BILL NUMBER: S740
SPONSOR: RAMOS
 
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the labor law, in relation to requiring retail worker
employers to develop and implement programs to prevent workplace
violence; and to amend a chapter of the laws of 2024 amending the labor
law relating to requiring retail worker employers to develop and imple-
ment programs to prevent workplace violence, as proposed in legislative
bills numbers S. 8358-C and A. 8947-C, in relation to the effectiveness
thereof
 
PURPOSE:
This is a chapter amendment that makes changes to provisions of L.2024,
c.308.
 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
This legislation amends the underlying chapter by establishing reforms
to the Retail Worker Safety Act to clarify its applicability to employ-
ers.
 
JUSTIFICATION:
Pursuant to approval memo 6 of 2024, the Executive expressed support for
the goal of the legislation, but noted that changes were required to
clarify covered employers' responsibilities for the protections
described. This legislation is a negotiated change to the underlying
chapter that addresses those concerns.
 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
Chapter amendment to Chapter 308 of the Laws of 2024
 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None
 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that section
one of this act shall take effect on the same date and in the same
manner as a chapter of the laws of 2024 amending the labor law relating
to requiring retail worker employers to develop and implement programs
to prevent workplace violence, as proposed in legislative bills numbers
S.8358-C and A. 8947-C, takes effect.