A11038 • 2025

Directs the department of labor to post on its internet website and annually update the names of employers who employ 50 or more employees who receive public assistance

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Sponsor: Claire Valdez
Last action: 2026-04-23
Official status: In Assembly Committee
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source does not provide specific details on enforcement or verification methods for the bill's requirements.

Posting Employer Names for Public Assistance Recipients

This bill requires the Department of Labor to publish and update annually on its website a list of employers who have at least 50 employees receiving public assistance.

What This Bill Does

Requires the Department of Labor to post employer names online if they employ 50 or more workers getting public help.
Updates this information every year on the department's website.

Who It Names or Affects

Employers with at least 50 employees receiving public assistance
The Department of Labor

Terms To Know

Public Assistance: Help from the government like medical aid, child health insurance, family grants, tax credits, and food stamps.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill does not specify what happens if an employer fails to comply with this requirement.
It is unclear how the Department of Labor will verify which employers meet the criteria for posting.

Bill History

2026-04-23 Assembly
REFERRED TO LABOR

Official Summary Text

Directs the department of labor to post on its internet website and annually update the names of employers who employ 50 or more employees who receive public assistance
Directs the department of labor to post on its internet website and annually update the names of employers who employ 50 or more employees who receive public assistance.

Current Bill Text

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S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          11038

                                  I N  A S S E M B L Y

                                     April 23, 2026
                                       ___________

        Introduced by M. of A. VALDEZ -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Labor

        AN  ACT  to amend the labor law, in relation to requiring the department
          of labor to publish the names of employers which  employ  50  or  more
          employees who receive public assistance

          THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
        BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

     1    Section 1. The labor law is amended by adding a new  section  12-a  to
     2  read as follows:
     3    §  12-A.  PUBLICATION  OF  EMPLOYERS  WITH  EMPLOYEES RECEIVING PUBLIC
     4  ASSISTANCE. 1. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL, ON ITS INTERNET WEBSITE,  POST  AND
     5  ANNUALLY  UPDATE  THE  NAMES  OF  EMPLOYERS  WHICH  EMPLOY FIFTY OR MORE
     6  EMPLOYEES WHO WORK NOT LESS THAN TWENTY-SIX WEEKS A YEAR  AND  NOT  LESS
     7  THAN TEN HOURS A WEEK, AND WHO RECEIVE PUBLIC ASSISTANCE.
     8    2. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION "PUBLIC ASSISTANCE" INCLUDES:
     9    A.  MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PURSUANT TO TITLE ELEVEN OF ARTICLE FIVE OF THE
    10  SOCIAL SERVICES LAW;
    11    B. CHILD HEALTH INSURANCE PURSUANT TO TITLE ONE-A OF  ARTICLE  TWENTY-
    12  FIVE OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW;
    13    C.  ASSISTANCE  FUNDED  BY  THE FEDERAL TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY
    14  FAMILIES BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM;
    15    D. THE EARNED INCOME PERSONAL INCOME TAX CREDIT PURSUANT TO SUBSECTION
    16  (D) OR (D-1) OF SECTION SIX HUNDRED SIX OF THE TAX LAW; OR
    17    E. SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION  ASSISTANCE  PROGRAM  BENEFITS  PURSUANT  TO
    18  SECTION NINETY-FIVE OF THE SOCIAL SERVICES LAW.
    19    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.



         EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00183-01-5