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Assembly Bill A7929

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Provides food service employees who work more than a 6 hour shift which extends over the noon day meal period shall be entitled to at least a 30 minute lunch break

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2009-A7929 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Labor
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง162, Lab L
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
A6828

2009-A7929 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that food service employees who work more than a six hour shift which extends over the noon day meal period shall be entitled to at least a 30 minute lunch break; provides that the noon day meal period is recognized as extending from 10:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m; allows the noon day meal period to be established through the collective bargaining process.

2009-A7929 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  7929

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             April 28, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of A. ABBATE, SCHROEDER -- read once and referred to
  the Committee on Labor

AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to expanding  the  period  of
  time  for  taking  the  noon day meal for employees in restaurants and
  other food service establishments

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Section  162  of the labor law is amended by adding a new
subdivision 2-a to read as follows:
  2-A. FOR EVERY PERSON EMPLOYED IN OR BY A RESTAURANT OR  FOOD  SERVICE
ESTABLISHMENT  SUBJECT  TO  THE PROVISIONS OF THIS CHAPTER, THE NOON DAY
MEAL PERIOD IS RECOGNIZED AS EXTENDING FROM TEN O'CLOCK IN  THE  MORNING
UNTIL  THREE O'CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON. AN EMPLOYEE IN SUCH ESTABLISHMENT
WHO WORKS A SHIFT OF MORE THAN SIX HOURS WHICH EXTENDS OVER THE NOON DAY
MEAL PERIOD IS ENTITLED TO AT LEAST THIRTY MINUTES OFF WITHIN THAT PERI-
OD FOR THE MEAL PERIOD.
  NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDIVISION  TO  THE  CONTRARY,
THE  NOON  DAY  MEAL  PERIOD  MAY  BE ESTABLISHED THROUGH THE COLLECTIVE
BARGAINING PROCESS.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11479-01-9

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