N.Y.C. Admin. Code § L.L. 2005/089: L.L. 2005/089

Enactment date: 10/11/2005

Int. No. 468-A

By Council Members Quinn, Jackson, Reyna, Rivera, Gioia, Gennaro, Addabbo, Palma, Weprin, Yassky, Baez, Brewer, James, Gerson, Perkins, Katz, de Blasio, Martinez, Monserrate, Comrie, Sanders, Barron, Boyland, Clarke, Fidler, Gentile, Gonzalez, Koppell, McMahon, Nelson, Recchia, Sears, Stewart, Vann, Foster, Liu, Reed, Moskowitz, Lopez, Seabrook, The Public Advocate (Gotbaum), the Speaker (Council Member Miller), Avella and Sanders

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring employers in the grocery industry to make prevailing health care expenditures on behalf of their employees.

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

Section 1. Declaration of legislative findings and intent. In major industries in New York City, such as the grocery industry, responsible employers have long provided employer-paid health care for their employees and the families of their employees. Ensuring that employers do not eliminate employer-paid health care is important for minimizing the burden on taxpayers and the public health care system, protecting the health, safety and well-being of hardworking New Yorkers and promoting safe conditions and stable growth. Furthermore, research shows that ensuring access to employer-paid health care can strengthen industries by reducing employee turnover and improving employers' ability to recruit new employees.

The City Council finds that in order to achieve these goals, employers should make prevailing health care expenditures on behalf of their employees. This local law initially establishes such a program in the grocery industry, where responsible employers have demonstrated that it is economically feasible to pay for their employees' health care, but a growing number of employers in this industry are not doing so.

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§ 3. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, or other portion of this local law, including any requirement imposed pursuant to it, is for any reason declared unconstitutional or invalid, in whole or in part, by any court of competent jurisdiction, such portion shall be deemed severable, and such unconstitutionality or invalidity shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this local law, which remaining portions shall continue in full force and effect.

§ 4. This local law shall take effect ninety days after its enactment into law.