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2022 New York Laws
LAB - Labor
Article 2 - The Department of Labor
21-F - Job Transition Plan for Certain Climate Risk-Related and Energy Transition Projects.

Universal Citation: NY Lab L § 21-F (2022)
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§  21-f.  Job  transition  plan  for  certain climate risk-related and
  energy transition projects. 1. The commissioner,  in  consultation  with
  labor  organizations,  shall develop a comprehensive plan to transition,
  train, or retrain employees that are impacted  by  climate  risk-related
  and  energy  transition projects funded from the New York climate action
  fund  climate  investment  account  established  pursuant   to   section
  ninety-nine-qq  of  the  state  finance  law.  This plan shall include a
  method  of  allowing  displaced  and  transitioning  workers,  including
  affected  labor organizations, to notify the commissioner of the loss of
  employment, their previous title,  and  previous  wage  rates  including
  whether  they previously received medical benefits, retirement benefits,
  and/or other benefits. The plan shall require employers  to  notify  the
  commissioner   of   workers  laid  off  or  discharged  due  to  climate
  risk-related and energy transition projects funded  from  the  New  York
  climate  action  fund climate investment account established pursuant to
  section ninety-nine-qq of the state finance law.

2.  Funding  shall  be  made  available  for  worker  transition   and
  retraining,  which  shall  include  funding  as  provided by subdivision
  twenty-seven-d of section one thousand five of  the  public  authorities
  law.

3.  The  commissioner  shall create a program pursuant to which, where
  applicable and  feasible,  newly  created  job  opportunities  shall  be
  offered  to  a  pool  of  transitioning  workers  who  have  lost  their
  employment or will be losing their employment in the energy  sector  due
  to  climate  risk-related and energy transition projects funded from the
  New York climate action  fund  climate  investment  account  established
  pursuant  to  section  ninety-nine-qq  of  the  state  finance law. Such
  program shall include a method for the commissioner to communicate names
  and contact information for displaced or transitioning workers to public
  entities that may have job opportunities for such workers  every  ninety
  days.

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