Assembly Bill A766

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to securing payment of wages for work already performed; creates an employee lien

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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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2021-A766 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2762
Current Committee:
Senate Judiciary
Law Section:
Lien Law
Laws Affected:
Amd Lien L, generally; amd §§199-a & 663, Lab L; amd §§6201, 6210 & 6211, R6212, CPLR; amd §§624 & 630, BC L; amd §§609 & 1102, Lim Lil L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A9008, S7256
2023-2024: A46, S1977

2021-A766 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to securing payment of wages for work already performed; creates a lien remedy for all employees; provides grounds for attachment; relates to procedures where employees may hold shareholders of non-publicly traded corporations personally liable for wage theft

2021-A766 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    766
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 6, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. L. ROSENTHAL, AUBRY, GOTTFRIED, TAYLOR, SAYEGH,
   SIMON, COLTON, REYES -- read once and referred  to  the  Committee  on
   Judiciary
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the lien law, in relation to employee liens; to amend
   the labor law, in relation to employee complaints; to amend the  civil
   practice  law  and  rules,  in  relation to grounds for attachment; to
   amend the business corporation law, in relation to streamlining proce-
   dures where employees may hold  shareholders  of  non-publicly  traded
   corporations personally liable for wage theft; and to amend the limit-
   ed  liability company law, in relation to creating a right for victims
   of wage theft to hold the  ten  members  with  the  largest  ownership
   interests in a company personally liable for wage theft
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 2 of the lien law is amended by  adding  three  new
 subdivisions 21, 22 and 23 to read as follows:
   21.  EMPLOYEE.  THE  TERM "EMPLOYEE", WHEN USED IN THIS CHAPTER, SHALL
 HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS "EMPLOYEE" PURSUANT TO ARTICLES ONE, SIX, NINE-
 TEEN AND NINETEEN-A OF THE LABOR LAW, AS APPLICABLE, OR THE  FAIR  LABOR
 STANDARDS ACT, 29 U.S.C. § 201 ET. SEQ., AS APPLICABLE.
   22.  EMPLOYER.  THE  TERM "EMPLOYER", WHEN USED IN THIS CHAPTER, SHALL
 HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS "EMPLOYER" PURSUANT TO ARTICLES ONE, SIX, NINE-
 TEEN AND NINETEEN-A OF THE LABOR LAW, AS APPLICABLE, OR THE  FAIR  LABOR
 STANDARDS  ACT, 29 U.S.C. § 201 ET. SEQ., AS APPLICABLE, EXCEPT THAT THE
 TERM "EMPLOYER" SHALL NOT INCLUDE A GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY.
   23. WAGE CLAIM. THE TERM "WAGE CLAIM",  WHEN  USED  IN  THIS  CHAPTER,
 MEANS  A CLAIM THAT AN EMPLOYEE HAS SUFFERED A VIOLATION OF SECTIONS ONE
 HUNDRED SEVENTY, ONE HUNDRED NINETY-THREE, ONE HUNDRED NINETY-SIX-D, SIX
 HUNDRED FIFTY-TWO OR SIX HUNDRED SEVENTY-THREE OF THE LABOR LAW  OR  THE
 RELATED  REGULATIONS  AND WAGE ORDERS PROMULGATED BY THE COMMISSIONER, A
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

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