Assembly Bill A7874

                             
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                                   7874
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 11, 2025
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 Introduced  by  M. of A. RAGA -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Labor
 
 AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to the number of hours  which
   constitute a work week
 
   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, FOR ALL  EMPLOYEES  THIRTY-EIGHT
 HOURS SHALL CONSTITUTE A LEGAL WEEK'S WORK.
   2. WHERE AN EMPLOYEE WORKS MORE THAN:
   (A)  EIGHT  HOURS IN A SINGLE WORKDAY, THEY SHALL RECEIVE COMPENSATION
 FOR OVERTIME WORK AT A RATE WHICH IS AT LEAST ONE AND ONE-HALF TIMES THE
 EMPLOYEE'S NORMAL WAGE RATE.
   (B) TWELVE HOURS IN A SINGLE WORKDAY, THEY SHALL RECEIVE  COMPENSATION
 FOR  OVERTIME  WORK BEYOND TWELVE HOURS FOR SUCH WORKDAY AT A RATE WHICH
 IS AT LEAST TWO TIMES THE EMPLOYEE'S NORMAL WAGE RATE.
   § 2. Subdivision 1 of section 160-a of the  labor  law,  as  added  by
 section one of this act, is amended to read as follows:
   1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, for all
 employees  [thirty-eight]  THIRTY-SIX  hours  shall  constitute  a legal
 week's work.
   § 3. Subdivision 1 of section 160-a of the labor law,  as  amended  by
 section two of this act, is amended to read as follows:
   1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, for all
 employees [thirty-six] THIRTY-FOUR hours shall constitute a legal week's
 work.
   §  4.  Subdivision  1 of section 160-a of the labor law, as amended by
 section three of this act, is amended to read as follows:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, for all
 employees [thirty-four] THIRTY-TWO hours shall constitute a legal week's
 work.
   §  5.  This  act  shall  take  effect  immediately; provided, however,
 section one of this act shall take effect on the one  hundred  eightieth
 day after it shall have become a law; provided further, however, section
 two  of this act shall take effect one year after it shall have become a
 law; provided further, however, section three of  this  act  shall  take
 effect two years after it shall have become a law; and provided further,
 however, section four of this act shall take effect three years after it
 shall have become a law.