S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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1555
2013-2014 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
(PREFILED)
January 9, 2013
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Introduced by M. of A. KOLB, JORDAN -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Labor
AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to authorizing certain
employers of manual workers to pay wages less frequently than weekly
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The opening paragraph of subparagraph (ii) of paragraph a
of subdivision 1 of section 191 of the labor law, as amended by chapter
168 of the laws of 1993, is amended to read as follows:
The commissioner may authorize an employer [which has in the three
years preceding the application employed an average of one thousand or
more persons in this state or has for one year preceding the application
employed an average of one thousand or more persons in this state and
has for three years preceding the application employed an average of
three thousand or more persons outside the state] to pay less frequently
than weekly but not less frequently than semi-monthly if the employer
furnishes satisfactory proof to the commissioner of its continuing abil-
ity to meet its payroll responsibilities. In making this determination
the commissioner shall consider the following: (A) the employer's histo-
ry meeting its payroll responsibilities in New York state or if no such
history in New York state is available, other financial information, as
requested by the commissioner, which will assist the commissioner in
determining the likelihood of the employer's continuing ability to meet
payroll responsibilities; (B) proof of the employer's coverage for work-
ers' compensation and disability; (C) proof that there are no outstand-
ing warrants of the department of taxation and finance or the department
[of labor] against the employer for failure to remit state personal
income tax withholdings or unemployment insurance contributions; and (D)
proof that the employer has a computerized record keeping system for
payroll which, at a minimum, specifies hours worked, rate of pay, gross
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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wages, deductions and date of pay for each employee. If the employers'
manual workers are represented by a labor organization, the commissioner
shall not grant an employer's application for authorization under this
subparagraph unless that labor organization consents thereto.
S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.