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Senate Bill S5082

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to work hours for lifeguards

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2017-S5082 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6153
Current Committee:
Senate Labor
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §143, Lab L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S494, A2541
2011-2012: S7162, A367
2013-2014: S3597, A5224
2015-2016: S3686, A5220

2017-S5082 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that students may be employed for up to five hours on any day preceding a school day as a qualified lifeguard or aquatic supervisory staff, provided that the employer receives and maintains both the written consent of the minor's parent or guardian and a certificate which shall be provided to the employer at the end of each marking period by the minor's school which shall assert that such minor is in satisfactory academic standing.

2017-S5082 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S5082 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5082
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               March 7, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  LANZA  -- 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 work hours for lifeguards
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Paragraph  a of subdivision 1 of section 143 of the labor
 law, as amended by chapter 546 of the laws of 1992, is amended  to  read
 as follows:
   a.  (i)  More than four hours on any day preceding a school day, other
 than on a Sunday or holiday; (ii) except that  students  enrolled  in  a
 cooperative work experience program approved by the department of educa-
 tion  may  be employed for no more than six hours on any day preceding a
 school day, other than on a Sunday or holiday, if such hours of  employ-
 ment occur solely pursuant to such program. Any hours worked by students
 in  such programs shall be included when calculating the number of hours
 worked for purposes of subparagraph (i) of  this  paragraph;  AND  (III)
 EXCEPT  THAT  STUDENTS  MAY  BE EMPLOYED FOR UP TO FIVE HOURS ON ANY DAY
 PRECEDING A SCHOOL DAY AS A QUALIFIED LIFEGUARD OR  AQUATIC  SUPERVISORY
 STAFF  AS  DEFINED BY PART SIX OF TITLE TEN OF THE NEW YORK STATE CODES,
 RULES AND REGULATIONS, PROVIDED THE EMPLOYER RECEIVES AND MAINTAINS BOTH
 THE WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE MINOR'S PARENT OR GUARDIAN AND A  CERTIFICATE
 WHICH SHALL BE PROVIDED TO THE EMPLOYER AT THE END OF EACH MARKING PERI-
 OD BY THE MINOR'S SCHOOL WHICH SHALL ASSERT THAT SUCH MINOR IS IN SATIS-
 FACTORY  ACADEMIC  STANDING  ACCORDING  TO  THE STANDARDS IN SUCH SCHOOL
 DISTRICT; WHERE SUCH STUDENT MAINTAINS A PASSING GRADE AS DETERMINED  BY
 THE  EDUCATIONAL  INSTITUTION WHERE THE STUDENT IS ENROLLED, HAS WRITTEN
 PERMISSION FROM A PARENT OR LEGAL GUARDIAN AND WHERE SUCH STUDENT  MEETS
 ANY  OTHER  EDUCATIONAL  STANDARDS OR REQUIREMENT SET BY THE EMPLOYER OR
 HIRING AGENCY;
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00307-01-7

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