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Assembly Bill A9608

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Limits the number of consecutive hours worked by certain employees of N.Y. city

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2025-A9608 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Labor
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Add §168-a, Lab L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A7763
2023-2024: A2409

2025-A9608 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Limits the number of consecutive hours worked by certain employees of cities of one million or more; provides that employees of cities of one million or more who are subject to a collective bargaining agreement shall not work more than 17 consecutive hours in a work day.

2025-A9608 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9608
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 21, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. PHEFFER AMATO -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Labor
 
 AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to  limiting  the  number  of
   consecutive hours worked by certain employees of cities 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. The labor law is amended by adding a new section  168-a  to
 read as follows:
   § 168-A. HOURS OF LABOR OF EMPLOYEES OF CITIES OF ONE MILLION OR MORE.
 1.  THIS  SECTION  SHALL  APPLY TO ALL EMPLOYEES SUBJECT TO A COLLECTIVE
 BARGAINING AGREEMENT OF CITIES OF ONE MILLION OR MORE.
   2. NO PERSON TO WHOM THIS SECTION IS APPLICABLE SHALL BE  REQUIRED  TO
 WORK  IN  EXCESS  OF  SEVENTEEN  HOURS  IN ANY GIVEN WORK DAY, EXCEPT AS
 PROVIDED IN AN APPLICABLE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04610-01-5

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