Stern, Shimsky, Hevesi, Conrad, Magnarelli, Gibbs, Kim, Eachus
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Requires entities receiving state funding for workforce development purposes to annually file a report with the department of labor describing the number of individuals contacted, trained and hired by such entities and the status of such individuals at 6, 12, 18 and 24 months after hiring.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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5855
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
March 23, 2023
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Introduced by M. of A. JACOBSON -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Labor
AN ACT in relation to requiring entities receiving state funding for
workforce development purposes to annually file a report with the
department of labor
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Workforce
2 Development Accountability Act".
3 § 2. Any entity receiving state funding for workforce development
4 purposes, including but not limited to entities receiving funds under
5 article 24-A of the labor law shall file with the department of labor an
6 annual report stating:
7 (a) the number of individuals whom the recipient contacted directly
8 for workforce development, provided that this would only include indi-
9 viduals whom the recipient has the name and contact information;
10 (b) the number of individuals who received training and how many of
11 these individuals finished the training;
12 (c) organizations such as unions, employers and/or employer organiza-
13 tions and other organizations who participated in the workforce develop-
14 ment programs conducted by the recipient;
15 (d) the types of training and certifications or degrees offered and
16 provided;
17 (e) the number of new jobs created or offered due to the workforce
18 development programs, the type of field in which the jobs were created
19 or offered, and the wages paid for these jobs;
20 (f) how many individuals who completed the training were hired, what
21 starting wages were received by these individuals, and the type of job
22 or field in which these individuals were hired;
23 (g) the job status of those who were hired is or was, including:
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 (i) whether the individual is still working for the reporting employ-
2 er, and if not, how long the individual worked for the reporting employ-
3 er;
4 (ii) information on the employment status of each individual at 6
5 months, 12 months, 18 months and 24 months after the individual was
6 first hired; and
7 (iii) whether the individual is still working and, if so, whether the
8 individual is working for the same employer and in the same field and if
9 not, what field, and the wages the individual is receiving; and
10 (h) suggestions for improving the workforce development program.
11 § 3. The report required by section two of this act shall be submitted
12 in a form approved by the commissioner of labor and shall be filed with
13 the department of labor by each entity receiving state funding for work-
14 force development purposes on or before January 31, 2024 and annually by
15 January 31 thereafter.
16 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
