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NY A08070
Bill
Status
9/27/2023
Primary Sponsor
Linda Rosenthal
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AI Summary
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Creates new Article 21-B of Labor Law establishing protections for delivery network company (DNC) workers, including rights to challenge deactivation, receive advance notice, and access records substantiating termination decisions.
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Requires DNCs to adopt written deactivation policies reasonably related to safe operations, prohibiting deactivation based on availability, order acceptance rates, customer ratings alone, complaints about compensation, or assertion of legal rights.
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Mandates DNCs provide affected workers 14 days' notice before deactivation (except egregious misconduct cases), along with written reasons, relevant records, remediation steps, and notice of challenge rights.
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Establishes internal deactivation challenge procedures available to workers within 90 days of deactivation, requiring DNCs to respond within 14 days with evidentiary substantiation or reinstatement determination.
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Grants Department of Labor enforcement authority to investigate violations, requires DNCs to submit quarterly/semi-annual records on deactivations, and prohibits retaliation against workers exercising rights under the article; takes effect 180 days after enactment.
Legislative Description
Relates to protections and rights afforded to delivery network company (DNC) workers; requires DNCs to create internal procedures for workers to challenge deactivations; provides certain notice and other rights to workers to challenge deactivation both internally in a DNC and externally; allows the Department of Labor to investigate unwarranted deactivation of workers; makes related provisions.
Last Action
referred to labor
1/3/2024