NY A08108

Establishes "workplace readiness week" annually during the week containing April 28, requiring all public high schools and charter schools to provide students information on worker rights.

Mandates coverage of nine specific topics including employee misclassification, child labor, wage and hour protections, worker safety, workers' compensation, unemployment insurance, paid leave, union organizing rights, and anti-retaliation protections.

Requires grades 11-12 to integrate workplace readiness education into regular history/social science curriculum, with optional special after-school events during the designated week.

Mandates that minors applying for working papers beginning August 1, 2024 receive a document explaining basic labor rights in plain language, with translations in Spanish, Chinese, Tagalog, Vietnamese, and Korean.

Directs the New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University to create a template document with input from labor organizations, including a URL and QR code to access electronic versions online.