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Senate Bill S4776

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Requires that the membership of a wage board shall include two members of the affected occupation before it can exercise its powers

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2019-S4776 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Labor
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §655, Lab L

2019-S4776 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires that the membership of a wage board shall include two members of the affected occupation before it can exercise its powers.

2019-S4776 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S4776 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4776
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 25, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sen. ANTONACCI -- 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 requiring that the member-
   ship of a wage board shall include two members of the affected occupa-
   tion before it can exercise its powers

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 655 of the labor law,  as  amended
 by chapter 55 of the laws of 1992, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  Wage  board. A wage board shall be composed of not more than three
 representatives of employers, an  equal  number  of  representatives  of
 employees  and  an  equal  number  of  persons selected from the general
 public. The commissioner shall appoint the members  of  the  board,  the
 representatives of the employers and employees to be selected [so far as
 practicable]  from  nominations  submitted by employers and employees in
 such occupation or occupations. THE WAGE BOARD SHALL  NOT  EXERCISE  ANY
 POWERS OR TAKE ANY ACTION AUTHORIZED BY THIS ARTICLE UNLESS AT LEAST TWO
 MEMBERS APPOINTED TO SUCH BOARD ARE EMPLOYERS OR EMPLOYEES IN SUCH OCCU-
 PATION  OR OCCUPATIONS. The commissioner shall designate as the chairman
 one of the members selected from the general public. The members of  the
 board  shall  not  receive  a salary or other compensation, but shall be
 paid actual and  necessary  traveling  expenses  while  engaged  in  the
 performance of their duties.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10941-01-9

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