{"id":268,"date":"2023-11-02T13:57:44","date_gmt":"2023-11-02T13:57:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shahana-hanif\/?p=268"},"modified":"2023-11-24T13:58:40","modified_gmt":"2023-11-24T13:58:40","slug":"new-york-city-council-passes-landmark-bill-of-rights-for-immigrant-workers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shahana-hanif\/2023\/11\/02\/new-york-city-council-passes-landmark-bill-of-rights-for-immigrant-workers\/","title":{"rendered":"New York City Council Passes Landmark Bill of Rights for Immigrant Workers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/documentedny.com\/2023\/11\/02\/nyc-council-rights-immigrant-workers-labor\/\">Documented<\/a> &#8211; With so many asylum seekers looking for employment, workplace exploitation \u2014 already common in jobs like construction and cleaning where they generally work \u2014 is on the rise. Hanif said the city has seen an \u201cuptick in workplace harassment,\u201d including wage theft, lack of paid sick leave and workers being prevented from joining unions.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A worker\u2019s bill of rights would help educate newly arrived immigration about their rights and protections, Hanif said.<\/p>\n<p>To ensure the widest impact, the bill requires the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection, the Mayor\u2019s Office of Immigrant Affairs, and the New York City Commission on Human Rights, to work in conjunction with labor groups, to raise awareness of the workers\u2019 bill of rights through outreach events and public workshops. Workers would be provided information on how to join unions, what to expect if ICE agents come to a workplace, federal eligibility requirements for Temporary Protected Status, and labor laws [<a href=\"https:\/\/documentedny.com\/2023\/11\/02\/nyc-council-rights-immigrant-workers-labor\/\">Read More<\/a>].<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/documentedny.com\/2023\/11\/02\/nyc-council-rights-immigrant-workers-labor\/\">Documented<\/a> &#8211; With so many asylum seekers looking for employment, workplace exploitation \u2014 already common in jobs like construction and cleaning where they generally work \u2014 is on the rise. Hanif said the city has seen an \u201cuptick in workplace harassment,\u201d including wage theft, lack of paid sick leave and workers being prevented from joining unions.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A worker\u2019s bill of rights would help educate newly arrived immigration about their rights and protections, Hanif said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong><small><a href=\"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shahana-hanif\/2023\/11\/02\/new-york-city-council-passes-landmark-bill-of-rights-for-immigrant-workers\/\">READ MORE<\/a><\/small><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":288,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-268","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shahana-hanif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shahana-hanif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shahana-hanif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shahana-hanif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/288"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shahana-hanif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=268"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shahana-hanif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shahana-hanif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shahana-hanif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shahana-hanif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}