S2595 (2025-26 session)
NY State bill
Removes the exclusion of part-time employees from certain definitions relating to employment and expanding the definition of employer; removes certain exclusions for employer notice requirements for the closing of a facility; removes the discretionary reduction of penalties for employers for certain acts or omissions concerning notice requirements for mass layoffs, relocations or employment loss; removes the maximum time period for determining back pay and other liabilities for certain employees who experience employment loss; allows the attorney general to take certain action to assist certain employees in receiving back pay and other liabilities; requires employers to pay severance to employees when there is a plant closing, relocation, or mass layoff.
- Title
- Relates to providing reforms to the New York state worker adjustment and retraining notification act; repealer
- Type
- New York State Senate bill
- Session
- 2025-26 session
- Status
- In Senate Committee
- Latest action date
- 2026-01-07
- In committee
- Labor
- Introduced
- 2025-01-21
- Same as
- A7781
- Law section
- Labor Law
Sponsors
Co-sponsors
- Andrew Gounardes State Senator, District 26
Heard in committee
- Labor NY State Senate committee
Same as
- A7781 (2025-26 session) NY State bill