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Home » US Law » 2022 New York Laws » Consolidated Laws » LAB - Labor » Article 21-A - Warehouse Worker Protection Act

781 – Quotas.

§ 781. Quotas. Each employer shall provide to each employee, upon hire, or within thirty days of the effective date of this article, a written description of each quota to which the employee is subject, including the quantified number of tasks to be performed or materials to be produced or handled, within the defined time […]

782 – Protection From Quotas.

§ 782. Protection from quotas. An employee shall not be required to meet a quota that prevents compliance with meal or rest periods or use of bathroom facilities, including reasonable travel time to and from bathroom facilities. An employer shall not take adverse employment action against an employee for failure to meet a quota that […]

783 – Time on Task.

§ 783. Time on task. Consistent with existing law, paid and unpaid breaks shall not be considered productive time for the purpose of any quota or monitoring system unless the employee is required to remain on call.

784 – Recordkeeping.

§ 784. Recordkeeping. 1. Each employer shall establish, maintain, and preserve for three years contemporaneous, true, and accurate records to ensure compliance with employee or commissioner requests for data.

785 – Right to Request.

§ 785. Right to request. 1. A current employee has the right to request a written description of each quota to which the employee is subject. If a current or former employee believes that they have been disciplined as the result of failing to meet a quota, or that meeting a quota caused a violation […]

786 – Unlawful Retaliation.

§ 786. Unlawful retaliation. For purposes of this article, there shall be a rebuttable presumption of unlawful retaliation if an employer in any manner discriminates, retaliates, or takes any adverse action against any employee within ninety days of the employee doing either of the following: 1. Initiating the employee’s first request in a calendar year […]

787 – Enforcement.

§ 787. Enforcement. The commissioner may adopt rules and regulations implementing the provisions of this article. The commissioner shall be authorized to enforce the provisions of this article and to assess civil penalties as provided in sections two hundred fifteen and two hundred eighteen of this chapter. The civil penalties provided for in this section […]

788 – Other Powers.

§ 788. Other powers. The attorney general, either upon his or her own complaint or the complaint of any person acting for themselves or the general public, has the authority to prosecute actions, either civil or criminal, for violations of this article, or to enforce the provisions thereof independently and without specific direction of the […]