Enacts the "Empowering People in Rights Enforcement (EMPIRE) Worker Protection Act".

The "Empowering People in Rights Enforcement (EMPIRE) Worker Protection Act" allows affected employees, whistleblowers, representative organizations, or organizational deputies to initiate public enforcement actions on behalf of the commissioner for certain labor law violations. The act outlines procedures for initiating such actions, including a sixty-day notice period to the commissioner and attorney general. It also establishes civil penalties for violations and provides for the distribution of recovered penalties among affected employees and the commissioner.

Enacts the "Empowering People in Rights Enforcement (EMPIRE) Worker Protection Act".

The "Empowering People in Rights Enforcement (EMPIRE) Worker Protection Act" allows affected employees, whistleblowers, representative organizations, or organizational deputies to initiate public enforcement actions on behalf of the commissioner for certain labor law violations. The act outlines procedures for initiating such actions, including a sixty-day notice period to the commissioner and attorney general. It also establishes civil penalties for violations and provides for the distribution of recovered penalties among affected employees and the commissioner.