New York Labor Law Article 20 - NEW YORK STATE LABOR RELATIONS ACT
- 700 - Findings and Policy.
In the interpretation and application of this article, and otherwise, it is hereby declared to be the public policy of the state to encourage the...
- 701 - Definitions.
When used in this article: 1. The term "person" includes one or more individuals, partnerships, associations, corporations, legal representatives, trustees, trustees in bankruptcy, or receivers....
- 702 - Special Mediators.
The board may, when necessary, appoint or designate special mediators who shall have the authority and power of members of the board with regard to...
- 702-a - Settlement of Labor Disputes.
1. Upon its own motion, in an existing, imminent or threatened labor dispute, the board may and, upon the direction of the governor, the board...
- 703 - Rights of Employees.
Employees shall have the right of self-organization, to form, join, or assist labor organizations, to bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing, and to...
- 704 - Unfair Labor Practices.
It shall be an unfair labor practice for an employer: 1. To spy upon or keep under surveillance, whether directly or through agents or any...
- 704-a - Unfair Practices; Performing Arts.
It shall not be an unfair labor practice for an employer engaged in the performing arts to make an agreement with a labor organization, of...
- 705 - Representatives and Elections.
1. Representatives designated by the board after a showing of majority interest or selected for the purposes of collective bargaining by the majority of the...
- 706 - Prevention of Unfair Labor Practices.
1. The board is empowered and directed, as hereinafter provided, to prevent any employer from engaging in any unfair labor practice. This power shall not...
- 707 - Judicial Review.
1. The board shall have power to petition the supreme court of the state within the county wherein the unfair labor practice in question occurred...
- 708 - Investigatory Powers.
For the purpose of all hearings and investigations, which, in the opinion of the board, are necessary and proper for the exercise of the powers...
- 709 - Punitive Provision.
Any person who shall wilfully resist, prevent, impede, or interfere with any member of the board or any of its agents or agencies in the...
- 710 - Public Records and Proceedings.
Subject to rules and regulations to be made by the board consistent with article six of the public officers law, the complaints, orders and testimony...
- 711 - Cooperation.
The department and the other departments of the state and the officers and employees thereof shall render such assistance to the board as it may...
- 712 - Repeal of Inconsistent Provisions.
Insofar as the provisions of this article are inconsistent with the provisions of any other general, special or local law, the provisions of this article...
- 713 - Limitations.
Nothing in this article shall be construed so as to interfere with, impede or diminish in any way the right of employees to strike or...
- 714 - Separability.
If any clause, sentence, paragraph, or part of this article or the application thereof to any person or circumstances, shall, for any reason, be adjudged...
- 715 - Application of Article.
The provisions of this article shall not apply to: (1) employees of any employer who concedes to and agrees with the board that such employees...
- 716 - Grievances and Disputes in Non-Profitmaking Hospitals and Residential Care Centers.
1. As used in this section "grievance" means any controversy or claim arising out of or relating to the interpretation, application or breach of the...
- 717 - State Mediation Board, State Labor Relations Board, and State Employment Relations Board Abolished.
The state mediation board created by chapter five hundred sixty-nine of the laws of nineteen hundred sixty-eight, the New York state labor relations board created...
- 718 - Short Title.
This article shall be known and may be cited and referred to as the "New York state employment relations act."
Last modified: February 3, 2019