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2023 New York Laws › LAB - Labor › Article 23 - Apprenticeship Training › 811 - Powers and Duties of Industrial Commissioner; Personnel.

§ 811. Powers and duties of industrial commissioner; personnel. 1. The
industrial commissioner shall have the following powers and duties:
(a)  to  encourage and promote the making of apprenticeship agreements
conforming to the standards established by or pursuant to this article;
(b) to establish suggested standards for apprenticeship agreements  in
conformity with the provisions of this article;
(c)  to  supervise  the  execution  of  apprenticeship  agreements and
maintenance of standards;
(d)  to  register  approved  apprenticeship   agreements,   and   upon
performance   thereof,   to   issue   certificates   of   completion  of
apprenticeship;
(e) to settle differences arising out  of  apprenticeship  agreements,
when  such  differences cannot be adjusted locally or in accordance with
established trade procedure;
(f) to terminate or cancel any apprenticeship agreements in accordance
with the provisions of such agreements;
(g) to encourage and promote the hiring  by  any  trade  or  group  of
trades   of  persons  who  are  on  parole,  in  order  to  aid  in  the
rehabilitation of such persons;
(h) to study and disseminate information on  apprenticeship  training,
trends  of  employment  opportunities  in  various trades, the impact of
technological change on skill levels and requirements, the supply of and
needs for skilled manpower, and related matters;
(i) to cooperate with the  federal  government,  the  state  education
department,  the state department of commerce and other agencies, public
and private, in the state;
(j) to cooperate with the director of the  division  of  minority  and
women's  business  development  pursuant to paragraph (k) of subdivision
three of section three hundred eleven of the  executive  law  to  assist
contractors  in  locating  minority  group  members  and  women  who are
participating in apprenticeships agreements;
(k) to adopt such rules and regulations as may be  necessary  for  the
effective administration of the purposes and provisions of this article;
(l)  to  perform  such  other  duties as may be necessary to give full
effect to the policies of the state and the provisions of this article.
2. The industrial commissioner shall appoint a person who shall be  in
charge  of apprentice training in the department of labor, and who shall
act as secretary of the state apprenticeship and training council and of
state joint apprenticeship committees. The  industrial  commissioner  is
further authorized to appoint such clerical, technical, and professional
assistants  as  shall  be  necessary  to effectuate the purposes of this
article. The personnel appointed under this  article  shall  receive  an
annual  compensation  to  be fixed by the industrial commissioner within
the amount provided by appropriation.
2023 New York Laws › LAB - Labor › Article 23 - Apprenticeship Training › 812 - Related and Supplemental Instruction.

§ 812. Related and supplemental instruction.  Related and supplemental
  instruction  for  apprentices,  coordination  of  instruction  with  job
  experience, and the selection of  teachers  and  coordinators  for  such
  instruction  shall  be  the  responsibility  of  state  and local boards
  responsible for career education.
As provided by other statutes, the department of  education  shall  be
  responsible   for   and   provide   related   training  as  required  by
  apprenticeship programs set up under this article.
2023 New York Laws › LAB - Labor › Article 23 - Apprenticeship Training › 813 - State Apprenticeship and Training Council.

§  813.  State  apprenticeship and training council.   1. The governor
  shall appoint a state apprenticeship and training council,  composed  of
  three   representatives  from  employer  organizations  and  three  from
  employee organizations and one representative of the general public, who
  shall be the chairman. The council by majority vote may designate one of
  its members, other than the chairman, as vice-chairman  to  act  in  the
  absence or inability of the chairman. Each member shall be appointed for
  a  term  of  three years. Each member shall hold office until his or her
  successor is appointed and has  qualified,  and  any  vacancy  shall  be
  filled by appointment for the unexpired portion of the term. The present
  members  of  the  council  shall  continue  to  hold  office  until  the
  expiration of their present  terms  or  their  earlier  terminations  by
  resignation  or  inability  to  act.  The commissioner of education, the
  commissioner of labor and the commissioner of economic development shall
  ex officio be members of such council without vote. The members  of  the
  council  shall  not receive a salary or other compensation, but shall be
  reimbursed  for  transportation  and   other   expenses   actually   and
  necessarily  incurred  in  the  performance  of  their duties under this
  article.
2. The  council:  (a)  shall  advise  the  commissioner  of  labor  on
  apprentice  training  matters,  including  the  matters  of  related and
  supplemental instruction; (b)  may  recommend  suggested  standards  for
  apprenticeship  agreements;  (c)  shall  maintain  a close and effective
  liaison  with  governmental  and  nongovernmental  agencies  which   are
  concerned  with  skilled  manpower development and problems; and (d) may
  recommend  research  projects  on   facts   and   trends   relating   to
  apprenticeship  training  and  the  supply  of  and  needs  for  skilled
  manpower.
2023 New York Laws › LAB - Labor › Article 23 - Apprenticeship Training › 813-A - Annual Reports by Apprenticeship Programs.

§  813-a.  Annual  reports by apprenticeship programs. 1. On an annual
  basis, all apprenticeship programs covered under the provisions of  this
  article   shall  report  to  the  department  on  the  participation  of
  apprentices currently enrolled in such apprenticeship program. The  data
  to be included in such report shall include, at a minimum: (a) the total
  number   of   apprentices   in  such  apprenticeship  program;  (b)  the
  demographic information of such apprentices to the extent such  data  is
  available,  including,  but  not  limited  to,  the  age,  gender, race,
  ethnicity, and national origin of such  apprentices;  (c)  the  rate  of
  advancement  and  graduation  of  such  apprentices; and (d) the rate of
  placement of such apprentices onto job sites as well as the  demographic
  information  of  such  apprentices to the extent such data is available,
  including, but not limited to the  age,  gender,  race,  ethnicity,  and
  national origin of such apprentices.
2.  The  department  shall  make  such  data publicly available on its
  website by July first, two thousand twenty-two and on an  annual  basis,
  but no later than December thirty-first of each following year.
3. The commissioner may promulgate rules and regulations necessary for
  the implementation of this section.
2023 New York Laws › LAB - Labor › Article 23 - Apprenticeship Training › 814 - Local, Regional and State Joint Apprenticeship Committees.

§  814.  Local,  regional  and  state joint apprenticeship committees.
  Local and state joint apprenticeship committees may be approved, in  any
  trade  or  group  of  trades,  in  cities, regions of the state or trade
  areas, by the industrial commissioner, whenever the apprentice  training
  needs  of  such  trade  or  group of trades or such regions justify such
  establishment.  Such  local,  regional  or  state  joint  apprenticeship
  committees shall be composed of an equal number of employer and employee
  representatives  chosen  from names submitted by the respective local or
  state employer and employee organizations in  such  trade  or  group  of
  trades;  also  such  additional  members  representing  local  boards of
  education or other educational agencies as may be deemed advisable.   In
  a  trade  or  group of trades in which there is no bona fide employer or
  employee organization, the joint committee shall be composed of  persons
  known   to  represent  the  interests  of  employers  and  of  employees
  respectively or a state joint apprenticeship committee may  be  approved
  as,  or  the  state  apprenticeship council may act itself as, the joint
  committee in such trade or group of trades. Subject to the review of the
  industrial commissioner and in accordance with the standards established
  by the industrial commissioner, such committees may devise standards for
  apprenticeship agreements and give such aid as may be necessary in their
  operation, in their respective trades and localities.
2023 New York Laws › LAB - Labor › Article 23 - Apprenticeship Training › 815 - Suggested Standards for Apprenticeship Agreements.

§  815.  Suggested standards for apprenticeship agreements.  Suggested
  standards for apprenticeship agreements are as follows:
1. A statement of the trade or craft to be  taught  and  the  required
  hours for completion of apprenticeship which shall be not less than four
  thousand hours of reasonably continuous employment.
2.  A  statement  of  the processes in the trade or craft divisions in
  which the apprentice is to be taught and the approximate amount of  time
  to be spent at each process.
3. A statement of the number of hours to be spent by the apprentice in
  work  and  the  number  of hours to be spent in related and supplemental
  instruction which  instruction  shall  be  not  less  than  one  hundred
  forty-four  hours  per  year  when  available,  such  availability to be
  determined by the commissioner of education.
4. A statement that apprentices shall be not less than  sixteen  years
  of age.
5.  Provision  that  apprentices  shall  be  selected  on the basis of
  qualifications alone, as determined by objective criteria  which  permit
  review,  and without any direct or indirect limitation, specification or
  discrimination as to race, creed, color, age, sex or national origin.
6. A statement of the progressively increasing scale of  wages  to  be
  paid the apprentice.
7.  Provision  for  a  period of probation during which the industrial
  commissioner shall be directed to terminate an apprenticeship  agreement
  at  the  request in writing of any party thereto. After the probationary
  period the industrial commissioner shall be empowered to  terminate  the
  registration of an apprentice upon agreement of the parties.
8.  Provision  that the services of the industrial commissioner may be
  utilized  for  consultation  regarding  the  settlement  of  differences
  arising  out  of  the  apprenticeship  agreement  where such differences
  cannot be adjusted locally or in accordance with the  established  trade
  procedure.
9.  Provision  that if an employer is unable to fulfill his obligation
  under the apprenticeship agreement he may transfer  such  obligation  to
  another employer.
10.  Such additional standards as may be prescribed in accordance with
  the provisions of this article.
2023 New York Laws › LAB - Labor › Article 23 - Apprenticeship Training › 816 - Apprenticeship Agreements.

§ 816. Apprenticeship agreements.  For the purposes of this article an
apprenticeship agreement is:
(1)  An  individual  written  agreement  between  an  employer  and an
apprentice, or (2)  a  written  agreement  between  an  employer  or  an
association  of  employers,  and an organization of employees describing
conditions of employment for apprentices  or  (3)  a  written  statement
describing conditions of employment for apprentices in a plant or plants
where there is no bona fide employee organization.
2023 New York Laws › LAB - Labor › Article 23 - Apprenticeship Training › 816-A - Apprenticeship Assistance in All Political Subdivisions of the State.

§  816-a.  Apprenticeship  assistance in all political subdivisions of
  the state. any political subdivision of the state may provide  financial
  assistance, within the amounts appropriated therefor, for the purpose of
  promoting  non-profit apprentice training programs within such political
  subdivision to train persons in those skills needed by the the political
  subdivision  as  an  employer,  administered  by  agencies  representing
  municipal  employees  in  particular  title  or  classification or other
  phases of  employment;  provided  such  programs  are  approved  by  the
  department  of  education  as  to  curriculum, instructors and scope and
  further provided that such programs are registered and approved pursuant
  to sections eight hundred fourteen and eight  hundred  fifteen  of  this
  chapter.
2023 New York Laws › LAB - Labor › Article 23 - Apprenticeship Training › 819 - Training of Persons in the Repair and Reconditioning of Slot Machines.

§  819.  Training  of persons in the repair and reconditioning of slot
machines. Possession of a slot machine shall  be  permitted  where  such
possession  is  necessary  to  facilitate the training of persons in the
repair and reconditioning of such machines by entities  not  subject  to
tribal-state compacts, provided all of the following conditions are met:
1.  The  entity  is  registered with the commissioner pursuant to this
article;
2. The entity has an approved apprenticeship program in the electrical
trades pursuant to title 12, volume C-1, part 601 of the New York  state
codes, rules and regulations;
3.  The  entity  has  submitted  to,  and  received approval from, the
superintendent of state police of a security plan  with  regard  to  the
movement,  location and storage of such machines at all times, including
but not limited to, a log of all persons having access to such machines,
and a video surveillance of such machines;
4. (a) Written notification, made to the commissioner, shall  be  made
for  each  machine to be received by an approved apprenticeship program.
Such notification shall  include  the  manufacturer,  model  and  serial
number  for  each  machine  and  identification  number  of each program
storage device such as EPROM,  ROM,  flash  ROM,  DVD  or  CD-ROM.  Such
identical   information   shall   be   maintained   by   each   approved
apprenticeship program in a format required by the commissioner.
(b) Each approved apprenticeship program  shall  promptly  notify  the
commissioner,  in  writing,  of  the return, removal or destruction of a
machine or program storage  device  or  of  additional  program  storage
devices to be received;
5.  The  entity  possesses  a  tag  issued  by  the department with an
identification number affixed and identifying each machine.
2023 New York Laws › LAB - Labor › Article 23-A - New York State Manpower Training Act › 820 - Statement of Public Policy.

§  820.  Statement  of public policy.   There are persons who lack the
  academic and career education and training necessary to obtain and  hold
  employment  in  the contemporary economy because of dislocations arising
  from  automation   and   other   technological   developments,   foreign
  competition, relocation of industry, shifts in market demands, and other
  changes  in  the  economy.    The  skills  of many other persons who are
  currently employed are being rendered obsolete by such  dislocations  in
  the  economy.  Unless  such  persons  are  given  appropriate career and
  related education and training, many of  them  and  their  families  are
  doomed to lifelong unemployment or underemployment and dependency on the
  aid,  care  and  support  of  the  welfare agencies of the state and its
  political subdivisions; with appropriate career  and  related  education
  and  training;  many  of  them  would  become qualified for occupational
  categories which remain  unfilled  because  of  shortages  of  qualified
  personnel.
Accordingly,  it  is  the  purpose  of this act to authorize the state
  government to develop programs  of  career  and  related  education  and
  training  which will permit persons who face the hazards of unemployment
  and  underemployment  to  develop  skills  which  are  useful   in   the
  contemporary  economy  and to assist such persons to participate in such
  programs.
2023 New York Laws › LAB - Labor › Article 23-A - New York State Manpower Training Act › 821 - State Training Courses.

§ 821. State training courses. The commissioner may provide for career
  and  related, institutional and on-the-job training courses as described
  in section  five  hundred  ninety-nine  of  this  chapter  and  for  the
  administration   of  public  work  projects  for  recipients  of  public
  assistance, and may contract for these purposes with public and  private
  agencies   including   public  and  private  institutions  of  learning,
  employers or other appropriate organizations. He shall  select  for  and
  refer to such training courses unemployed and under-employed persons who
  would  meet  the  conditions  for  approval as specified in section five
  hundred ninety-nine of this chapter. He shall select and refer to public
  work projects all public assistance recipients registered at  employment
  offices   of  the  department  who  are  neither  referred  thereby  for
  employment in the regular economy or for career training,  nor  assigned
  to  public  works projects by social welfare officials. The commissioner
  may  provide  for  such  payments,  either  in  advance  or  by  way  of
  reimbursement,  from  funds  made available to carry out the purposes of
  this article, as he deems necessary.
2023 New York Laws › LAB - Labor › Article 23-A - New York State Manpower Training Act › 822 - Authorization and Standards for Allowances.

§  822. Authorization and standards for allowances.  The commissioner,
  in accordance with standards established by him, may  pay  to  a  person
  enrolled  in  such  courses,  training,  subsistence, and transportation
  allowances. In setting standards for:
1. training allowances, the commissioner shall consider  the  relative
  needs  of  the  trainees,  wages earned by them, and benefits payable to
  them under the general provisions of article eighteen of  this  chapter,
  provided,  however, that no training allowance shall exceed by more than
  ten dollars the average statewide gross benefit rate under such  article
  for   a   week   of   total   unemployment   during   the   most  recent
  four-calendar-quarter  period  for  which  such  data   are   available,
  augmented  by  five  dollars  a week for each dependent over two up to a
  maximum of four additional dependents.
2. subsistence allowances, the commissioner shall consider the cost to
  the trainees of living away from their normal residences where  this  is
  necessitated  by  the  location  and  nature of the training facilities,
  provided, however, that no such allowance shall exceed  five  dollars  a
  day.
3. transportation allowances, the commissioner shall consider the cost
  to  the  trainees  of commuting and long-distance travel necessitated by
  the nature and location of the training facilities.
2023 New York Laws › LAB - Labor › Article 23-B - Displaced Homemakers Act › 826 - Definitions.

§ 826. Definitions. For purposes of this article:
1. The term "displaced homemaker" means an individual who:
(a)  has  worked  in the home, providing unpaid household services for
family members;
(b) is not gainfully employed;
(c) has had, or would have difficulty in securing employment; and
(d) has been dependent on the income of another family member  but  is
no  longer  supported  by  such income, or has been dependent on federal
assistance but  is  no  longer  eligible  for  such  assistance,  or  is
supported  as  the  parent of minor children by government assistance or
spousal support.
2. The term "commissioner" means the industrial  commissioner  of  the
state of New York.
2023 New York Laws › LAB - Labor › Article 23-B - Displaced Homemakers Act › 827 - Study of Federal Programs.

§ 827. Study of federal programs. The commissioner shall:
1.  In  consultation  with  appropriate heads of agencies, prepare and
furnish  a  study  to  determine  the  feasibility  of  and  appropriate
procedures for allowing displaced homemakers to participate in:
(a)  programs  established  under  the  Comprehensive  Employment  and
Training Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 801 et seq.);
(b) work incentive programs established under section 432 (b)  (1)  of
the Social Security Act;
(c)  related  federal  and  state  employment,  education,  and health
assistance programs; and
(d) programs established or benefits provided under federal and  state
unemployment  compensation laws by consideration of full-time homemakers
as workers eligible for such benefits or programs.
2. Through coordination with the department of labor, conduct a  study
to  determine the feasibility of and appropriate procedures for allowing
displaced homemakers to participate in programs established or  benefits
provided under;
(a)  the  Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970
(Public Law 91-373; 87 Stat. 708);
(b) title II of the Emergency Jobs and Unemployment Assistance Act  of
1974 (Public Law 93-567; 88 Stat. 1850);
(c)  the  Emergency  Unemployment Compensation Act of 1974 (Public Law
93-572; 88 Stat. 1869); and
(d) related federal and state  unemployment,  employment,  health  and
education assistance programs.
2023 New York Laws › LAB - Labor › Article 23-B - Displaced Homemakers Act › 828 - Selection and Administration of Centers.

§  828. Selection and administration of centers. 1. In selecting sites
for the centers established under this article, the  commissioner  shall
consider:
(a)  the  location of any existing facilities for displaced homemakers
and of any existing services which might be incorporated into a center.
(b) the needs of both urban and rural communities  of  the  state  for
such centers.
2.  As soon as possible after the selection of a particular site for a
center, and in any case not later than two  years  after  the  effective
date  of  this  article,  the  commissioner  shall  select  a  public or
nonprofit private organization to administer each center. The  selection
of  such  an  organization  shall  be made after consultation with local
government agencies, and shall take into  consideration  the  experience
and capability of such organizations in administering the services to be
provided by the center.
3. As soon as possible and in any case not later than six months after
the  effective  date  of  this  article,  the  commissioner  shall issue
regulations prescribing the standards which shall be met by each  center
in  accordance  with  the policies set forth in this article. Continuing
grants for the maintenance of each center shall be contingent  upon  the
determination  by the commissioner, based upon evaluations under section
eight hundred twenty-nine  of  this  article,  that  the  center  is  in
compliance with the regulations prescribed by the commissioner.
2023 New York Laws › LAB - Labor › Article 23-B - Displaced Homemakers Act › 829 - Evaluation.

§  829. Evaluation. The commissioner, in consultation with appropriate
  heads of departments, shall prepare and furnish  to  the  legislature  a
  report,  not  later  than  one  year  after  the  effective date of this
  article, on the centers established under this article, including:
1. A thorough assessment of each center;
2. Recommendations concerning the administration and expansion of such
  centers;
3. A detailed statement of the findings and conclusions of the studies
  conducted under section eight hundred twenty-seven of this article; and
4. Such  recommendations  for  legislative  or  other  action  as  the
  commissioner may consider appropriate.
2023 New York Laws › LAB - Labor › Article 23-B - Displaced Homemakers Act › 831 - Nondiscrimination.

§  831.  Nondiscrimination. No person shall on the ground of sex, age,
  race, color, religion, or national origin be excluded from participating
  in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination  under,
  any  program  or  activity  funded  in  whole or in part with funds made
  available under this article.
2023 New York Laws › LAB - Labor › Article 24 - Worker Adjustment Act › 836 - Administration.

§  836.  Administration.  Except  as is otherwise provided herein, the
  administration of the worker adjustment program shall be carried out  by
  the   department   in  consultation  with  the  department  of  economic
  development, state education department, state university of  New  York,
  city  university  of  New  York, and the state job training coordinating
  council,  hereinafter  referred  to  as  the  "council",  in  a   manner
  consistent  with  the federal Economic Dislocation and Worker Adjustment
  Assistance Act (P.L. 100-418), hereinafter referred to as "the act".
2023 New York Laws › LAB - Labor › Article 24 - Worker Adjustment Act › 837 - State Plan.

§   837.  State  plan.  1.  The  governor  shall  be  responsible  for
preparation and submission  of  a  biennial  plan.  The  plan  shall  be
prepared  with  input  from  the  department, the department of economic
development, state education department, state university  of  New  York
and the state job training coordinating council. The plan shall include,
but not be limited to:
(a) a description of services to be provided to dislocated workers and
additional  dislocated  workers  as  defined  in  section  eight hundred
thirty-five of this article;
(b) the identification of the state dislocated worker unit within  the
department, and the activities such unit will carry out;
(c) a description of coordination between such unit; and
(i)  the  department  of  economic  development  for  the  purposes of
developing strategies to avert plant  closings  or  substantial  layoffs
which  would  include  the  participation  of the department of economic
development in the establishment  of  labor-management  committees,  the
provision  of  resources  and  technical  assistance  for  a preliminary
assessment 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,  and  the
provision  of  appropriate  financial  and technical advice to assist in
efforts to avert worker dislocation;
(ii) the state education department for the  purposes  of  identifying
and  approving  training/retraining  activities  that  meet standards of
instructional quality pursuant to subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (b)  of
subdivision four of section eight hundred forty-six of this article;
(d)  an  explanation  of  the  extent  to  which additional dislocated
workers will be served under this plan and, if such workers will not  be
served,  a  statement  of  justification  for their exclusion; and (e) a
detailed description of reporting and evaluation  activity  relating  to
outcomes achieved.
2.  The  biennial  plan  developed pursuant to subdivision one of this
section shall be submitted to the council for review and comment and  to
the  governor  for  approval.  Copies  shall  also  be  submitted to the
president pro-tempore of the senate and  the  speaker  of  the  assembly
simultaneous to its submission to the council.
3.  The  state  plan  submitted  under this section may be modified to
describe changes in or additions to programs and activities set forth in
the plan and shall be reviewed and approved in the same  manner  as  the
state plan originally submitted.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 New York Laws › LAB - Labor › Article 24-A - New York State Workforce Investment Act › 854 - Quarterly Work Opportunity Tax Credit Reporting.

§ 854. Quarterly work opportunity tax credit reporting. The department
  shall  make available on its website certain statistical information and
  target group eligibility information relating to  work  opportunity  tax
  credit  certifications  approved  by the department made pursuant to the
  federal Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes Act of  2015  (Pub.  L.  No.
  114-113)(PATH Act). The information relating to certifications issued by
  the  department  that  shall  be  disclosed  includes the starting wage,
  target group, and position information as reported by employers  to  the
  department  on  employer  applications for certification pursuant to the
  PATH Act. No personally identifiable information, including  information
  identifying  specific  employers,  shall be disclosed by the department.
  The department shall make  available  the  information  required  to  be
  disclosed  by this section no later than ninety days after the effective
  date of this section and  shall  update  such  information  every  three
  months thereafter.
2023 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
2023 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