NEW YORK.- Several laws will take effect in this state of New York during 2022.

 

NEW YORK.- Several laws will take effect in this state of New York during 2022. Tens of thousands of Dominican employees, like other ethnic groups, who work in different areas in the 62 cities will benefit. 

* SET FOR JULY,2022

   The New York City Council passed legislation Thursday to allow nearly 800,000 legal noncitizens who have lived in the city for over 30 days to vote in local elections. It would apply to green-card and work-permit holders as well as those within Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA).  

Leyes en 2022 que entrarán en vigencia NYC; dominicanos se beneficiarán – El Faro Latino

Leyes en 2022 que entrarán en vigencia NYC; dominicanos se beneficiarán

Ramón Mercedes

(1) First: Paid family leave where qualified employees who work at least 5 days a week can take a maximum of 60 days of leave per year. Paid Family Leave benefits provide up to 12 weeks of partially paid time off along with job protection. It will go into effect on January 1. 

(2) Second: Wage theft continues to be a scourge in NY, especially in the construction industry. However, under pressure from immigrant advocates, SB 2766C / AB 3350A makes general contractors liable for wages, benefits, or bonuses owed to construction workers by subcontractors. Contractors and subcontractors must provide payroll records for all employees who provide labor on a project. Failure to provide records on time will be grounds for a contractor to withhold payments owed to a subcontractor at any level. It will go into effect on January 4.

(3) Third: Access to sanitary facilities for food delivery workers. The law would require that food delivery requests include a provision in contracts with restaurants requiring them to make their restrooms available for the use of delivery workers. It will go into effect on January 24. 

(4) Fourth: The law on tips. For every order placed on a food delivery platform, the law prohibits a food delivery app from requesting a tip from a customer unless it reveals the amount that is delivered to the delivery worker; and how tips are provided, whether immediate or not, and in cash or not. This information must be provided before or at the same time the tip is requested. Applications will need to notify workers if a tip was added, the amount, or if a change was made. Each day the worker would be required to report the total compensation and bonuses earned on the previous day. It will go into effect on January 24.

(5) Fifth: The law will prohibit third party food delivery services from charging food service establishments more than 15% per order for delivery and more than 5% per order for all other fees, except for the transaction fees. Charging more than 3% per order for transaction fees would be prohibited, except that it would allow a higher charge if the third-party food delivery service can provide proof that such a higher charge was imposed on the service of a credit card company or an Internet-based payment system to the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection and the corresponding food service establishment, if requested. The Department shall submit a report to the Mayor and the President of the City Council every two years, beginning no later than September 30, 2023, recommending the maintenance or adjustment of the rate limit by considering factors such as the effect of the limit on services. third-party food delivery and food service establishments. If the limit affects the wages and working conditions of delivery workers; products provided by third party food delivery services for inclusion, processing and marketing. It goes into effect on January 24. 

(6) Sixth: Licensing of food delivery services to third parties. Third party food delivery services would be required to obtain a license to do business in the city. The city could refuse to renew, suspend or revoke a license if a third-party food delivery service commits two or more violations of the law. They would also be subject to civil penalties. The Department of Consumer and Worker Protection would be required to carry out outreach activities on the new provisions. It will go into effect on January 24.

(7) Seventh: Protection of whistleblowers SB 4394 / AB2546. Protection is extended to workers and former workers who report unsafe working conditions, wage theft or any other irregularity committed by contractors. Retaliation includes actions such as threats of termination or to contact immigration authorities. It will go into effect on January 26,2022.

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