S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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6373
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
March 20, 2015
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Introduced by M. of A. TITUS -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Labor
AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to authorizing local wage
standards higher than in the state labor law
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 665 of the labor law is renumbered section 666 and
a new section 665 is added to read as follows:
S 665. LOCAL WAGE STANDARDS. NOTHING IN THIS CHAPTER, THE MUNICIPAL
HOME RULE LAW OR THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW SHALL PROHIBIT THE ADOPTION
OF ANY MINIMUM STANDARDS ESTABLISHED BY ANY APPLICABLE FEDERAL, STATE,
OR LOCAL LAW, POLICY, CONTRACT OR PREFERENCE, OR BY A PUBLIC BENEFIT
CORPORATION, OR ANY RULE OR REGULATION ISSUED THEREUNDER, RELATING TO
WAGES, HOURS, OR OTHER WORKING CONDITIONS, OR THE ENFORCEMENT THEREOF,
WHICH ARE MORE FAVORABLE TO EMPLOYEES THAN THE MINIMUM STANDARDS APPLI-
CABLE UNDER THIS ARTICLE. A COUNTY, CITY, TOWN, VILLAGE OR PUBLIC BENE-
FIT CORPORATION MAY ADOPT SUCH STANDARDS, WHICH SHALL BE SUBJECT TO
ENFORCEMENT BY ANY MEANS PROVIDED BY LAW, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO
THOSE AUTHORIZED BY THE COUNTY, CITY, TOWN, VILLAGE OR PUBLIC BENEFIT
CORPORATION, AND MAY ALSO BE ENFORCED BY THE COMMISSIONER USING ANY AND
ALL ENFORCEMENT METHODS PERMITTED BY THIS CHAPTER FOR ENFORCEMENT OF
WAGE STANDARDS AND PAYMENT.
S 2. Severability. If any provision of this act, or the application
thereof to any person or circumstance, shall be adjudged by any court of
competent jurisdiction to be invalid or unconstitutional, such judgment
shall not affect, impair or invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall
be confined in its operation to the provision of this act, or in its
application to the person or circumstance, directly involved in the
controversy in which such judgment shall have been rendered.
S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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