New York Labor Law Article 2 - THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

• 10 - Department of Labor; Commissioner of Labor.
  There shall continue to be in the state government a department of labor. The head of the department shall be the commissioner of labor. The...
• 10-a - Domestic Violence Policy.
  The commissioner shall study the issue of employees separated from employment due to acts of domestic violence as referred to in and qualified by section...
• 10-b - Domestic Violence Employee Awareness and Assistance.
  The commissioner shall assist the office for the prevention of domestic violence in the creation, approval and dissemination of the model domestic violence employee awareness...
• 10-c - Workforce Guidance and Information for Women Initiative.
  1. The department shall provide guidance to local workforce investment boards and staff, to enable them to better educate and inform both women and men...
• 11 - Deputy Commissioner.
  There shall be a deputy commissioner, who shall be appointed by and removed at the pleasure of the commissioner.
• 12 - Transmission of Labor Market Information.
  1. For the purposes of this section: a. Department means the department of labor of the state of New York. b. Commissioner means the industrial...
• 12-c - Passenger Tramway Advisory Council.
  1. To advise the commissioner of labor in relation to his duties and responsibilities under the provisions of section two hundred two-c and article twenty-six...
• 12-d - Advisory Council on Farm Labor Safety.
  * 1. There is hereby established in the department of labor an advisory council on farm labor safety to make a study and investigation of...
• 13 - Oaths of Office.
  The industrial commissioner, members of the industrial board of appeals and the deputy commissioner shall, before entering upon the duties of their office, take and...
• 14 - Offices of the Department.
  The principal office of the department shall be in the city of Albany in rooms designated by the commissioner of general services as provided by...
• 15 - Seal.
  The commissioner may adopt a seal of the department and require that it be used for the authentication of orders and proceedings and for such...
• 16 - Vacancies and Removals.
  If a vacancy shall occur or exist in the office of the industrial commissioner it shall be filled by appointment by the governor, by and...
• 17 - Expenses.
  The commissioner shall devote his entire time to the duties of his office. The reasonable and necessary expenses of the department and the reasonable and...
• 18 - Officers and Employees.
  The officers, deputy commissioners and employees of the department of labor in office when this section takes effect shall continue in office subject to the...
• 18-c - Sick Leave for Per Diem Employees.
  A per diem officer or employee holding a position in the competitive, non-competitive or labor class of the civil service of the state whose compensation...
• 20 - Divisions or Bureaus.
  Existing divisions or bureaus in the department shall continue until changed, consolidated or abolished pursuant to this section. The commissioner may establish such divisions or...
• 21 - General Powers and Duties of Commissioner.
  The commissioner shall be the administrative head of the department and shall have, notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, general administrative supervision over...
• 21-a - (Enacted Without Section Heading).
  * 21-a. The industrial commissioner is hereby authorized to enter into agreements with the appropriate agencies of the United States, whereby, in accordance with a...
• 21-b - Power of the Industrial Commissioner to Make Agreements for Federal Reimbursement to the State of Certain Expenses in Connection With Veterans' Traini
  21-b. Power of the industrial commissioner to make agreements for federal reimbursement to the state of certain expenses in connection with veterans' training. The industrial...
• 21-c - Power of Commissioner to Enter Into Agreements Relating to Certain Federal Acts.
  The commissioner is hereby authorized and empowered to take such steps, not inconsistent with law, as may be necessary or desirable for the purpose of...
• 21-d - Power of Commissioner to Enter Into Agreement Relating to Information Obtained by the State Directory of New Hires.
  The department, through the commissioner, shall enter into the agreement provided for in section one hundred seventy-one-h of the tax law, and shall take such...
• 21-e - Powers of the Commissioner to Prepare and Issue a Notice to Be Posted At Worksite.
  1. The commissioner is hereby authorized to prepare and issue a notice to be posted at the worksite of each and every apparel or garment...
• 23 - Administrative Regulations.
  The commissioner may make, amend and repeal regulations necessary for the internal administration of the department, and not in conflict with the rules adopted by...
• 24 - Delegation of Powers by Commissioner.
  The commissioner may by order filed in the department delegate any of his powers to or direct any of his duties to be performed by...
• 25 - Power to Enter and Inspect Premises.
  The commissioner or the officers and employees of the department shall inspect every place which is, or which they have reasonable cause to believe is,...
• 25-a - Power to Administer the New York Youth Jobs Program Tax Credit.
  (a) The commissioner is authorized to establish and administer the program established under this section to provide tax incentives to employers for employing at risk...
• 25-b - Power to Administer the Workers With Disabilties Tax Credit Program.
  * 25-b. Power to administer the workers with disabilities tax credit program. (a) The commissioner is authorized to establish and administer the workers with disabilities...
• 25-c - Power to Administer the Empire State Apprenticeship Tax Credit Program.
  (a) The commissioner is authorized to establish and administer the empire state apprenticeship tax credit program to provide tax incentives to certified employers for employing...
• 26 - Examination of Books and Papers.
  All papers, books, records or other documents required to be kept by the provisions of this chapter or of the industrial code shall at all...
• 27 - Safety and Health Standards.
  1. Application. Notwithstanding any other provision in this chapter, a safety or health standard promulgated under this section shall apply only to employees not covered...
• 27-a - Safety and Health Standards for Public Employees.
  1. Definitions. As used in this section: * a. "Employer" means the state, any political subdivision of the state, a public authority or any other...
• 27-b - Duty of Public Employers to Develop and Implement Programs to Prevent Workplace Violence.
  1. Purpose. The purpose of this section is to ensure that the risk of workplace assaults and homicides is evaluated by affected public employers and...
• 29 - Procedure for Issuing Safety and Health Rules.
  Before any rule is adopted, amended or repealed there shall be a public hearing thereon, notice of which shall be published at least once, not...
• 30 - Variations.
  1. If there shall be practical difficulties or unnecessary hardship in carrying out the provisions of this chapter relating to safety or health standards, or...
• 31 - Duty to Furnish Information and Facilitate Inspections.
  The owner, operator, manager or lessee of any place affected by the provisions of this chapter or his agent, superintendent, subordinate or employee, and any...
• 32 - Interference With Officer or Employee of Department Prohibited.
  No person shall interfere with, obstruct or otherwise hinder any officer or employee of the department in the performance of his duties.
• 33 - Service of Notice.
  Whenever the commissioner or board or any person affected by the provisions of this chapter is required to give notice in writing to any person,...
• 34 - Department to Keep Record and Publish Bulletin of Licenses.
  The department shall keep records of all licenses, permits or certificates issued, revoked or amended by it and publish lists thereof at such times and...
• 35 - Maintenance of Records.
  1. The department is authorized and empowered to use optical disc technology to record and maintain public records, papers, documents or matters required by law...
• 36 - Destruction of Old Records.
  All statistics and other documentary matter filed with the department may be destroyed by the commissioner after the expiration of six years from the filing
• 37 - Department's Process to Be in Its Name.
  All notices or orders shall be given by and in the name of the department by the commissioner, by the industrial board of appeals or...
• 38 - Oaths and Affidavits.
  The commissioner, a member of the unemployment insurance appeal board, the deputy commissioner, a referee and any other officer or employee of the department if...
• 39 - Hearings and Subpoenas.
  The commissioner, the members of the unemployment insurance appeal board, the deputy commissioner, referees and any other officer of the department designated by the commissioner,...
• 40 - Proceedings Before Officers or Employees.
  1. Any investigation, inquiry or hearing which the commissioner has power to undertake or to hold may by authorization be undertaken or held by or...
• 41 - Rules Governing Hearings.
  The commissioner shall not be bound by technical rules of evidence and shall conduct all hearings according to procedure prescribed by him.
• 42 - Youth Education, Employment and Training Program.
  This program shall provide services to economically disadvantaged in-school and out-of-school youth fourteen to twenty-one years of age and shall be subject to the following...
• 43 - Transfer of Funds to the Unemployment Insurance Occupational Training Fund.
  Notwithstanding any other law, rule or regulation to the contrary, subject to approval by the director of the budget, the state comptroller is hereby authorized...

Last modified: February 3, 2019