Assembly Bill A312

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to providing more predictable and stable schedules for employees in low-wage occupations

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  • 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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2019-A312 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S476
Current Committee:
Assembly Labor
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §652, Lab L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A10191, S7940
2015-2016: A261, S52
2017-2018: A1518, S71
2021-2022: A461, S3978
2023-2024: A1434, S2479

2019-A312 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to providing more predictable and stable schedules for employees in low-wage occupations.

2019-A312 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    312
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 9, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. ROZIC, ARROYO, BLAKE, BENEDETTO, BRONSON, BRAUN-
   STEIN, COLTON, CRESPO, D'URSO, DE LA ROSA, FAHY,  GOTTFRIED,  HYNDMAN,
   LUPARDO,  M. G. MILLER, PICHARDO, STECK, SIMON, SIMOTAS, STIRPE, WALK-
   ER, WALLACE, ZEBROWSKI -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.  ENGLEBRIGHT,
   GALEF,  GLICK, LENTOL, MOSLEY, RAMOS, RODRIGUEZ, SEAWRIGHT, SOLAGES --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Labor
 
 AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to providing more predictable
   and stable schedules for employees in low-wage occupations
 
   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 a new
 subdivision 7 to read as follows:
   7. AN EMPLOYER WHO OPERATES THIRTY OR MORE  ESTABLISHMENTS  NATIONWIDE
 SHALL PAY AN EMPLOYEE:
   (A)  FOR AT LEAST FOUR HOURS AT THE BASIC MINIMUM HOURLY WAGE FOR EACH
 DAY ON WHICH THE EMPLOYEE REPORTS FOR WORK UNDER  SPECIFIC  INSTRUCTIONS
 BUT IS GIVEN LESS THAN FOUR HOURS OF WORK, EXCEPT THAT IF THE EMPLOYEE'S
 REGULARLY  SCHEDULED  SHIFT IS LESS THAN FOUR HOURS, SUCH EMPLOYEE SHALL
 BE PAID FOR THE EMPLOYEE'S REGULARLY SCHEDULED HOURS  FOR  THAT  DAY  IF
 GIVEN LESS THAN THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED HOURS OF WORK; AND
   (B)  FOR AT LEAST FOUR HOURS AT THE BASIC MINIMUM HOURLY WAGE FOR EACH
 DAY THE EMPLOYEE IS GIVEN SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS TO CONTACT  THE  EMPLOY-
 EE'S  EMPLOYER, OR WAIT TO BE CONTACTED BY THE EMPLOYER, LESS THAN TWEN-
 TY-FOUR HOURS IN ADVANCE OF THE START OF THE  POTENTIAL  WORK  SHIFT  TO
 DETERMINE WHETHER THE EMPLOYEE MUST REPORT TO WORK FOR SUCH SHIFT.
   (C)  NOTHING  IN  THIS  SUBDIVISION SHALL APPLY TO ANY EMPLOYER WHO IS
 SUBJECT TO A HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY WAGE ORDER PROMULGATED BY THE  DEPART-
 MENT,  UNLESS  THE  EMPLOYER  IS  ALSO SUBJECT TO A FAST FOOD WAGE ORDER
 PROMULGATED BY THE DEPARTMENT, AS SUCH TERMS ARE  DEFINED  BY  18  NYCRR
 PART 146.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

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