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2015-2016 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
January 30, 2015
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Introduced by M. of A. RODRIGUEZ -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Labor
AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to the minimum wage for
service workers receiving tips
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 652 of the labor law, as amended
by chapter 747 of the laws of 2004, is amended to read as follows:
4. Notwithstanding subdivisions one and two of this section, the wage
for an employee who is a food service worker receiving tips shall be a
cash wage of at least three dollars and thirty cents per hour on or
after March thirty-first, two thousand; three dollars and eighty-five
cents on or after January first, two thousand five; at least four
dollars and thirty-five cents on or after January first, two thousand
six; [and] at least four dollars and sixty cents on or after January
first, two thousand seven[, provided that the tips of such an employee,
when added to such cash wage, are equal to or exceed]; AND EQUAL TO the
minimum wage in effect pursuant to subdivision one of this section [and
provided further that no other cash wage is established pursuant to
section six hundred fifty-three of this article] ON OR AFTER JANUARY
FIRST, TWO THOUSAND SEVENTEEN. In the event the cash wage payable under
the Fair Labor Standards Act (29 United States Code Sec. 203 (m), as
amended), is increased after enactment of this subdivision, the cash
wage payable under this subdivision shall automatically be increased by
the proportionate increase in the cash wage payable under such federal
law, and will be immediately enforceable as the cash wage payable to
food service workers under this article.
S 2. Section 652 of the labor law is amended by adding a new subdivi-
sion 3-a to read as follows:
3-A. NOTWITHSTANDING SUBDIVISIONS ONE AND TWO OF THIS SECTION, THE
WAGE FOR AN EMPLOYEE WHO IS A SERVICE WORKER, INCLUDING AN EMPLOYEE WHO
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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IS A RESORT SERVICE WORKER, RECEIVING TIPS SHALL BE A CASH WAGE EQUAL TO
THE MINIMUM WAGE IN EFFECT PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION
ON OR AFTER JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND SEVENTEEN.
S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.