| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| Mar 17, 2025 |
referred to labor |
Senate Bill S6542
2025-2026 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) 42nd Senate District
Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Labor Committee
Actions
2025-S6542 (ACTIVE) - Details
2025-S6542 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S6542
SPONSOR: SKOUFIS
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the labor law, in relation to requiring farm worker meal
and lodging minimum wage credits are adjusted for cost of living
increases
PURPOSE:
To increase the farm worker meal and lodging minimum wage credit to
better reflect the rate of inflation.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1: Amends section 673 of the labor law to add a new subdivision
3, to add that specific items, including meals, lodging, and utilities,
may be considered part of the minimum wage rate if provided to an
employee. The department will update the allowance amounts based on the
cost of living adjustment calculator, with the first update published by
December 1, 2025, and every five years thereafter. These updated amounts
2025-S6542 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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6542
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
March 17, 2025
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Introduced by Sen. SKOUFIS -- 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 requiring farm worker meal
and lodging minimum wage credits are adjusted for cost of living
increases
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 673 of the labor law is amended by adding a new
subdivision 3 to read as follows:
3. MEALS, LODGING AND UTILITIES ALLOWANCES. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER
PROVISION OF LAW OR REGULATION TO THE CONTRARY, THE FOLLOWING ITEMS AND
THEIR RESPECTIVE VALUES MAY BE CONSIDERED PART OF THE MINIMUM WAGE RATE,
IF ANY OF THE FOLLOWING ITEMS ARE PROVIDED TO THE EMPLOYEE: MEALS;
LODGING; AND UTILITIES. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL PUBLISH UPDATED ALLOWANCE
AMOUNTS ADJUSTED TO REFLECT AN INCREASE IN THE RATE OF COST OF LIVING,
AS DETERMINED BY THE COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT CALCULATOR, ON OR BEFORE
DECEMBER FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE, AND EVERY FIVE YEARS THEREAFT-
ER, AND SUCH UPDATED ALLOWANCE AMOUNTS SHALL TAKE EFFECT ON JANUARY
FIRST NEXT SUCCEEDING SUCH PUBLICATION.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD00045-02-5
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