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Senate Bill S6600

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to the definition of employee

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2015-S6600 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Labor
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง651, Lab L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S4651
2019-2020: S2227

2015-S6600 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the definition of employee by limiting the exclusion to workers employed by the federal government, not by a state or municipal government or political subdivision thereof.

2015-S6600 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S6600 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  6600

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 29, 2016
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. SANDERS -- 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 the definition of employee

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

  Section  1. Paragraph (n) of subdivision 5 of section 651 of the labor
law, as amended by chapter 481 of the laws of 2010, is amended  to  read
as follows:
  (n)  by [a] THE federal[, state or municipal] government [or political
subdivision thereof].  The exclusions from the term "employee" contained
in this subdivision shall be as defined by regulations  of  the  commis-
sioner; or
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.








 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD13911-01-6

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