N.Y. Labor Law § 21-f: Job transition plan for certain climate risk-related and energy transition projects

§ 21-f. Job transition plan for certain climate risk-related and

energy transition projects. 1. The commissioner, in consultation with

labor organizations, shall develop a comprehensive plan to transition,

train, or retrain employees that are impacted by climate risk-related

and energy transition projects funded from the New York climate action

fund climate investment account established pursuant to section

ninety-nine-qq of the state finance law. This plan shall include a

method of allowing displaced and transitioning workers, including

affected labor organizations, to notify the commissioner of the loss of

employment, their previous title, and previous wage rates including

whether they previously received medical benefits, retirement benefits,

and/or other benefits. The plan shall require employers to notify the

commissioner of workers laid off or discharged due to climate

risk-related and energy transition projects funded from the New York

climate action fund climate investment account established pursuant to

section ninety-nine-qq of the state finance law.

2. Funding shall be made available for worker transition and

retraining, which shall include funding as provided by subdivision

twenty-seven-d of section one thousand five of the public authorities

law.

3. The commissioner shall create a program pursuant to which, where

applicable and feasible, newly created job opportunities shall be

offered to a pool of transitioning workers who have lost their

employment or will be losing their employment in the energy sector due

to climate risk-related and energy transition projects funded from the

New York climate action fund climate investment account established

pursuant to section ninety-nine-qq of the state finance law. Such

program shall include a method for the commissioner to communicate names

and contact information for displaced or transitioning workers to public

entities that may have job opportunities for such workers every ninety

days.