S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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4337
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
February 3, 2021
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Introduced by Sen. RAMOS -- 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 including au pair workers
under the definition of domestic worker
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 16 of section 2 of the labor law, as added by
chapter 481 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
16. "Domestic worker" shall mean a person employed in a home or resi-
dence for the purpose of caring for a child, serving as a companion for
a sick, convalescing or elderly person, housekeeping, or for any other
domestic service purpose, INCLUDING ANY INDIVIDUAL PARTICIPATING IN AN
AU PAIR PROGRAM SUBJECT TO REGULATIONS UNDER UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF
STATE'S EXCHANGE VISITOR PROGRAM, 22 C.F.R. 62.31. "Domestic worker"
does not include any individual (a) working on a casual basis, (b) who
is engaged in providing companionship services, as defined in paragraph
fifteen of subdivision (a) of section 213 of the fair labor standards
act of 1938, and who is employed by an employer or agency other than the
family or household using his or her services, or (c) who is a relative
through blood, marriage or adoption of: (1) the employer; or (2) the
person for whom the worker is delivering services under a program funded
or administered by federal, state or local government.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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