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NY Lab L § 202-C (2021)
2021 New York Laws LAB - Labor Article 7 - General Provisions 202-C - Prevention of Personal Injuries in the Use of Ski Tows, Other Passenger Tramways and Downhill Ski Areas.

§ 202-c. Prevention of personal injuries in the use of ski tows, other   passenger  tramways  and  downhill ski areas.  The commissioner may make   rules, consistent with article eighteen of the general obligations  law,   guarding  against  personal  injuries to employees and the public in the   use and operation of ski tows, other passenger tramways and downhill ski   areas.
NY Lab L § 202-D (2021)
2021 New York Laws LAB - Labor Article 7 - General Provisions 202-D - Coin-Operated Machines Performing a Manufacturing Process.

§  202-d.  Coin-operated  machines performing a manufacturing process.   The  commissioner  may  make  such  rules  governing  the  construction,   maintenance,  use, and operation of coin-operated machines which perform   any manufacturing process  that  he  or  she  finds  necessary  for  the   protection  of the lives, health, and safety of employees and of persons   lawfully using such machines. The term "manufacturing" as used  in  this   section  shall  include  the  processes described in subdivision nine of   section two of this chapter.
NY Lab L § 202-E (2021)
2021 New York Laws LAB - Labor Article 7 - General Provisions 202-E - Protection of Persons Employed On/in Vehicular Bridges And/or Tunnels.

§ 202-e. Protection of persons employed on/in vehicular bridges and/or   tunnels.  The  board of standards and appeals may make such rules as may   be necessary for the protection of  the  lives,  health  and  safety  of   persons  employed  on/in  vehicular bridges and/or tunnels by bridge and   tunnel authorities subject to the public authorities law of this state.
NY Lab L § 202-F (2021)
2021 New York Laws LAB - Labor Article 7 - General Provisions 202-F - Protection of Hotel and Motel Employees Against Fire Hazards in Employee Housing Facilities.

§  202-f. Protection of hotel and motel employees against fire hazards   in employee housing facilities. Notwithstanding any other  provision  of   law,  the  board  of  standards and appeals shall issue a temporary rule   governing fire  hazards  in  housing  facilities  for  hotel  and  motel   employees,  to  become  effective  on  the  first  day of June, nineteen   hundred seventy-three. Such temporary rule shall contain  such  national   consensus standards or standards of any governmental agency in the state   relating  to  housing  facilities  as  the board deems necessary for the   protection of the lives, health and safety of hotel and motel employees.   Notice of the adoption of such temporary rule shall be published in  ten   newspapers  throughout  the state and such temporary rule shall be filed   with the secretary of state. Such temporary rule shall remain in  effect   until  superseded  by  a  safety  and  health  standard  promulgated  in   accordance with the procedure  prescribed  in  article  twelve  of  this   chapter  or  until the first day of June, nineteen hundred seventy-four,   whichever occurs first, provided however, that nothing in  this  section   shall  prevent any other agency of the state or subdivision thereof from   enforcing a public health and safety standard  promulgated  pursuant  to   section two hundred twenty-five of the public health law.
NY Lab L § 202-G (2021)
2021 New York Laws LAB - Labor Article 7 - General Provisions 202-G - Display of Fuel-Connected Appliances in Wholesale or Retail Store.

§  202-g.  Display of fuel-connected appliances in wholesale or retail   store.  No gas, gasoline or liquefied petroleum  gas  fueled  appliances   shall  be  displayed  in  a wholesale or retail store when attached to a   live fuel source.  This section shall not prevent a  live  demonstration   of  such appliances under the immediate supervision, and in the presence   of, a responsible adult.
NY Lab L § 202-I (2021)
2021 New York Laws LAB - Labor Article 7 - General Provisions 202-I - Leave of Absence for Military Spouses.

§ 202-i. Leave of absence for military spouses. 1. For the purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings:  (a)  "Employee"  means  a  person who performs service for hire for an employer, for an average of twenty or more hours per week, and  includes all  individuals  employed  at any site owned or operated by an employer but shall not include an independent contractor.  (b) "Employer" means a person or entity that employs  twenty  or  more employees  at at least one site and includes an individual, corporation, the state, county, town, city,  school  district,  public  authority  or other governmental subdivision of any kind.  (c)  "Period  of  military conflict" means a period of war declared by the United States Congress, or in which a member of a reserve  component of the armed forces is ordered to active duty pursuant to sections 12301 and 12302 of title 10 of the United States Code.   2.  The  spouse  of a member of the armed forces of the United States, national guard or reserves who has been  deployed  during  a  period  of military  conflict,  to  a  combat  theater or combat zone of operations shall be allowed up to ten days unpaid leave  by  their  employer.  Such leave  shall only be used when such person's spouse is on leave from the armed forces of the United States,  national  guard  or  reserves  while deployed  during  a  period  of military conflict to a combat theater or combat zone of operations.   3. An employer shall not retaliate against an employee for  requesting or obtaining a leave of absence as provided in this section.   4.  The  provisions  of  this  section  shall not affect or prevent an employer from providing leave for military spouses in addition to  leave allowed under any other provision of law. The provisions of this section shall not affect an employee's rights with respect to any other employee benefit provided by law.
NY Lab L § 202-J (2021)
2021 New York Laws LAB - Labor Article 7 - General Provisions 202-J - Leave of Absence for Blood Donation Granted to Employees.

§  202-j. Leave of absence for blood donation granted to employees. 1. For the purposes of this section, the following  terms  shall  have  the following meanings:  (a)  "Employee"  means  a person who performs services for hire for an employer, for an average of twenty or more hours per week, and  includes all  individuals  employed  at any site owned or operated by an employer but shall not include an independent contractor.  (b) "Employer" means a person or entity that employs  twenty  or  more employees  at at least one site and includes an individual, corporation, partnership, association,  nonprofit  organization,  group  of  persons, state,  county,  town,  city, school district, public authority or other governmental subdivision of any kind.   2. An employer must either, at its option: (a) grant  three  hours  of leave  of absence in any twelve month period to an employee who seeks to donate blood; provided that the leave of absence may  not  exceed  three hours,  unless otherwise agreed to by the employer, and must comply with the requirements established by the commissioner under subdivision  five of  this  section; or (b) allow its employees without use of accumulated leave time to donate blood during work hours at least two times per year at a convenient time and place set by the employer,  including  allowing an  employee  to participate in a blood drive at the employee's place of employment.   3. An employer shall not retaliate against an employee for  requesting or obtaining a leave of absence under this section.   4. This section shall not prevent an employer from providing leave for blood donation in addition to leave allowed under any other provision of law.  This section shall not affect an employee's rights with respect to any other employee benefit otherwise provided by law.   5. The commissioner is hereby authorized and directed to establish any necessary guidelines, including requirements  for  notice,  request  and approval  of  leave, and documentation, for the timely implementation of the program.
NY Lab L § 202-K (2021)
2021 New York Laws LAB - Labor Article 7 - General Provisions 202-K - Protection of Persons Employed in the Broadcast Industry.

§  202-k. Protection of persons employed in the broadcast industry. 1. For the purposes of this section:  (a) "Broadcasting industry employer" includes television  stations  or networks,  radio  stations  or  networks,  cable  stations  or networks, internet or satellite-based services similar to a broadcast  station  or network,  any broadcast entities affiliated with any of the employers of this paragraph, or any other entity that provides broadcasting  services such  as  news,  weather,  traffic,  sports, or entertainment reports or programming.  (b) "Broadcast employee" means any on-air employee or off-air employee of a broadcasting industry employer, excluding management employees.   2. A broadcasting industry employer shall not require as  a  condition of  employment,  whether  in an employment contract or otherwise, that a broadcast  employee  or  prospective  broadcast  employee  refrain  from obtaining employment:  (a) in any specified geographic area;  (b) for a specific period of time; or  (c)  with any particular employer or in any particular industry; after the conclusion of employment with such broadcasting  industry  employer. This  section  shall  not  apply to preventing the enforcement of such a covenant during the term of an employment contract.   3. Any person who violates this section shall be civilly liable  to  a broadcast employee for damages, attorney's fees and costs.
NY Lab L § 202-L (2021)
2021 New York Laws LAB - Labor Article 7 - General Provisions 202-L - Leave of Absence for Volunteer Emergency Responders.

§  202-l.  Leave  of  absence  for  volunteer emergency responders. 1. During the time that an emergency exists following a declaration of such emergency  pursuant  to  section  twenty-four  or  twenty-eight  of  the executive  law,  an employee may request and shall be granted a leave of absence from his or her employer while engaged in the actual performance of his or her duties as, (a) a volunteer firefighter, or (b) an enrolled member of a volunteer ambulance service pursuant to  article  thirty  of the public health law unless the employer determines that the employee's absence  would impose an undue hardship on the conduct of the employer's business as defined by paragraph (d) of subdivision ten of  section  two hundred ninety-six of the executive law.   2. Subdivision one of this section shall apply only when:  (a)  The  employer  has previously received written documentation from the head of  the  employee's  volunteer  fire  department  or  volunteer ambulance   service,  as  applicable,  notifying  the  employer  of  the employee's status as a volunteer firefighter or member  of  a  volunteer ambulance service; and  (b)  The  employee's  duties as a volunteer firefighter or member of a volunteer ambulance service are related to the declared emergency.   3. The entire period  of  the  authorized  leave  of  absence  granted pursuant  to  this  section  shall  either  be  unpaid excused leave for employees who are subject to the overtime provisions  of  this  chapter, the  federal  fair  labor  standards  act  and  regulations  promulgated thereunder, or may otherwise be charged against any other leave to which such employee is entitled, as determined by the employee.   4. Upon the employer's request, an employee who  has  been  granted  a leave  of  absence  in accordance with this section shall provide his or her employer with a notarized statement from the head of  the  volunteer fire   department   or   volunteer  ambulance  service,  as  applicable, certifying the period of time, or times, that said employee responded to any emergency pursuant to this section.   5. Nothing set forth in this section shall  be  construed  to  impede, infringe  or  diminish the rights and benefits which accrue to employees through  bona  fide  collective  bargaining  agreements,  or   otherwise diminish   the   integrity   of   the   existing  collective  bargaining relationship.   6. As used in this section,  employer  does  not  include  the  state. Nothing  set  forth  in  this section shall be construed as superseding, limiting, or otherwise affecting the provisions of section  eighty-two-a of  the  civil service law, providing for authorized absences for public officers and employees of the state.
NY Lab L § 203 (2021)
2021 New York Laws LAB - Labor Article 7 - General Provisions 203 - Washrooms, Washing Facilities and Waterclosets for Elevator Employees.

§  203.  Washrooms,  washing  facilities and waterclosets for elevator   employees. There shall be provided and maintained for  the  use  of  all   persons  employed  in  operating freight or passenger elevators adequate   and convenient washrooms or washing facilities and a  sufficient  number   of  suitable  and convenient waterclosets. Where the elevator is used in   or in  connection  with  a  factory  or  mercantile  establishment,  the   provisions  of sections two hundred and ninety-three and two hundred and   ninety-five  shall  apply  to   wash-rooms,   washing   facilities   and   waterclosets  for  employees  mentioned  in  this section; and where the   elevator is used in any other building or place, the provisions of  such   sections   three   hundred  and  seventy-eight  and  three  hundred  and   eighty-one shall apply to washrooms, washing facilities and waterclosets   for employees engaged in the care, custody or operation of  an  elevator   in  such  building or place. For the purpose of so applying the sections   last referred to, the term "mercantile establishment"  as  therein  used   shall  be deemed to mean and include a building in which the elevator is   located or with which it connects.
NY Lab L § 203-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws LAB - Labor Article 7 - General Provisions 203-A - Seats in Certain Passenger Elevators or Relief for the Operator.

§  203-a.  Seats  in  certain  passenger  elevators  or relief for the   operator. Every passenger elevator operated and maintained  for  use  by   the  public  shall  be equipped or furnished with a seat, collapsible or   otherwise, for the use of the operator when the elevator  is  not  being   operated,  provided  the  operator  thereof  is not allowed a continuous   recess period of at least  fifteen  minutes  in  every  three  hours  in   addition  to  and  apart  from  a  lunch  period  of at least forty-five   minutes. Every passenger elevator  operated  in  a  building  owned  and   maintained  by the state shall be equipped or furnished with such a seat   for the use of the operator when the elevator  is  not  being  operated,   notwithstanding  the  operator  is  allowed  the recess and lunch period   herein specified.  The provisions of this section  shall  not  apply  to   elevators  in  factory  buildings  or any other building having only one   passenger elevator.
NY Lab L § 203-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws LAB - Labor Article 7 - General Provisions 203-B - Seats for Female Employees.

§  203-b.  Seats for female employees. A sufficient number of suitable   seats, with backs where practicable, shall be provided and maintained in   every factory, mercantile establishment, freight or passenger  elevator,   hotel  and  restaurant  for female employees who shall be allowed to use   the seats to such an extent as may be reasonable for the preservation of   their health. In factories, female employees shall  be  allowed  to  use   such  seats  whenever  they  are  engaged  in work which can be properly   performed in a sitting posture.  In mercantile establishments, at  least   one  seat  shall be provided for every three female employees and if the   duties of such employees are to be performed principally in front  of  a   counter,  table,  desk  or  fixture, such seats shall be placed in front   thereof, or if such duties are to be performed principally  behind  such   counter, table, desk or fixture they shall be placed behind the same.
NY Lab L § 203-C (2021)
2021 New York Laws LAB - Labor Article 7 - General Provisions 203-C - Employee Privacy Protection.

§ 203-c. Employee privacy protection. 1. No employer may cause a video recording  to be made of an employee in a restroom, locker room, or room designated by an employer for employees to change their clothes,  unless authorized by court order.   2. No video recording made in violation of this section may be used by an employer for any purpose.   3. In any civil action alleging a violation of this section, the court may:  (a)  award  damages  and  reasonable  attorneys'  fees  and costs to a prevailing plaintiff; and  (b) afford injunctive relief against  any  employer  that  commits  or proposes to commit a violation of this section.   4.  The  rights  and remedies provided herein shall be in addition to, and not supersede, any other rights and remedies provided by statute  or common law.   5. The provisions of this section do not apply with respect to any law enforcement  personnel  engaged  in the conduct of his or her authorized duties.
NY Lab L § 203-D (2021)
2021 New York Laws LAB - Labor Article 7 - General Provisions 203-D - Employee Personal Identifying Information.

§  203-d.  Employee  personal  identifying information. 1. An employer shall not unless otherwise required by law:  (a) Publicly post or display an employee's social security number;  (b) Visibly print a social security number on any identification badge or card, including any time card;  (c) Place a social security number in files with unrestricted  access; or  (d)  Communicate an employee's personal identifying information to the general public. For purposes  of  this  section,  "personal  identifying information"  shall  include  social  security  number,  home address or telephone   number,   personal   electronic   mail   address,   Internet identification  name or password, parent's surname prior to marriage, or drivers' license number.   2. A social security number shall not be  used  as  an  identification number for purposes of any occupational licensing.   3.  The  commissioner may impose a civil penalty of up to five hundred dollars on any employer for any knowing violation of  this  section.  It shall  be  presumptive  evidence  that  a  violation of this section was knowing if the employer has not put in place any policies or  procedures to  safeguard  against  such  violation,  including procedures to notify relevant employees of these provisions.
NY Lab L § 204-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws LAB - Labor Article 7 - General Provisions 204-B - Refunds.

§ 204-b. Refunds. Whenever the commissioner determines that any moneys   received  under  the  provisions  of  this  chapter  or the rules issued   thereunder, or any moneys  received  under  the  provisions  of  article   eleven of the general business law, are in excess of the amount required   by  law,  or were paid in error, or that other justifiable circumstances   exist, such moneys may, within three  years  from  receipt  thereof,  be   refunded upon the audit of the state comptroller, without interest.
NY Lab L § 205 (2021)
2021 New York Laws LAB - Labor Article 7 - General Provisions 205 - Prohibition Against Eating Meals in Certain Workrooms.

§  205.  Prohibition  against  eating  meals  in certain workrooms. No   employee shall take or be permitted to take any food into a room of  any   working  place  where  lead,  arsenic  or  other poisonous substances or   injurious or noxious fumes, dust or gases exist in harmful conditions or   are present in harmful quantities  as  an  incident  or  result  of  the   business  carried  on  in  such  working  place. Notice to the foregoing   effect shall be posted in such room. No employee, unless his presence is   necessary for the proper conduct of the business, shall  remain  in  any   such  room during the time allowed for meals. The employer shall provide   a suitable place in such establishment in which the employees may eat.
NY Lab L § 206 (2021)
2021 New York Laws LAB - Labor Article 7 - General Provisions 206 - Prevention of Personal Injuries to Persons Engaged in Tree Trimming.

§  206.  Prevention  of  personal  injuries to persons engaged in tree   trimming. The board of standards and appeals  may  make  rules  guarding   against  personal  injuries  to  persons engaged in cutting, trimming or   removing trees or brush for hire. Such rules shall not apply to  persons   cutting,  trimming  or removing trees or brush on behalf of, or employed   by, a public service corporation subject  to  the  jurisdiction  of  the   public service commission.
NY Lab L § 206-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws LAB - Labor Article 7 - General Provisions 206-A - Physical Examinations of Females.

§  206-a. Physical examinations of females. Whenever an employer shall   require a physical examination of a female by a physician or  a  surgeon   she  shall be entitled to have the examination made by one of her sex or   to have another female present if a male physician or surgeon makes  the   examination.  The employer requiring the examination shall post a notice   informing the party to be examined of her rights under this section.
NY Lab L § 206-C (2021)
2021 New York Laws LAB - Labor Article 7 - General Provisions 206-C - Right of Nursing Mothers to Express Breast Milk.

§  206-c. Right of nursing mothers to express breast milk. An employer   shall provide reasonable unpaid break time or permit an employee to  use   paid  break  time  or meal time each day to allow an employee to express   breast milk for her nursing child for up to three years following  child   birth.  The  employer shall make reasonable efforts to provide a room or   other location, in close proximity to the work area, where  an  employee   can  express  milk in privacy. No employer shall discriminate in any way   against an employee who chooses to  express  breast  milk  in  the  work   place.
NY Lab L § 207 (2021)
2021 New York Laws LAB - Labor Article 7 - General Provisions 207 - Protection of Employees at Switchboards.

§  207.  Protection of employees at switchboards. All buildings having   installed therein a switchboard of two hundred and twenty volts or  over   shall  have,  on  the floor or upon the platform or other standing place   where the switchboard is located or to which it is  attached,  a  rubber   mat  the  length  of  the switchboard and of sufficient width to allow a   person to walk or stand thereon while  working  at  the  switchboard  or   making tests.