Assembly Bill A8625A

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to farm worker meal and lodging minimum wage credits

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
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    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2017-A8625 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6907
Current Committee:
Assembly Labor
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §673, Lab L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A7616, S5412
2021-2022: S1663
2023-2024: S3395

2017-A8625 - Summary

Relates to farm worker meal and lodging minimum wage credits.

2017-A8625 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8625
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             September 1, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. SKOUFIS -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Labor
 
 AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to farm worker meal and lodg-
   ing minimum wage credits
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Section  673  of the labor law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 3 to read as follows:
   3. MEALS, LODGING AND UTILITIES ALLOWANCES.  NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER
 PROVISION OF LAW OR REGULATION TO THE CONTRARY, THE FOLLOWING ITEMS  AND
 THEIR RESPECTIVE VALUES MAY BE CONSIDERED PART OF THE MINIMUM WAGE RATE,
 AND  SHALL  BE  ANNUALLY  ADJUSTED TO REFLECT AN INCREASE IN THE RATE OF
 COST OF LIVING, AS DETERMINED BY THE COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT  CALCULA-
 TOR, IF ANY OF THE FOLLOWING ITEMS ARE PROVIDED TO THE EMPLOYEE:
   A.  MEALS.  EMPLOYEES SHALL RECEIVE $2.95 PER MEAL ON OR AFTER JANUARY
 1, 2018. NO ALLOWANCE FOR MEALS SHALL BE CONSIDERED AS PART OF THE MINI-
 MUM WAGE IF A MIGRANT SEASONAL EMPLOYEE EARNS LESS  THAN  $440.87  IN  A
 TWO-WEEK  PERIOD  ON  OR  AFTER JANUARY 1, 2018, OTHER THAN BY REASON OF
 VOLUNTARY ABSENCE.
   B. LODGING AND UTILITIES. (1) MIGRANT SEASONAL EMPLOYEES. NO ALLOWANCE
 FOR LODGING OR UTILITIES SHALL BE CONSIDERED AS PART OF THE MINIMUM WAGE
 FOR A MIGRANT SEASONAL EMPLOYEE. (2)  ALL  OTHER  EMPLOYEES.  ALL  OTHER
 EMPLOYEES  NOT  PROVIDED FOR IN SUBPARAGRAPH ONE OF THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL
 RECEIVE $32.89 PER WEEK ON AND AFTER JANUARY 1, 2018  PER  EMPLOYEE  FOR
 SINGLE  OCCUPANCY  OR  $21.96  PER WEEK ON AND AFTER JANUARY 1, 2018 PER
 EMPLOYEE FOR MULTIPLE OCCUPANCY. WHEN A HOUSE OR APARTMENT AND UTILITIES
 ARE FURNISHED BY AN EMPLOYER TO  AN  EMPLOYEE,  A  FAIR  AND  REASONABLE
 AMOUNT MAY BE ALLOWED FOR SUCH FACILITIES, WHICH AMOUNT SHALL NOT EXCEED
 THE  LESSER  OF  EITHER THE REASONABLE VALUE OF COMPARABLE FACILITIES IN
 THE LOCALITY, OR $8.68 A DAY ON AND AFTER JANUARY 1, 2018 FOR  AN  INDI-
 VIDUAL  EMPLOYEE, AND $13.89 A DAY ON AND AFTER JANUARY 1, 2018 WHEN THE
 EMPLOYEE'S FAMILY RESIDES WITH THE EMPLOYEE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.
              

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2017-A8625A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6907
Current Committee:
Assembly Labor
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §673, Lab L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A7616, S5412
2021-2022: S1663
2023-2024: S3395

2017-A8625A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to farm worker meal and lodging minimum wage credits.

2017-A8625A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  8625--A
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             September 1, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. SKOUFIS, D'URSO, MOSLEY, JENNE, PICHARDO, JONES,
   RICHARDSON, LAWRENCE, PALUMBO, BLANKENBUSH, STECK,  MONTESANO,  SANTA-
   BARBARA,  AUBRY, BRINDISI, NIOU, BRABENEC, B. MILLER, HUNTER -- Multi-
   Sponsored by -- M.  of A. BUTLER, THIELE -- read once and referred  to
   the  Committee  on  Labor  -- recommitted to the Committee on Labor in
   accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged,  bill
   amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
   tee
 
 AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to farm worker meal and lodg-
   ing minimum wage credits
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  673  of the labor law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 3 to read as follows:
   3. MEALS, LODGING AND UTILITIES ALLOWANCES.  NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER
 PROVISION OF LAW OR REGULATION TO THE CONTRARY, THE FOLLOWING ITEMS  AND
 THEIR RESPECTIVE VALUES MAY BE CONSIDERED PART OF THE MINIMUM WAGE RATE,
 AND  SHALL  BE  ANNUALLY  ADJUSTED TO REFLECT AN INCREASE IN THE RATE OF
 COST OF LIVING, AS DETERMINED BY THE COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT  CALCULA-
 TOR, IF ANY OF THE FOLLOWING ITEMS ARE PROVIDED TO THE EMPLOYEE:
   A.  MEALS. EMPLOYEES MAY BE CHARGED $2.95 PER MEAL ON OR AFTER JANUARY
 FIRST, TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN.  NO ALLOWANCE FOR MEALS SHALL  BE  CONSID-
 ERED  AS  PART  OF THE MINIMUM WAGE IF A MIGRANT SEASONAL EMPLOYEE EARNS
 LESS THAN $440.87 IN A TWO-WEEK PERIOD ON OR AFTER  JANUARY  FIRST,  TWO
 THOUSAND EIGHTEEN, OTHER THAN BY REASON OF VOLUNTARY ABSENCE.
   B. LODGING AND UTILITIES. (1) MIGRANT SEASONAL EMPLOYEES. NO ALLOWANCE
 FOR LODGING OR UTILITIES SHALL BE CONSIDERED AS PART OF THE MINIMUM WAGE
 FOR  A  MIGRANT  SEASONAL  EMPLOYEE.  (2) ALL OTHER EMPLOYEES. ALL OTHER
 EMPLOYEES NOT PROVIDED FOR IN SUBPARAGRAPH ONE OF THIS PARAGRAPH MAY  BE
 CHARGED  $32.89  PER WEEK ON AND AFTER JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND EIGH-
 TEEN PER EMPLOYEE FOR SINGLE OCCUPANCY OR $21.96 PER WEEK ON  AND  AFTER
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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