NY A07305

Requires terminating call center contractors to provide successor contractors with a list of all call center employees (name, address, hire date, classification) at least 30 days before contract termination and post notice to affected workers.

Mandates successor call center contractors retain all employees from the former contractor for a 90-day transition period; if fewer employees are needed, retention is based on seniority within job classification with preferential rehiring rights for non-retained workers.

Prohibits discharge without cause during the 90-day transition period; at the end of the period, successor contractors must conduct written performance evaluations and offer continued employment to satisfactory performers.

Requires governmental bodies to ensure new call center contracts include worker retention obligations and that successor contractors establish work sites reasonably accessible to existing employees (within 10 miles or 30 minutes travel time by public/private transportation).

Allows discharged or non-retained workers to sue for reinstatement, back pay with equal liquidated damages, benefits costs, and attorney's fees; exempts successor contractors that assume the former contractor's collective bargaining agreement with equal or greater employee protections.