Senate Bill S851

Signed By Governor
2023-2024 Legislative Session

Establishes the warehouse worker protection act

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Current Bill Status Via A1000 - Signed by Governor


  • 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-S851 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A1000
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§218, 780, 781 & 784 - 787, Lab L; amd §5, Chap of 2022 (as proposed in S.8922-A & A.10020-A)

2023-S851 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Makes clarifications to the provisions of the warehouse worker protection act.

2023-S851 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S851 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    851
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 6, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  RAMOS  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to establishing the warehouse
   worker protection act; and to amend a chapter  of  the  laws  of  2022
   amending  the  labor law relating to establishing the warehouse worker
   protection act, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 8922-A and
   A.  10020-A, in relation to the effectiveness thereof
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Sections 780, 781, 784, 785, 786 and 787 of the labor law,
 as added by a chapter of the laws of 2022 amending the labor law  relat-
 ing  to establishing the warehouse worker protection act, as proposed in
 legislative bills numbers S. 8922-A and A. 10020-A, are amended to  read
 as follows:
   § 780. Definitions. As used in this article:
   1.  "Defined  time period" means any unit of time measurement equal to
 or less than the duration of an employee's shift,  and  includes  hours,
 minutes, and seconds and any fraction thereof.
   2.  ["Designated employee representative" means any employee represen-
 tative, including but not limited to an  authorized  employee  represen-
 tative that has a collective bargaining relationship with the employer.
   3.]  "Employee" means [a nonexempt and non-administrative] AN employee
 WHO IS NOT EXEMPT FROM THE MINIMUM WAGE AND  ANY  OVERTIME  COMPENSATION
 PROVISIONS  OF  THIS  CHAPTER AND ANY APPLICABLE MINIMUM WAGE ORDERS AND
 who works at a warehouse distribution center and is subject to  a  quota
 as  defined in this section; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT "EMPLOYEE" DOES NOT
 INCLUDE A DRIVER OR COURIER TO OR FROM A WAREHOUSE DISTRIBUTION CENTER.
   [4.] 3. (a) "Employee work speed data" means information  an  employer
 collects,  stores,  analyzes,  or  interprets  relating to an individual
 employee's performance of a quota, including, but not limited to,  quan-
 tities  of  tasks performed, quantities of items or materials handled or
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04025-01-3
              

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