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Assembly Bill A4136

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Prohibits mandatory overtime for certain persons

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2015-A4136 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7835
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Employees
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง160-a, Lab L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A9966
2013-2014: A5046
2017-2018: A2668, S1899
2019-2020: A4260

2015-A4136 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits mandatory overtime for certain members of the New York state and local employees' retirement system, the New York state and local police and fire retirement system and the New York state teachers' retirement system.

2015-A4136 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  4136

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 29, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. DenDEKKER, GRAF, MONTESANO, SIMANOWITZ, BENEDET-
  TO, CRESPO, JAFFEE, ABINANTI, WEPRIN, AUBRY, ROBERTS, CLARK --  Multi-
  Sponsored  by  --  M. of A.   BRENNAN, CURRAN, MOYA, NOLAN, O'DONNELL,
  WEINSTEIN -- read once and referred to the Committee  on  Governmental
  Employees

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  labor law, in relation to prohibiting mandatory
  overtime for certain persons

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

  Section  1.  The labor law is amended by adding a new section 160-a to
read as follows:
  S 160-A. PROHIBITION OF MANDATORY OVERTIME.  1. FOR PURPOSES  OF  THIS
SECTION,  THE TERM "MANDATORY OVERTIME" SHALL MEAN THE PERIOD OF TIME AN
EMPLOYEE IS REQUIRED TO WORK IN EXCESS OF HIS OR  HER  REGULARLY  ESTAB-
LISHED  HOURS OF EMPLOYMENT, AND FOR WHICH SUCH EMPLOYEE FACES DISCIPLI-
NARY ACTION OR TERMINATION FOR HIS OR HER REFUSAL TO WORK IN  EXCESS  OF
SUCH HOURS.
  2.  NO  EMPLOYER SHALL REQUIRE AN EMPLOYEE, WHO FIRST BECOMES A MEMBER
OF THE NEW YORK STATE AND LOCAL EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT  SYSTEM,  THE  NEW
YORK  STATE AND LOCAL POLICE AND FIRE RETIREMENT SYSTEM AND THE NEW YORK
STATE TEACHERS' RETIREMENT SYSTEM ON OR AFTER APRIL FIRST, TWO  THOUSAND
ELEVEN,  TO  WORK MANDATORY OVERTIME IF SUCH EMPLOYEE HAS REACHED HIS OR
HER OVERTIME CEILING AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION  TWENTY-FOUR  OF  SECTION
FIVE HUNDRED ONE OF THE RETIREMENT AND SOCIAL SECURITY LAW.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD07995-01-5

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