Assembly Bill A1241

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Reduces the number of hours in a work week to thirty-two for employers with at least five hundred employees

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2023-A1241 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Labor
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Add §160-a, amd §232, Lab L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A10009

2023-A1241 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Reduces the number of hours in a work week to thirty-two for employers with at least five hundred employees who are not part of a collective bargaining agreement.

2023-A1241 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1241
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 13, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. BURGOS -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Labor
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the labor law, in relation to reducing the number of
   hours in a work week to thirty-two for employers with  at  least  five
   hundred employees
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The labor law is amended by adding a new section  160-a  to
 read as follows:
   §  160-A.  HOURS  TO CONSTITUTE A WEEK'S WORK.  1. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY
 OTHER PROVISION OF LAW TO  THE  CONTRARY,  A  LEGAL  WEEK'S  WORK  SHALL
 CONSIST  OF THIRTY-TWO HOURS FOR ANY EMPLOYER WITH AT LEAST FIVE HUNDRED
 EMPLOYEES WHO ARE NOT PART OF A COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT.
   2. NO EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION SHALL BE REDUCED DUE TO THE  REDUCTION  IN
 HOURS CONSIDERED A LEGAL WEEK'S WORK UNDER THIS SECTION.
   3.  THIS  SECTION  SHALL  NOT  PREVENT AN AGREEMENT FOR OVERWORK AT AN
 INCREASED COMPENSATION OF AT LEAST ONE  HUNDRED  FIFTY  PERCENT  OF  THE
 EMPLOYEE'S BASE COMPENSATION.
   §  2.    Section  232 of the labor law, as added by chapter 777 of the
 laws of 1971, is amended to read as follows:
   § 232. Overtime. 1. An employee, employed by a contractor,  who  works
 more  than  eight  hours  in any one day or more than forty hours in any
 workweek shall be paid wages for such overtime at a rate not  less  than
 one-and-one-half times [his] THEIR prevailing basic cash hourly rate.
   2.  AN  EMPLOYEE,  EMPLOYED BY A CONTRACTOR WITH AT LEAST FIVE HUNDRED
 EMPLOYEES WHO ARE NOT PART OF A  COLLECTIVE  BARGAINING  AGREEMENT,  WHO
 WORKS MORE THAN EIGHT HOURS IN ANY ONE DAY OR MORE THAN THIRTY-TWO HOURS
 IN ANY WORKWEEK SHALL BE PAID WAGES FOR SUCH OVERTIME AT A RATE NOT LESS
 THAN  ONE-AND-ONE-HALF TIMES THEIR PREVAILING BASIC CASH HOURLY RATE. NO
 EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION SHALL BE REDUCED DUE TO  THE  REDUCTION  IN  HOURS
 CONSIDERED  A LEGAL WEEK'S WORK UNDER THIS SUBDIVISION. THIS SUBDIVISION
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00623-03-3

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