Senate Bill S434

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Requires farm workers and domestic workers to be given at least 24 hours of consecutive rest

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Labor Committee


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

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2017-S434 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Labor
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §161, add §§163-a & 163-b, Lab L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S2246
2011-2012: S671
2013-2014: S64
2015-2016: S2227
2019-2020: S3391

2017-S434 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires farm workers and domestic workers to be given at least 24 hours of consecutive rest like other employees in New York State.

2017-S434 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S434 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    434
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 4, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. PERALTA -- 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 allowing farm workers  and
   domestic workers one day of rest each week

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 161 of the labor law is amended by adding  two  new
 subdivisions 7 and 8 to read as follows:
   7.  EVERY FARMER EMPLOYING FARM LABORERS SHALL OFFER THOSE FARM LABOR-
 ERS TWENTY-FOUR CONSECUTIVE HOURS OF REST IN  EACH  AND  EVERY  CALENDAR
 WEEK.  THIS  REQUIREMENT SHALL NOT APPLY TO THE PARENT, CHILD, SPOUSE OR
 OTHER MEMBER OF THE EMPLOYER'S IMMEDIATE FAMILY. TWENTY-FOUR CONSECUTIVE
 HOURS SPENT AT REST BECAUSE OF CIRCUMSTANCES, SUCH AS  WEATHER  OR  CROP
 CONDITIONS,  SHALL  BE  DEEMED  TO  CONSTITUTE THE REST REQUIRED BY THIS
 SUBDIVISION. NO PROVISION OF THIS  SUBDIVISION  SHALL  PROHIBIT  A  FARM
 LABORER FROM VOLUNTARILY REFUSING THE REST REQUIRED BY THIS SUBDIVISION.
 THE TERM "FARM LABOR" SHALL INCLUDE ALL SERVICES PERFORMED BY AN EMPLOY-
 EE  ON  A FARM IN CONNECTION WITH CULTIVATING THE SOIL, OR IN CONNECTION
 WITH RAISING OR HARVESTING OF AGRICULTURAL  COMMODITIES,  INCLUDING  THE
 RAISING,  SHEARING,  CARING  FOR AND MANAGEMENT OF LIVESTOCK, POULTRY OR
 DAIRY.
   8. EVERY EMPLOYER EMPLOYING DOMESTIC WORKERS IN PERSONAL  OR  DOMESTIC
 SERVICE IN PRIVATE HOMES SHALL OFFER THOSE EMPLOYEES TWENTY-FOUR CONSEC-
 UTIVE  HOURS  OF  REST  IN EACH AND EVERY CALENDAR WEEK. NO PROVISION OF
 THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL  PROHIBIT  A  DOMESTIC  WORKER  FROM  VOLUNTARILY
 REFUSING THE REST REQUIRED BY THIS SUBDIVISION. THE TERM "DOMESTIC WORK-
 ER"  SHALL  INCLUDE  ALL  SERVICES PERFORMED BY AN EMPLOYEE IN A PRIVATE
 HOME IN CONNECTION WITH CHILD CARE, CLEANING, COOKING, DRIVING,  GARDEN-
 ING AND PERSONAL ASSISTANCE.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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