Sentences with phrase «state labor law provision»

The above New York State Labor Law provision, Section 240, means essentially that if a contractor, owner or subcontractor is negligent, in any way whatsoever, with respect to the condition of a ladder used at a construction site - and the worker's injuries could have been prevented - then the owner, contractor or subcontractor is 100 % liable for the injuries regardless of whether the injured worker himself were partially responsible for the accident.

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The state Labor Department is preparing a set of regulations that sources say will preempt provisions recently approved by the City Council and expected to be signed into law by Mayor de Blasio this week.

(d) The provisions of subsection (c) shall not apply to any employer, employment agency, labor organization, or joint labor - management committee with respect to matters occurring in any State or political subdivisionthereof which has a fair employment practice law during any period in which such employer, employment agency, labor organization, or jointlabor - management committee is subject to such law, except that the Commissionmay require such notations on records which such employer, employment agency, labor organization, or joint labor - management committee keeps or is requiredto keep as are necessary because of differences in coverage or methods of enforcement between the State or local law and the provisions of this title.

2014)(successfully obtained reversal of a string of decisions holding that a provision of the California labor code requiring meal and rest breaks is preempted, as applied to a class of truck drivers, by the Federal Aviation Authorization Act of 1994 — a transportation deregulation measure that expressly preempts state law relating to «prices, routes, or services»)(briefed and argued)