Senate Bill S7976

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Authorizes the comptroller of the city of New York to enforce and investigate certain violations of the state minimum wage

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Current 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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2023-S7976 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8577
Current Committee:
Senate Labor
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Add §219-b, Lab L

2023-S7976 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the comptroller of the city of New York to enforce and investigate certain violations of the state minimum wage.

2023-S7976 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S7976 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7976
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 4, 2024
                                ___________
 
 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  local  enforcement  of
   violations  of  the  state minimum wage in a city with a population of
   one million or more
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "protection
 and oversight of worker enforcement rights (POWER) act".
   § 2. The labor law is amended by adding a new section 219-b to read as
 follows:
   §  219-B.  LOCAL  ENFORCEMENT  AUTHORITY.  1. AS USED IN THIS SECTION,
 "FISCAL OFFICER" MEANS THE COMPTROLLER OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK.
   2. THE FISCAL OFFICER MAY ENFORCE AND INVESTIGATE  VIOLATIONS  OF  THE
 STATE  MINIMUM  WAGE,  AND  THE  FOLLOWING  PROVISIONS OF THE LABOR LAW:
 SUBDIVISION NINE OF SECTION TWENTY-SEVEN-D OF THIS CHAPTER AND  SUBDIVI-
 SION  ONE  OF  SECTION TWO HUNDRED FIFTEEN OF THIS ARTICLE; SECTIONS ONE
 HUNDRED SIXTY-SEVEN, ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY, ONE HUNDRED NINETY-ONE THROUGH
 ONE HUNDRED NINETY-THREE, ONE HUNDRED NINETY-SIX-D, ONE HUNDRED  NINETY-
 EIGHT-B,  AND  ONE  HUNDRED NINETY-EIGHT-E OF THIS CHAPTER; SECTIONS TWO
 HUNDRED EIGHTEEN, TWO HUNDRED NINETEEN, AND TWO  HUNDRED  NINETEEN-C  OF
 THIS  ARTICLE;  ARTICLES  NINETEEN,  NINETEEN-D, TWENTY-C, TWENTY-ONE-A,
 TWENTY-FIVE-B AND TWENTY-FIVE-C OF THIS CHAPTER; AND ANY REGULATIONS AND
 WAGE ORDERS PROMULGATED IN IMPLEMENTING SUCH ARTICLES OR PROVISIONS. THE
 FISCAL OFFICER SHALL FURTHER BE AUTHORIZED TO  ENFORCE  AND  INVESTIGATE
 VIOLATIONS  OF  ANY  OTHER LOCAL LAW, ORDINANCE, OR REGULATION REQUIRING
 PAYMENT OF A MINIMUM WAGE OR COMPENSATION, OR ESTABLISHING A LABOR STAN-
 DARD  FOR  WORK  PERFORMED  WITHIN  THE  CITY'S  GEOGRAPHIC  BOUNDARIES;
 PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THE FISCAL OFFICER SHALL NOT ENFORCE THOSE LOCAL
 LABOR  STANDARDS THAT THE COMMISSIONER OF CONSUMER AND WORKER PROTECTION
 OF SUCH CITY OR ANY SUCCESSOR TO SUCH OFFICE IS CHARGED WITH  ENFORCING,
 UNLESS  SUCH ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY IS OTHERWISE PROVIDED BY LOCAL LAW OR
 THE LABOR STANDARD RELATES TO THE  REGULATION  OF  FINANCIALLY  ASSISTED
 WORKPLACES  OR THE PROCUREMENT OF GOODS, SERVICES OR OFFICE SPACE BY THE
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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