N.Y. Labor Law 731 – Construction and saving clause
§ 731. Construction and saving clause. 1. Nothing contained in this article shall be construed to relieve any labor organization, employer organization, or any of its officers, agents, employees, representatives or members, or any employer or labor relations consultant from compliance with any other provision of this chapter or any other applicable law of this state.
Terms Used In N.Y. Labor Law 731
- Agent: means any person, other than an attorney engaged in the practice of law, who represents or is authorized to represent a labor organization or employer organization, alone or with others in its dealings with employers, employees, members, employer organizations, labor organizations, or other persons, regardless of whether his relationship to the labor organization or employer organization is that of an independent contractor or employee. See N.Y. Labor Law 721
- Common law: The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action.
- Employer: means any person conducting a business or employing another within the state of New York, but shall not include a state government or any political or civil subdivision or other agency thereof. See N.Y. Labor Law 721
- Employer organization: means any organization of any kind which exists for the purpose, in whole or in part, of representing employers in dealing with employees or labor organizations concerning terms and conditions of employment, grievances, labor disputes, or other matters incidental to the employment relationship at a place of business maintained in the state of New York. See N.Y. Labor Law 721
- Labor organization: means any organization of any kind which exists for the purpose, in whole or in part, of representing employees employed within the state of New York in dealing with employers or employer organizations or with a state government, or any political or civil subdivision or other agency thereof, concerning terms and conditions of employment, grievances, labor disputes, or other matters incidental to the employment relationship, and shall include the parent national or international organization of a local labor organization. See N.Y. Labor Law 721
- Labor relations consultant: means any person who, for compensation, advises or represents an employer, employer organization, or labor organization concerning employee organizing, concerted activities or collective bargaining activities, but shall not include a director, officer or regular employee of such employer, employer organization or labor organization, or an attorney engaged in the practice of law. See N.Y. Labor Law 721
- Officer: means any person holding or in fact performing or authorized to perform the functions of an office named or described in the constitution, charter, articles of incorporation, articles of association or by-laws of a labor organization or employer organization. See N.Y. Labor Law 721
- Person: includes one or more individuals, partnerships, associations, or corporations, whether acting for themselves or in a representative capacity. See N.Y. Labor Law 721
- Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
2. Nothing contained in this article shall be construed to limit the responsibilities or duties of any officer or agent of a labor organization or employer organization under the common law or any law of this state, and nothing contained in this article shall be construed to take away or limit any right or remedy to which members of a labor organization or employer organization are entitled under the common law or any law of this state.
3. Nothing contained in this article shall be construed to limit or otherwise affect the right of any person under any statute or rule of law to organize or join labor organizations, to bargain collectively, to picket, strike, or engage in other concerted activities for the purpose of collective bargaining or other mutual aid and protection, or the right of any labor organization under any statute or rule of law to carry on such activities, nor to enlarge or otherwise affect the power of courts to issue injunctions under section eight hundred seven of this chapter.