STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          2565
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 20, 2017
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        Introduced  by M. of A. STECK -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Labor
        AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to eliminating a disincentive
          for whistleblowers
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1. Subdivision 7 of section 740 of the labor law, as added by
     2  chapter 660 of the laws of 1984, is amended to read as follows:
     3    7. Existing rights. Nothing in this section shall be deemed to  dimin-
     4  ish  the rights, privileges, or remedies of any employee under any other
     5  law or regulation  or  under  any  collective  bargaining  agreement  or
     6  employment  contract[;  except  that  the  institution  of  an action in
     7  accordance with this section shall be deemed a waiver of the rights  and
     8  remedies  available  under  any  other  contract,  collective bargaining
     9  agreement, law, rule or regulation or under the common law].
    10    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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