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Assembly Bill A1690

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Requires employers of motor carriers to provide overtime pay to their employees

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2009-A1690 - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Labor

2009-A1690 - Summary

Requires employers of motor carriers to provide overtime pay to their employees.

2009-A1690 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  1690

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             January 9, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A. BRODSKY, SPANO, COLTON, O'DONNELL, PERALTA --
  Multi-Sponsored by -- M.  of A. BOYLAND, MAISEL, PHEFFER, TOWNS, WEIS-
  ENBERG -- read once and referred to the Committee on Labor

AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to overtime pay for employees
  of motor carriers

  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:
  S 160-A. HOURS OF LABOR OF EMPLOYEES OF MOTOR  CARRIERS.  EVERY  MOTOR
CARRIER SHALL PAY TO ALL EMPLOYEES FOR WHOM THE U.S. SECRETARY OF TRANS-
PORTATION  MAY PRESCRIBE MAXIMUM HOURS OF WORK FOR THE SAFE OPERATION OF
VEHICLES, PURSUANT TO SECTION 31502(B) OF THE FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER ACT,
49 U.S.C. S.31502(B), AND HAVING BUSINESS WITHIN THE STATE OF NEW  YORK,
AN OVERTIME RATE NOT LESS THAN ONE AND ONE-HALF TIMES THE WORKER'S HOUR-
LY  WAGE,  FOR  EACH  HOUR  IN EXCESS OF FORTY HOURS WORKED IN ANY WEEK,
NOTWITHSTANDING THE EXEMPTION OF SUCH EMPLOYEES PURSUANT TO THE  FEDERAL
FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT 29 U.S.C. 213(B)(1).
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD04866-01-9

2009-A1690A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Labor

2009-A1690A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires employers of motor carriers to provide overtime pay to their employees.

2009-A1690A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                 1690--A

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             January 9, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A. BRODSKY, SPANO, COLTON, O'DONNELL, PERALTA --
  Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BOYLAND, MAISEL, PHEFFER, TOWNS,  WEIS-
  ENBERG  -- read once and referred to the Committee on Labor -- commit-
  tee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and  recom-
  mitted to said committee

AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to overtime pay for employees
  of motor carriers

  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:
  S  160-A.  HOURS  OF LABOR OF EMPLOYEES OF MOTOR CARRIERS. EVERY MOTOR
CARRIER SHALL PAY TO ALL EMPLOYEES FOR WHOM THE U.S. SECRETARY OF TRANS-
PORTATION MAY PRESCRIBE MAXIMUM HOURS OF WORK FOR THE SAFE OPERATION  OF
VEHICLES, PURSUANT TO SECTION 31502(B) OF THE FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER ACT,
49  U.S.C.  S.31502(B),  AN OVERTIME RATE NOT LESS THAN ONE AND ONE-HALF
TIMES THE WORKER'S HOURLY WAGE, FOR EACH HOUR IN EXCESS OF  FORTY  HOURS
WORKED  IN  ANY  WEEK,  NOTWITHSTANDING  THE EXEMPTION OF SUCH EMPLOYEES
PURSUANT TO THE FEDERAL FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT 29 U.S.C. 213(B)(1).
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD04866-02-9

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