Please note: this meeting has been deferred. Details Meeting Name: Committee on Consumer and Worker Protection Agenda status: Deferred Meeting date/time: 6/20/2023 Deferred Minutes status: Deferred   Meeting location: Council Chambers - City Hall Published agenda: Agenda Published minutes: Not available   Meeting video: Not available   Attachments: CLICK ANY FILE # BELOW (in blue) TO ACCESS LEGISLATION AND ATTACHMENTS Meeting Items (5) 5 records Group Clear sorting Clear grouping Group by Type Group by Result Export Export to Excel Export to PDF Export to Word Show: All agenda items Legislation only All agenda items File # Ver. Prime Sponsor Agenda # Agenda Note Name Type Summary Action Result Action Details Multimedia T2023-3594 *       Oversight - Safe and Sick Time Oversight       Action details Not available Int 0078-2022 * Gale A. Brewer     Creating an informational campaign concerning workers’ rights under the earned safe and sick time act. Introduction This bill would require the commissioner of Consumer and Worker Protection to engage in best efforts to inform employers, employment agencies, employees, and job applicants about their rights and responsibilities. Such an informational campaign would include, but not be limited to, a joint effort with the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to create and distribute posters, flyers, and other written materials concerning employee rights at pharmacies, doctor’s offices, and other appropriate facilities. The bill would also invite the New York City Health + Hospitals Corporation to participate in the distribution of such educational written materials to the public.     Action details Not available Int 0563-2022 * Gale A. Brewer     Creating a private right of action to enforce the provisions of the earned safe and sick time act. Introduction This bill would allow employees who are alleging a violation of their rights under the Earned Safe and Sick Time Act (ESSTA) to commence a civil action in any court of competent jurisdiction. Filing a complaint with the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) for the same alleged violation would be neither a prerequisite nor a bar to bringing a civil action. Employees alleging a violation of their rights under ESSTA will have two years of the date they knew or should have known of the alleged violation to commence a civil action or file a complaint with DCWP.     Action details Not available Int 0617-2022 * Shahana K. Hanif     Earned Safe and Sick Time Act Introduction This bill would amend the definition of “employee” in the Earned Safe and Sick Time Act (the Act) to extend the Act’s benefits to independent contractors who meet certain conditions.     Action details Not available                     Not available