§ 140. Workers’ compensation board. The workers’ compensation board in the department of labor is hereby continued. Such board shall consist of thirteen members, at least four of whom shall be attorneys and counsellors-at-law duly admitted to practice in this state. The members of the board shall be appointed by the governor, by and with […]
§ 141. General powers and duties of the chair. The chair shall be the administrative head of the workers’ compensation board and shall exercise the powers and perform the duties in relation to the administration of this chapter heretofore vested in the commissioner of labor by chapter fifty of the laws of nineteen hundred twenty-one, […]
§ 141-a. Civil enforcement. 1. To investigate violations of sections fifty-two, one hundred thirty-one and two hundred thirteen of this chapter, the chair or his or her designees shall have the power to: (a) Enter and inspect any place of business at any reasonable time for the purpose of investigating employer compliance. (b) Examine and […]
§ 141-b. Suspension and debarment. Any person subject to a final assessment of civil fines or penalties or a stop-work order, or that has been convicted of a misdemeanor for a violation of sections twenty-six, fifty-two or one hundred thirty-one of this chapter, and any substantially-owned affiliated entity of such person, shall be ineligible to […]
§ 141-c. Coordination of forms. The board, the commissioner of labor, the commissioner of taxation and finance, the commissioner of motor vehicles, and the superintendent of financial services shall consult on an ongoing basis to coordinate the amendment of forms used to gather data helpful in identifying fraud, so as to promote effective use and […]
§ 142. General powers and duties of the workmen’s compensation board. 1. The workmen’s compensation board shall have power to hear and determine all claims for compensation or benefits or relating to special funds created under the provisions of this chapter, in the manner provided by this chapter; to require medical service for injured employees […]
§ 143. Maintenance of records. 1. The board is authorized and empowered to use electronic means in accordance with section three hundred five of the state technology law to record and maintain public records, papers, documents or matters required by law to be recorded. Such records shall be capable of being copied, photographed, or microphotographed […]
§ 144. Seal. The board may adopt a seal and require that it be used for the authentication of orders and proceedings and for such other purposes as the board may prescribe.
§ 145. Oaths of office. The members of the board and the secretary shall, before entering upon the duties of their office, take and subscribe the constitutional oath of office. Such oaths shall be filed in the office of the department of state.
§ 146. Offices of the board. There shall be an office of the board in the city of New York and at such other place or places in the state as may be required properly and conveniently to transact the business of the board. The board may meet and exercise any or all of its […]
§ 147. Vacancies and removals. If a vacancy shall occur in the office of any member of the board otherwise than by expiration of term, it shall be filled by the governor, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, for the unexpired term. The governor may remove the chairman or any member […]
§ 148. Salaries and expenses. 1. The chairman and members of the board shall devote their entire time to the duties of their office and shall not practice in their respective professions or callings. The reasonable and necessary expenses of the board and the reasonable and necessary traveling and other expenses of the chairman and […]
§ 149. Employees. Permanent employees of the department of labor assigned to duties wholly in relation to the enforcement and administration of this chapter, in the competitive class of the classified civil service in office when this section takes effect shall continue in office, except that upon certification by the chairman to the director of […]
§ 150. Referees and secretary. (a) The chair shall appoint as many persons as may be necessary to be referees to perform the duties prescribed by this section. All positions of referee now in existence shall remain in the exempt class of the classified civil service, except as otherwise provided herein. The term of referees […]
§ 150-a. Secretary as agent for service of process on non-resident non-insured employers; method and effect of service. Any non-insured employer, not a resident of this state or any resident non-insured employer who becomes a non-resident of this state after the occurrence of any injury to an employee, who shall employ or who shall have […]
§ 151. Assessments for annual expenses. 1. The annual expenses necessary for the board to administer the provisions of this chapter, the volunteer ambulance workers’ benefit law, the volunteer firefighters’ benefit law, the disability benefits law, and the workmen’s compensation act for civil defense volunteers shall be borne by affected employers securing compensation for their […]
§ 152. Administrative regulations. The chairman of the board may make, amend and repeal regulations for the administration of the board and its employees. Such regulations shall not be deemed rules within the meaning of this chapter or of the labor law unless the context of such regulations otherwise requires. The chairman may by order […]
§ 153. Annual report. The board shall on or before the first day of February in each year make an annual report in writing to the governor, stating in detail the work it has done in hearing and deciding cases and otherwise.
§ 154. Construction of article. This article shall be construed as a continuation of those parts of article two of chapter thirty-six of the laws of nineteen hundred nine, entitled “An act relating to labor, constituting chapter thirty-one of the consolidated laws,” as amended by chapter fifty of the laws of nineteen hundred twenty-one, and […]
§ 155. Saving clause. This article shall not affect pending actions, civil or criminal, brought by or against the department of labor, the industrial commissioner or the industrial board, but the same may be prosecuted or defended in the same manner and with the same effect as if this article had not been passed, by […]
