NY State Senate Bill 2017-S8307

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Date of Action	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Apr 30, 2018	referred to labor

2017-S8307 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Labor
Law Section:: Labor Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §652, Lab L

2017-S8307 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Reduces minimum wage for employers with 50 employees or less and employees between 15 and 20 years of age.

2017-S8307 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S8307

SPONSOR: GOLDEN
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the labor law, in relation to minimum wage requirements
for certain employers and employees

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

This bill would will cap the State minimum wage for all employees work-
ing for firms with less than fifty-one employees, and for all employees
under age 21 at the rate set as of December 31, 2017.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 of the bill adds two new subdivisions to section 652 of the
Labor Law to cap the minimum wage as established as of December 31, 2017
for firms that employ 50 workers or less (small employers) and for
employees aged between 16 and 20.

The new subdivision 7 sets the minimum wage for in the City of New York
at $13.00 per hour, $11.00 for Long Island and Westchester County, and
$10.40 for the rest of the State for all employees working for firms
with fifty employees or less.

Subdivision 8 sets similar minimum wage rates for all employees under
21, regardless of the size of the firm for which they work.

Section 2 provides for an effective date of December 31, 2018.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

New York State is scheduled to have the nation's highest minimum wage
($15 an hour in New York City) by a substantial margin at the end of
2017. Workers in restaurant chains will get to the $15.00 level around
the State even quicker.

This level of a minimum wage set to provide a "living wage" for all
employers may be justifiable for head of household workers, but this
level of compensation will provide significant barriers for workers
looking to enter employment on the path to a real career. In addition,
smaller employers will find the competitive pressure of such a high
compensation level often forcing them to reduce staffing, relocate
outside of New York, or closing down altogether.

Capping minimum wage rates for small employers and workers just entering
the labor force will maintain the advantages of providing a living wage
for employees whose households are most dependent on the increased
income, while protecting our vulnerable small employers and helping
early entrants gain invaluable experience.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

Not Applicable.
 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act will take effect on December 31, 2018.

2017-S8307 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8307
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 30, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  GOLDEN -- 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 minimum wage  requirements
   for certain employers and employees
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Section 652 of the labor law is amended by adding  two  new
 subdivisions 7 and 8 to read as follows:
   7.  NOTWITHSTANDING  THE  PROVISIONS  OF ANY OTHER SUBDIVISION OF THIS
 SECTION, EVERY EMPLOYER OF FIFTY OR LESS EMPLOYEES SHALL  PAY  FOR  EACH
 HOUR  WORKED  A WAGE OF NOT LESS THAN, OR IF GREATER, SUCH OTHER WAGE AS
 MAY BE ESTABLISHED BY FEDERAL LAW PURSUANT TO 29 U.S.C. SECTION  206  OR
 ITS SUCCESSORS:
   (A)  NEW  YORK  CITY. EVERY EMPLOYER SHALL PAY TO EACH OF ITS ELIGIBLE
 EMPLOYEES FOR EACH HOUR WORKED IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK  A  WAGE  OF  NOT
 LESS THAN $13.00 PER HOUR ON OR AFTER DECEMBER 31, 2018.
   (B)  REMAINDER  OF  DOWNSTATE. EVERY EMPLOYER SHALL PAY TO EACH OF ITS
 ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEES A WAGE FOR  EACH  HOUR  WORKED  IN  THE  COUNTIES  OF
 NASSAU,  SUFFOLK AND WESTCHESTER A WAGE OF NOT LESS THAN $11.00 PER HOUR
 ON OR AFTER DECEMBER 31, 2018.
   (C) REMAINDER OF STATE. EVERY EMPLOYER SHALL PAY TO EACH OF ITS ELIGI-
 BLE EMPLOYEES A WAGE FOR EACH HOUR WORKED OUTSIDE OF  THE  CITY  OF  NEW
 YORK AND THE COUNTIES OF NASSAU, SUFFOLK, AND WESTCHESTER, A WAGE OF NOT
 LESS THAN $10.40 PER HOUR ON OR AFTER DECEMBER 31, 2018.
   8.  NOTWITHSTANDING  THE  PROVISIONS  OF ANY OTHER SUBDIVISION IN THIS
 SECTION, EVERY EMPLOYER SHALL PAY TO EACH EMPLOYEE WHO  IS  BETWEEN  THE
 AGES  OF  FIFTEEN  AND  TWENTY,  FOR EACH HOUR WORKED A WAGE OF NOT LESS
 THAN, OR IF GREATER, SUCH OTHER WAGE AS MAY BE  ESTABLISHED  BY  FEDERAL
 LAW PURSUANT TO 29 U.S.C. SECTION 206 OR ITS SUCCESSORS:
   (A)  NEW  YORK  CITY. EVERY EMPLOYER SHALL PAY TO EACH OF ITS ELIGIBLE
 EMPLOYEES FOR EACH HOUR WORKED IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK  A  WAGE  OF  NOT
 LESS THAN $13.00 PER HOUR ON OR AFTER DECEMBER 31, 2018.
   (B)  REMAINDER  OF  DOWNSTATE. EVERY EMPLOYER SHALL PAY TO EACH OF ITS
 ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEES A WAGE FOR  EACH  HOUR  WORKED  IN  THE  COUNTIES  OF
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15570-01-8

 S. 8307                             2
 
 NASSAU,  SUFFOLK AND WESTCHESTER A WAGE OF NOT LESS THAN $11.00 PER HOUR
 ON OR AFTER DECEMBER 31, 2018.
   (C) REMAINDER OF STATE. EVERY EMPLOYER SHALL PAY TO EACH OF ITS ELIGI-
 BLE  EMPLOYEES  A  WAGE  FOR EACH HOUR WORKED OUTSIDE OF THE CITY OF NEW
 YORK AND THE COUNTIES OF NASSAU, SUFFOLK, AND WESTCHESTER, A WAGE OF NOT
 LESS THAN $10.40 PER HOUR ON OR AFTER DECEMBER 31, 2018.
   § 2. This act shall take effect December 31, 2018.

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Labor Committee

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2017-S8307 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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