* § 534-o. Employment information centers. 1. The commission shall establish and maintain one or more employment information centers within the port of New York district in this state at such locations as it may determine. No person shall, directly or indirectly, hire any person for work as a longshore worker or security officer within the port of New York district in this state, except through such particular employment information center or centers as may be prescribed by the commission. No person shall accept any employment as a longshore worker or security officer within the port of New York district in this state, except through such an employment information center. At each such employment information center the commission shall keep and exhibit the longshore workers' register and any other records it shall determine to the end that longshore workers and security officers shall have the maximum information as to available employment as such at any time within the port of New York district in this state and to the end that employers shall have an adequate opportunity to fill their requirements of registered longshore workers and security officers at all times.

1. 2. Every employer of longshore workers or security officers within the port of New York district in this state shall furnish such information as may be required by the rules and regulations prescribed by the commission with regard to the name of each person hired as a longshore worker or security officer, the time and place of hiring, the time, place and hours of work, and the compensation therefor. * NB Effective June 30, 2024