Enacts the Empowering People in Rights Enforcement (EMPIRE) Worker Protection Act
Summary
Enacts the "Empowering People in Rights Enforcement (EMPIRE) Worker Protection Act"; relates to the delegation of state enforcement authority to private actors; authorizes an aggrieved employee or employees or a representative organization to initiate a public enforcement action on behalf of the commissioner for any provision of the labor law, or any regulation promulgated thereunder, that provides for a civil penalty to be assessed and collected by the commissioner for a violation of the labor law.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2017
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced May 23, 2017
Last action Jan 3, 2018
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Total actions
2
Key actions
0
Committee
2
Jan 3, 2018
Assembly · Referred to committee
REFERRED TO LABOR
May 23, 2017
Assembly · Referred to committee
REFERRED TO LABOR
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
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