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Senate Bill S1047

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Authorizes the city of New York to implement a minimum wage

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2015-S1047 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Labor
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง652, Lab L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: S5914
2017-2018: S5162

2015-S1047 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the city of New York to implement a minimum wage which shall be higher than the state minimum wage.

2015-S1047 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S1047 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  1047

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             January 8, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  AVELLA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Labor

AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to authorizing  the  city  of
  New York to implement a minimum wage

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 652 of the labor law,  as  amended
by section 1 of part P of chapter 57 of the laws of 2013, is amended and
a new subdivision 1-a is added to read as follows:
  1.  Statutory.  Every  employer, EXCEPT IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK, shall
pay to each of its employees for each hour worked a  wage  of  not  less
than:
  $4.25 on and after April 1, 1991,
  $5.15 on and after March 31, 2000,
  $6.00 on and after January 1, 2005,
  $6.75 on and after January 1, 2006,
  $7.15 on and after January 1, 2007,
  $8.00 on and after December 31, 2013,
  $8.75 on and after December 31, 2014,
  $9.00  on and after December 31, 2015, or, if greater, such other wage
as may be established by federal law pursuant to 29 U.S.C.  section  206
or its successors
or  such  other  wage  as  may  be  established  in  accordance with the
provisions of this article.
  1-A. CITY OF NEW YORK. EVERY EMPLOYER IN THE CITY OF  NEW  YORK  SHALL
PAY  TO  EACH  OF  ITS EMPLOYEES FOR EACH HOUR WORKED A WAGE OF NOT LESS
THAN THE MINIMUM WAGE. THE CITY COUNCIL SHALL IMPLEMENT A  MINIMUM  WAGE
FOR  SOLELY THE CITY OF NEW YORK WHICH SHALL BE NO LESS THAN THE MINIMUM
WAGE PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
it shall have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD02065-01-5

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