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Senate Bill S6108

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Includes public employment in wage payment provisions

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2025-S6108 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Labor
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §190, Lab L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: S7895
2015-2016: S1774
2017-2018: S3119
2019-2020: S5087
2021-2022: S5640
2023-2024: S7192

2025-S6108 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Includes public employment within the definition of "employer" for purposes of wage payment provisions.

2025-S6108 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S6108 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6108
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               March 5, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens. PARKER, KRUEGER -- 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 including  public  employ-
   ment in wage payment provisions
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 190 of the labor law,  as  amended
 by chapter 281 of the laws of 2002, is amended to read as follows:
   3.  "Employer"  includes  any  person,  corporation, limited liability
 company, or association employing  any  individual  in  any  occupation,
 industry,  trade,  business  or service. The term "employer" shall [not]
 include  [a  governmental  agency]  COUNTIES,  TOWNS,  VILLAGES,  SCHOOL
 DISTRICTS, AND ANY OTHER MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS OR PUBLIC AUTHORITIES.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10569-01-5

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