Requires the commissioner of education to develop guidelines to encourage those in high school to participate in apprenticeships and to raise awareness in apprenticeship opportunities.
Maddy summaryThis bill (A 3328) prohibits caregivers convicted of elder abuse from inheriting from the estate of the vulnerable elderly person they abused. It directly affects individuals convicted of physical, emotional, sexual, financial, or neglectful abuse (defined as elder abuse) against a vulnerable elderly person (aged 60+ with health-related care needs). The law disqualifies such caregivers from receiving any inheritance share under intestacy or other distribution rules. Key provisions clarify terms like "caregiver" (voluntary or paid) and define elder abuse to include financial exploitation, emotional harm, or physical neglect. The bill is currently pending in the Judiciary committee.
Maddy summaryThis bill (A 479, "45 saves lives") requires employers with 20+ employees to provide one paid day off every ten years for workers aged 45 or older to get a colonoscopy. It applies to employees working 20+ hours weekly (excluding independent contractors) and prohibits retaliation for using this leave. Employers must grant the leave without affecting other existing benefits, and the law takes effect 90 days after enactment. The policy directly supports workplace health screenings for a common preventive care need.
Requires any hospital that provides birthing services to provide written, educational material containing information about premature newborn infants.
Provides for loan forgiveness for social workers who commit to work in counties with less than two hundred thousand population, or towns which have a population of less than one hundred fifty persons per square mile for the duration of the award.
Establishes a five-year window for any entity participating in the New York state supportive housing program (NYSSHP) in good standing with such program to participate in a request for proposal to increase their contract rates up to ESSHI levels.
Maddy summaryThis bill requires employers with 20 or more full-time permanent employees to create a written workplace violence prevention program. The program must include specific measures to address risks like abusive conduct and bullying, such as conflict resolution training and clear reporting systems. Employers must provide annual training to all employees on identifying, reporting, and preventing workplace bullying and abusive conduct, including how to use safety procedures and access the prevention program. It directly affects covered employers across New York State and applies to all workplace settings where such risks exist. The law mandates these changes to reduce incidents of workplace violence and improve employee safety.
Requires that an organization applying for grant funding shall provide to arts agencies a certification that it will enter into a labor peace agreement with at least one bona fide labor organization either where such bona fide labor organization is actively representing employees providing services covered by the organization seeking such grant funding or upon notice by a bona fide labor organization that is attempting to represent employees who will provide services to the organization seeking such grant funding; relates to prevailing wage requirements for not-for-profit theaters and payment of their employees on productions funded by the New York state council on the arts or arts agencies of localities.
Establishes a correctional employee protective labor practices board to make recommendations regarding labor practices and working conditions for correctional employees, and institutional safety of both correctional employees and incarcerated individuals.
Prohibits participation in torture of incarcerated individuals by health professionals; prohibits a health care professional from engaging, assisting or planning the torture of an incarcerated individual; requires health care professionals to report torture.
