N.Y. Labor Law § 840: State level activities, rapid response

§ 840. State level activities, rapid response. 1. The state shall be

responsible for rapid response activities pursuant to section 312.1 of

the federal Job Training Partnership Act (P.L. 97-300), coordination of

title III activity and the state unemployment insurance program, state

and regional projects and demonstrations, and the discretionary

allocation of additional funds to substate areas based on determination

of need.

2. The state's designated dislocated worker unit shall have the

capability to provide rapid response services to dislocated workers

affected by a substantial layoff or a plant closing. Such services shall

include:

(a) on site intervention within forty-eight hours of notification of

either a plant closing or a substantial layoff;

(b) provision of emergency basic readjustment services as needed;

(c) promotion of labor-management cooperation through the initiation,

with the department of economic development, where appropriate, of

labor-management committees;

(d) development, with the department of economic development, of an

early warning system;

(e) dissemination of information on dislocated worker services

available under title III of the federal Job Training Partnership Act

(P.L. 97-300) and other appropriate services funded by the federal,

state, and local governments;

(f) provision of technical assistance to substate grantees;

(g) receipt of notifications of layoffs and closings and provision to

substate grantees of such information as soon as possible to assure the

maximum local response;

(h) coordination between rapid response activities and the

unemployment insurance system and the job training partnership system,

state and local economic development activities and the regional

education centers of the state education department; and

(i) notification of appropriate state agency staff and coordination

with the activities of central, local or regional staff of the

departments of labor, economic development and education to facilitate

additional on-site contact with employer and employee representatives

within a short period of time, preferably forty-eight hours, after

becoming aware of a current or projected permanent closure or

substantial layoff in order to provide information on and facilitate

access to available public programs and services.

3. The commissioner may, under exceptional circumstances, authorize

the designated dislocated worker unit to provide rapid response services

when the employment loss is for less than twenty-five employees, is not

at a single site of employment or does not take place during a single

thirty day period. For purposes of this subdivision, exceptional

circumstances include those situations which would have a major impact

on the community or communities in which they occur.