of the advisability of  conducting   a  comprehensive  study exploring the feasibility of having a company or   group, including the workers, purchase the  plant  and  continue  it  in   operation.  Provided  further, that rules and regulations established by   the commissioner of economic development pursuant to section one hundred   ninety-three of article seven of the omnibus economic development act of   nineteen hundred eighty-seven regarding the selection and  retention  of   experts  to  be  used  in  undertaking  assessments and the exemption of   disclosure requirements shall apply to assessments conducted under  this   section.
NY Lab L § 845 (2021)
2021 New York Laws LAB - Labor Article 24 - Worker Adjustment Act 845 - Coordination.

§  845.  Coordination.  State  dislocated worker programs funded under   this section shall, to the  fullest  extent  possible,  coordinate  with   other  federal, state and local programs before initiating activity and,   where substantial numbers of union members are  affected,  consult  with   appropriate labor organizations.
NY Lab L § 849 (2021)
2021 New York Laws LAB - Labor Article 24 - Worker Adjustment Act 849 - Reporting and Evaluation.

§ 849. Reporting and evaluation. Reporting and evaluation requirements   prescribed  by  this  article  shall  conform  with  those stipulated in   article forty-nine of  the  executive  law,  the  workforce  preparation   evaluation act.
NY Lab L § 850-1 (2021)
2021 New York Laws LAB - Labor Article 24* - Comprehensive Employment and Training Act Allocation Review Board 850* - Legislative Findings and Objectives.

*  §  850*. Legislative findings and objectives. The legislature finds   that due to the harmful impact upon the people of the state and upon the   economic stability of the state as  the  result  of  high  cyclical  and   structural   unemployment  it  is  necessary  and  appropriate  to  most   effectively allocate any and all economic  resources  available  to  the   state  of  New  York such as the federal funds allocated to New York for   the creation of public service  jobs  according  to  the  provisions  of   Public  Law  93-203  (as  amended)  and  it  is  therefore in the public   interest of the state of New York to create a mechanism  to  effectively   review and monitor the allocation of such public law funds by applicants   for  such  funds  within  the  state  of  New  York and recommend to all   applicants for such funds that the  allocation  of  public  service  job   opportunities  within  the communities served by the applicants maximize   the value of such public law funds to reduce the  unemployment  rate  by   employing  persons  whose  employment  will most contribute to a general   improvement of the economy of the state, as well as a restoration  of  a   balance  between  the private and public sectors of the state's economy,   and, furthermore, recommend to all applicants for such funds  that  such   allocations of public service jobs be in compliance with all such public   law  rules  and regulations, especially section 99.1 (c) which specifies   that at least fifty percent of persons hired for such public law  public   service  jobs  be persons who are long-term unemployed and recipients of   aid to families with dependent children.* NB Expired March 31, 1979
NY Lab L § 851-1 (2021)
2021 New York Laws LAB - Labor Article 24* - Comprehensive Employment and Training Act Allocation Review Board 851* - Comprehensive Employment and Training Act Allocation Review Board.

*  § 851 . Comprehensive employment and training act allocation review   board. There is hereby created  a  state  comprehensive  employment  and   training  act  allocation  review  board,  hereafter referred to in this   article as the board, which shall consist of the commissioners of labor,   social services, commerce, three appointees of the governor, one of whom   shall be designated by the  governor  as  chairman  of  the  board,  two   representatives   appointed   by   the  speaker  of  the  assembly,  two   representatives appointed  by  the  temporary  president  of  the  state   senate, one representative appointed by the minority leader of the state   senate,  one  representative  appointed  by  the  minority leader of the   assembly, nine representatives of comprehensive employment and  training   act  prime  sponsors  who  have  been  selected  by  the chief executive   officers of all twenty-eight prime sponsors in the state  of  New  York.   Members  of  the  board shall receive no compensation for their services   but shall be  reimbursed  for  all  expenses  actually  and  necessarily   incurred  by them in the performance of their duties as herein set forth   within the amount made available by appropriation therefor.* NB Expired March 31, 1979
NY Lab L § 850 (2021)
2021 New York Laws LAB - Labor Article 24-A - New York State Workforce Investment Act 850 - Legislative Findings and Objectives.

§  850.  Legislative  findings  and  objectives. The federal Workforce   Investment Act of 1998 (P.L.  105-220),  establishes  a  flexible  state   framework  for  a  national  workforce preparation and employment system   designed to meet the needs  of  the  state's  businesses,  job  seekers,   incumbent  workers  and  economic development priorities. The department   shall be the state's lead workforce investment and  development  agency.   The  state  strategic  training  alliance  program  has been established   jointly within the department and the urban development  corporation  to   leverage  maximum  federal workforce investment act resources to address   businesses' demand for a  skilled  workforce  to  ensure  the  continued   economic  growth of the state and minimize duplication of services among   partner agencies.
NY Lab L § 851 (2021)
2021 New York Laws LAB - Labor Article 24-A - New York State Workforce Investment Act 851 - Administration.

§  851.  Administration.  The  department  shall  be  the state's lead   workforce investment and development agency.
NY Lab L § 853 (2021)
2021 New York Laws LAB - Labor Article 24-A - New York State Workforce Investment Act 853 - Report.

§ 853. Report. The department shall be responsible for the preparation   of  the  annual  report  to  the  secretary  of  labor  describing those   activities of the workforce investment board taken to  comply  with  the   requirements  of  the  federal  Workforce  Investment  Act of 1998 (P.L.   105-220), as well as a report to the governor and legislature describing   such activities, on or before the first day of January, two thousand one   and on the first day of January in each consecutive year thereafter.
NY Lab L § 856 (2021)
2021 New York Laws LAB - Labor Article 25 - New York State Job Retention Board 856 - Declaration of Legislative Finding.

*  §  856.  Declaration  of legislative finding. The legislature finds   that due to the  state's  continuing  loss  of  business  and  industry,   declining  economy and its resultant excessively high net job loss it is   necessary and appropriate to take new and aggressive  steps  to  promote   and keep business, industry and jobs within the state of New York and it   is therefore in the public interest of the state of New York to create a   mechanism  to  permit  the  governor  of  the  state  of New York, under   extraordinary circumstances, subject to provisions of this  article,  to   award a state contract to a New York state resident business bidder over   a  non-resident  New York state bidder with a lower submitted bid upon a   finding that such award is in the public interest of the  state  of  New   York.  The  legislature  also finds that increased costs incurred by the   state from the award of the state contract  to  other  than  the  lowest   bidder  will  be  offset  by the benefits of continued and/or additional   state and local government tax revenues generated  by  continued  and/or   increased  employment  within the state, and continued and/or additional   tax revenues from such additional business being generated  within  this   state.It  is  therefore the intent of this article to create and provide the   governor of the state of New  York  with  a  mechanism  for  granting  a   preference  in the letting of state contracts to New York state resident   bidders, who have substantial economic ties with New York state, and who   contribute to the state's economy where sufficient  offsetting  benefits   would  be  realized  by  New York state in terms of state employment and   generation of state and local tax revenues, through the exercise of this   mechanism.* NB Expired July 1, 1979
NY Lab L § 857 (2021)
2021 New York Laws LAB - Labor Article 25 - New York State Job Retention Board 857 - New York State Job Retention Board.

*  §  857.  New  York  state  job  retention board. 1. There is hereby   established a board, to be hereinafter designated as the New York  state   job  retention  board,  to be comprised of the following voting members:   the governor of the state of New York, the comptroller of the  state  of   New  York, the attorney general of the state of New York, the industrial   commissioner, the commissioner of commerce, the president of  the  state   tax  commission, and the commissioner of the office of general services.   The executive director of the New York state economic development  board   shall be a non-voting ex-officio member.2.  The  governor  of  the  state of New York may direct and order the   commissioner of the office of  general  services  or  other  contracting   offices  to  award  a  contract  to  a  bidder,  other  than  the lowest   responsible bidder,  whenever  such  bid  substitution  in  the  board's   judgment  would  best  promote  the  public interest of the state of New   York, pursuant to the provisions of section one hundred seventy-four  of   the  state  finance  law, providing such substituting is consistent with   the intent of section  eight  hundred  fifty-six  of  this  chapter  and   section one hundred seventy-four of the state finance law.3.  The New York state job retention board may request any bidder on a   state contract to prepare and submit a preferential bidding form.4. The New York state job retention board shall meet upon the  request   of the governor of the state of New York.* NB Expired July 1, 1979
NY Lab L § 860 (2021)
2021 New York Laws LAB - Labor Article 25-A - New York State Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act 860 - Short Title.

§  860.  Short  title. This article shall be known and may be cited as   the "New York state worker adjustment and retraining notification act".
NY Lab L § 860-C (2021)
2021 New York Laws LAB - Labor Article 25-A - New York State Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act 860-C - Exceptions.

§ 860-c. Exceptions. 1. In the case of a plant closing, an employer is not required to comply with the notice requirement in subdivision one of section eight hundred sixty-b of this article if:  (a)(i)  at  the time the notice would have been required, the employer was actively seeking capital or business; and  (ii) the capital or business sought, if obtained, would  have  enabled the employer to avoid or postpone the relocation or termination; and  (iii)  the  employer reasonably and in good faith believed that giving the notice required by subdivision one of section eight hundred  sixty-b of  this  article  would  have precluded the employer from obtaining the needed capital or business;  (b) the need for a notice was not reasonably foreseeable at  the  time the notice would have been required;  (c)  the plant closing is of a temporary facility or the plant closing or mass layoff is the result of the completion of a  particular  project or   undertaking,  and  the  affected  employees  were  hired  with  the understanding that their employment was limited to the duration  of  the facility or project or undertaking;  (d)  the  plant  closing  or mass layoff is due to any form of natural disaster, such as a flood, earthquake, or drought; or  (e) the closing or mass layoff constitutes a strike or  constitutes  a lockout  not intended to evade the requirements of this article. Nothing in this article shall require an employer to serve written  notice  when permanently  replacing  a person who is deemed to be an economic striker under the National Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 151 et seq.).  Nothing in  this  article shall be deemed to validate or invalidate any judicial or  administrative  ruling  relating  to   the   hiring   of   permanent replacements  for  economic  strikers under the National Labor Relations Act.   2. An employer unable to provide the notice otherwise required by this article in a timely fashion as a result of  circumstances  described  in subdivision  one  of  this  section,  shall provide as much notice as is practicable and at that time shall provide  a  brief  statement  of  the basis for reducing the notification period.
NY Lab L § 860-D (2021)
2021 New York Laws LAB - Labor Article 25-A - New York State Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act 860-D - Extension of Mass Layoff Period.

§  860-d.  Extension of mass layoff period. A mass layoff of more than   six months which, at its outset, was announced to be a  mass  layoff  of   six  months  or  less  shall be treated as an employment loss under this   article unless:1. the extension beyond six months is caused by business circumstances   (including unforeseeable  changes  in  price  or  cost)  not  reasonably   foreseeable at the time of the initial mass layoff; and2.  notice is given at the time it becomes reasonably foreseeable that   the extension beyond six months will be required.
NY Lab L § 860-E (2021)
2021 New York Laws LAB - Labor Article 25-A - New York State Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act 860-E - Determinations With Respect to Employment Loss.

§   860-e.   Determinations   with  respect  to  employment  loss.  In   determining whether a plant closing or mass layoff has occurred or  will   occur, employment losses for two or more groups of employees at a single   site  of  employment,  each  of which is less than the minimum number of   employees specified in subdivisions four or six of section eight hundred   sixty-a of this article but which in the aggregate meet or  exceed  that   minimum  number  set  forth in such subdivisions, and which occur within   any ninety-day period shall be considered to be a plant closing or  mass   layoff  unless  the employer demonstrates that the employment losses are   the result of separate and distinct actions and causes and  are  not  an   attempt by the employer to evade the requirements of this article.
NY Lab L § 860-H (2021)
2021 New York Laws LAB - Labor Article 25-A - New York State Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act 860-H - Civil Penalty.

§  860-h.  Civil  penalty.  1. An employer who fails to give notice as   required by paragraph (b) of subdivision one of  section  eight  hundred   sixty-b  of  this article is subject to a civil penalty of not more than   five hundred dollars for each  day  of  the  employer's  violation.  The   employer  is  not  subject  to a civil penalty under this section if the   employer pays to all applicable employees  the  amounts  for  which  the   employer  is  liable  under  section  eight hundred sixty-g within three   weeks from the date the employer orders the mass layoff, relocation,  or   employment loss.2.  The  total amount of penalties for which an employer may be liable   under this section shall not exceed the maximum amount of penalties  for   which  the  employer  may  be  liable  under  federal  law  for the same   violation.3. Any penalty amount paid by the employer under federal law shall  be   considered a payment made under this article.4.  If an employer proves to the satisfaction of the commissioner that   the act or omission that violated this article was  in  good  faith  and   that  the  employer had reasonable grounds for believing that the act or   omission was not a violation of this article, the  commissioner  may  in   his  or  her discretion reduce the amount of the penalty provided for in   this  section.  In  determining  the  amount  of  such  reduction,   the   commissioner  shall  consider  (a)  of the size of the employer; (b) the   hardships imposed on employees by the violations; (c) any efforts by the   employer to  mitigate  the  violation;  and  (d)  the  grounds  for  the   employer's belief.