The New York City Council - File #: Int 0726-2018

• File #: Int 0726-2018
• Version: *
• Name: Private employees disconnecting from electronic communications during non-work hours.
• Type: Introduction
• Status: Committee
• File created: 3/22/2018
• In control: Committee on Consumer Affairs and Business Licensing
• On agenda: 3/22/2018
• Title: A Local Law to amend the New York city charter and the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to private employees disconnecting from electronic communications during non-work hours
• Sponsors: Rafael L. Espinal, Jr., Alicka Ampry-Samuel , Diana Ayala , Alan N. Maisel, Costa G. Constantinides, Helen K. Rosenthal
• Indexes: Agency Rule-making Required

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
3/22/2018	*	City Council	Referred to Comm by Council
3/22/2018	*	City Council	Introduced by Council

Int. No. 726

By Council Members Espinal, Ampry-Samuel, Ayala, Maisel, Constantinides and Rosenthal

Title
A Local Law to amend the New York city charter and the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to private employees disconnecting from electronic communications during non-work hours
Body

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

Section 1. Subdivision (e) of section 2203 of the New York city charter, as added by local law number 46 for the year 2013, is hereby amended to read as follows:
(e) The commissioner shall have all powers as set forth in:
(1) chapter 8 of title 20 of the administrative code relating to the receipt, investigation, and resolution of complaints thereunder regarding earned sick time, and the power to conduct investigations regarding violation of such chapter upon his or her own initiative; and
(2) chapter 14 of title 20 of the administrative code relating to the receipt, investigation, and resolution of complaints thereunder regarding the right to disconnect from email during non-work hours, and the power to conduct investigations regarding violation of such chapter upon his or her own initiative; and
[(2)](3) section 22-507 of the administrative code relating to the receipt, investigation, and resolution of complaints thereunder regarding the retention of grocery workers, and the power to conduct investigations regarding violations of such section upon his or her own initiative.
? 2. Paragraph (1) of subdivision (h) of section 2203 of the New York city charter, as relettered by local law number 46 for the year 2013, is hereby amended to read as follows:
(h) (1) Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, the department shall be authorized, upon due notice and hearing, to impose civil penalties for the violation of any laws or rules the enforcement of which is within the jurisdiction of the department pursuant to this charter, the administrative code or any other gen...