Senate Bill S3346

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Requires employers of retail, food service or cleaning employees to give such employees 7 day notice of their work schedule and a months notice of the minimum hours of work

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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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2019-S3346 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A315
Current Committee:
Senate Labor
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 5 Title 2 §§171 - 176, Lab L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S4363, A9274
2017-2018: S347, A1323
2021-2022: S468, A450
2023-2024: S2560, A737

2019-S3346 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires employers of retail, food service or cleaning employees to give such employees 7 days' notice of their work schedule and a month's notice of the minimum hours of work; provides a private right of action to employees who are aggrieved by certain violations of such provisions.

2019-S3346 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S3346 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3346
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 5, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. HOYLMAN -- 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 employee work schedules
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Article 5 of the labor law is amended by adding a new title
 2 to read as follows:
                                  TITLE 2
                           SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS
 SECTION 171. DEFINITIONS.
         172. ADVANCED NOTICE REQUIREMENTS.
         173. EXCHANGE OF SHIFTS.
         174. PROHIBITED ACTS.
         175. EXCEPTIONS.
         176. ENFORCEMENT.
   § 171. DEFINITIONS. AS USED IN THIS TITLE:
   1.  "EMPLOYER"  SHALL  MEAN ANY PERSON, CORPORATION, LIMITED LIABILITY
 COMPANY, LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIP  OR  ASSOCIATION  EMPLOYING  FIVE
 HUNDRED  OR MORE FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES NATIONWIDE OR A PROPORTIONAL NUMBER
 OF PART-TIME EMPLOYEES, WHO EMPLOYS  A  RETAIL  EMPLOYEE,  FOOD  SERVICE
 EMPLOYEE OR CLEANING EMPLOYEE.
   2.  "EMPLOYEE" SHALL MEAN AN INDIVIDUAL EMPLOYED AS A RETAIL EMPLOYEE,
 FOOD SERVICE EMPLOYEE OR CLEANING EMPLOYEE BY AN EMPLOYER.
   3. "RETAIL EMPLOYEE" SHALL MEAN ANY EMPLOYEE PRIMARILY ENGAGED IN  THE
 SALE  OF ITEMS AT A RETAIL STORE ENGAGED IN THE SALE OF ITEMS TO CONSUM-
 ERS.
   4. "FOOD SERVICE EMPLOYEE" SHALL MEAN ANY EMPLOYEE  PRIMARILY  ENGAGED
 IN  THE  SERVICE  OF FOOD OR BEVERAGE TO GUESTS, PATRONS OR CUSTOMERS IN
 THE HOTEL OR RESTAURANT INDUSTRY, INCLUDING BUT  NOT  LIMITED  TO,  WAIT
 STAFF,  BARTENDERS,  CAPTAINS  AND  BUSING  PERSONNEL; AND WHO REGULARLY
 RECEIVES TIPS FROM SUCH GUESTS, PATRONS OR CUSTOMERS.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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