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NY A08574
Bill
Status
11/16/2015
Primary Sponsor
Jo Simon
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AI Summary
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Defines "nontraditional employment" as occupations where any single gender comprises less than 25 percent of the workforce, including skilled trades, computer science, and technology fields
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Defines "sustainable wage" as compensation at least 185 percent of the poverty line, adjusted for regional factors
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Requires social services districts to strongly consider sustainable wage job training and nontraditional employment opportunities for public assistance participants with high school diplomas or GEDs
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Mandates employability plans reflect participant preferences while considering sustainable wage employment potential, subject to federal and state work participation requirements
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Takes effect 120 days after enactment and applies to employability plans made or updated on or after the effective date
Legislative Description
Relates to training and education for sustainable wage jobs and traditional and non-traditional employment in public assistance employment programs.
Last Action
referred to social services
1/6/2016