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Sep 26, 2014 | referred to rules |
senate Bill S7940
Sponsored By
Brad Hoylman
(D, WF) 27th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Rules Committee
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor Calendar
- Passed Senate
- Passed Assembly
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed/Vetoed by Governor
Actions
Co-Sponsors
Timothy M. Kennedy
(D, IP, WF) 63rd Senate District
Kevin S. Parker
(D, WF) 21st Senate District
Jose Peralta
(D, WF) 13th Senate District
Bill Perkins
(D, WF) 0 Senate District
S7940 - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A10191
- Law Section:
- Labor Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd ยง652, Lab L
S7940 - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S7940 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the labor law, in relation to providing more predictable and stable schedules for employees in low-wage occupations PURPOSE: To provide employees in low-wage occupations with predictable and stable schedules that support workplace flexibility. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section I of the bill amends Section 652 of the Labor Law by adding a new subdivision (7) which provides that an employer shall pay an employee for at least 4 hours at the basic minimum hourly wage for each day an employee reports for work as instructed but is given less than four hours of work. New subsection (7) also provides that an employer shall pay an employee for at least 4 hours at the basic minimum hourly wage for each day an employee is instructed to contact their employer, or wait to be contacted by their employer, less than 24 hours in advance of the start of a potential work shift to determine whether the employee must report to work for such shift. Section II provides a modification of part 142-2.3 of title 12 of the New York State codes, rules and regulation pursuant to subdivision (7)
S7940 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7940 I N S E N A T E September 26, 2014 ___________ Introduced by Sen. HOYLMAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to providing more predictable and stable schedules for employees in low-wage occupations THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 652 of the labor law is amended by adding a new subdivision 7 to read as follows: 7. AN EMPLOYER SHALL PAY AN EMPLOYEE: (A) FOR AT LEAST FOUR HOURS AT THE BASIC MINIMUM HOURLY WAGE FOR EACH DAY ON WHICH THE EMPLOYEE REPORTS FOR WORK UNDER SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS BUT IS GIVEN LESS THAN FOUR HOURS OF WORK, EXCEPT THAT IF THE EMPLOYEE'S REGULARLY SCHEDULED SHIFT IS LESS THAN FOUR HOURS, SUCH EMPLOYEE SHALL BE PAID FOR THE EMPLOYEE'S REGULARLY SCHEDULED HOURS FOR THAT DAY IF GIVEN LESS THAN THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED HOURS OF WORK; AND (B) FOR AT LEAST FOUR HOURS AT THE BASIC MINIMUM HOURLY WAGE FOR EACH DAY THE EMPLOYEE IS GIVEN SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS TO CONTACT THE EMPLOY- EE'S EMPLOYER, OR WAIT TO BE CONTACTED BY THE EMPLOYER, LESS THAN TWEN- TY-FOUR HOURS IN ADVANCE OF THE START OF THE POTENTIAL WORK SHIFT TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE EMPLOYEE MUST REPORT TO WORK FOR SUCH SHIFT. S 2. Notwithstanding subdivision 7 of section 652 of the labor law, a modification of part 142-2.3 of title 12 of the New York state codes, rules and regulations pursuant to subdivision 7 of such section shall be made by wage order promulgated by the commissioner of labor without a public hearing, and without reference to a wage board, and shall become effective sixty days after the effective date of such section. S 3. If any provision of article 19 of the labor law or the applica- tion thereof to any person, employer, occupation or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the article and the application of such provision to other persons, employees, occupations, or circumstances shall not be affected thereby. S 4. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD15783-01-4
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