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Assembly Bill A10009

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Reduces the number of hours in a work week to thirty-two for employers with at least five hundred employees

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2021-A10009 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Labor
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Add §160-a, Lab L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2023-2024: A1241
2025-2026: A4629

2021-A10009 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Reduces the number of hours in a work week to thirty-two for employers with at least five hundred employees who are not part of a collective bargaining agreement.

2021-A10009 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10009
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 29, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. BURGOS -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Labor
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the labor law, in relation to reducing the number of
   hours in a work week to thirty-two for employers with  at  least  five
   hundred employees
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. The labor law is amended by adding a new section  160-a  to
 read as follows:
   §  160-A.  HOURS  TO CONSTITUTE A WEEK'S WORK.  1. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY
 OTHER PROVISION OF LAW TO  THE  CONTRARY,  A  LEGAL  WEEK'S  WORK  SHALL
 CONSIST  OF THIRTY-TWO HOURS FOR ANY EMPLOYER WITH AT LEAST FIVE HUNDRED
 EMPLOYEES WHO ARE NOT PART OF A COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT.
   2. NO EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION SHALL BE REDUCED DUE TO THE  REDUCTION  IN
 HOURS CONSIDERED A LEGAL WEEK'S WORK UNDER THIS SECTION.
   3.  THIS  SECTION  SHALL  NOT  PREVENT AN AGREEMENT FOR OVERWORK AT AN
 INCREASED COMPENSATION OF AT LEAST ONE  HUNDRED  FIFTY  PERCENT  OF  THE
 EMPLOYEE'S BASE COMPENSATION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect January 1, 2024.
 
 
 
 
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15427-01-2

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