S2078 Business License Suspension for Wage Theft

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S2078

2025-2026 Legislative Session Requires or allows licensing entities to suspend business licenses for certain businesses that are charged or convicted of wage theft

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Shelley B. Mayer

(D, WF) 37th Senate District

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Robert Jackson

(D, WF) 31st Senate District

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See Assembly Version of this Bill: A7405 Law Section: Labor Law Laws Affected: Amd §§190, 196, 198-a & 662, Lab L; add §§380.98 & 530.15, amd §500.10, CP L Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session: S9951

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Requires or allows licensing entities to suspend business licenses for certain businesses that are charged or convicted of wage theft; establishes reporting requirements for wage theft convictions.

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BILL NUMBER: S2078

SPONSOR: MAYER
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the labor law and the criminal procedure law, in
relation to business license suspensions resulting from wage theft

 
PURPOSE OF BILL:

To deter wage theft by permitting the Commissioner of Labor to direct
the relevant agency to suspend or deny to an employer convicted of wage
theft a license to do business in the state for up to two years, and to
provide courts with a mechanism to ensure that ongoing wage theft does
not occur while a charge of wage theft is pending prosecution.

 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

Section 1 amends section 190 of the Labor Law to add definitions for
"successor business," "agency," and "license."

Section 2 amends subdivision one of section 196 of the Labor Law to add
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S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K

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2078

2025-2026 Regular Sessions

I N S E N A T E

January 15, 2025

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Introduced by Sen. MAYER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Labor

AN ACT to amend the labor law and the criminal procedure law, in
relation to business license suspensions resulting from wage theft

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1. Section 190 of the labor law is amended by adding three new
subdivisions 10, 11 and 12 to read as follows:
10. "SUCCESSOR BUSINESS" MEANS AN ENTITY ENGAGED IN WORK THAT IS
SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR TO THAT OF THE PREDECESSOR, WHERE THERE IS
SUBSTANTIAL CONTINUITY OF OPERATION WITH THAT OF THE PREDECESSOR.
11. "AGENCY" MEANS ANY AGENCY, DEPARTMENT, BOARD, OR COMMISSION OF THE
STATE, OR OF ANY POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OF THE STATE, THAT ISSUES A
LICENSE FOR THE PURPOSES OF OPERATING A BUSINESS WITHIN THE STATE.
12. "LICENSE" MEANS ANY AGENCY PERMIT, CERTIFICATE, APPROVAL, REGIS-
TRATION, CHARTER, OR SIMILAR FORM OF AUTHORIZATION THAT IS REQUIRED BY
LAW AND ISSUED BY ANY AGENCY FOR THE PURPOSES OF OPERATING A BUSINESS
WITHIN THE STATE. "LICENSE" SHALL INCLUDE, BUT SHALL NOT BE LIMITED TO:
A. A CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ISSUED PURSUANT TO SECTION FOUR
HUNDRED TWO OF THE BUSINESS CORPORATION LAW, INCLUDING A CERTIFICATE OF
INCORPORATION FOR A BENEFIT CORPORATION ISSUED PURSUANT TO SECTION ONE
THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED THREE OF THE BUSINESS CORPORATION LAW, OR A
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY ISSUED PURSUANT TO SECTION ONE THOUSAND FIVE
HUNDRED THIRTY OF THE BUSINESS CORPORATION LAW;
B. ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION ISSUED PURSUANT TO SECTION TWO HUNDRED
THREE OF THE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY LAW, OR A CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORI-
TY ISSUED PURSUANT TO SECTION EIGHT HUNDRED FIVE OF THE LIMITED LIABIL-
ITY COMPANY LAW;
C. A CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ISSUED PURSUANT TO SECTION FOUR
HUNDRED TWO OF THE NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION LAW, OR A CERTIFICATE OF

EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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