Assembly Bill A3109A

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Clarifies methods for the payment of wages and authorizes the payment of wages by use of payroll cards

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  • Delivered to Governor
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2015-A3109 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2590
Current Committee:
Assembly Labor
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §192, add §192-a, Lab L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S6288
2013-2014: A6419, S4392
2017-2018: A6771, S5208
2019-2020: S832
2021-2022: S1697
2023-2024: S37

2015-A3109 - Summary

Clarifies methods for the payment of wages and authorizes the payment of wages by use of payroll cards.

2015-A3109 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  3109

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 22, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  MORELLE,  STIRPE, HEVESI, ZEBROWSKI, MOSLEY,
  SKOUFIS, FAHY -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. SEPULVEDA -- read once
  and referred to the Committee on Labor

AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to clarifying methods for the
  payment of wages and authorizing  the  payment  of  wages  by  use  of
  payroll cards

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. The section heading of section 192 of  the  labor  law,  as
amended  by  chapter  301  of  the  laws  of 1974, is amended to read as
follows:
  [Cash payment] PAYMENT of wages.
  S 2. Subdivision 1 of section 192 of the labor law, as added by  chap-
ter 475 of the laws of 1981 and as renumbered by chapter 170 of the laws
of 1994, is amended to read as follows:
  1.  [No  employer  shall  without  the  advance written consent of any
employee directly pay or deposit the net wage or salary of such employee
in a bank or other financial institution.] WAGES SHALL BE PAID USING ONE
OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING METHODS:
  A. IN LAWFUL MONEY OF THE UNITED STATES;
  B. BY CHECK PAYABLE AT FACE VALUE UPON DEMAND IN LAWFUL MONEY  OF  THE
UNITED STATES;
  C. BY ELECTRONIC AUTOMATED FUND TRANSFER IN LAWFUL MONEY OF THE UNITED
STATES INTO AN ACCOUNT IN THE NAME OF THE EMPLOYEE AT A FINANCIAL INSTI-
TUTION  DESIGNATED BY THE EMPLOYEE; PROVIDED THAT THE EMPLOYEE VOLUNTAR-
ILY GIVES WRITTEN OR ELECTRONIC AUTHORIZATION IN ADVANCE TO RECEIVE  HIS
OR HER WAGES IN THIS MANNER; OR
  D.  BY CREDIT TO A PAYROLL CARD IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION ONE HUNDRED
NINETY-TWO-A OF THIS ARTICLE, PROVIDED  THAT  THE  EMPLOYEE  VOLUNTARILY
GIVES  WRITTEN  OR ELECTRONIC AUTHORIZATION IN ADVANCE TO RECEIVE HIS OR
HER WAGES IN THIS MANNER.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD04674-01-5
              

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2015-A3109A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2590
Current Committee:
Assembly Labor
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §192, add §192-a, Lab L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S6288
2013-2014: A6419, S4392
2017-2018: A6771, S5208
2019-2020: S832
2021-2022: S1697
2023-2024: S37

2015-A3109A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Clarifies methods for the payment of wages and authorizes the payment of wages by use of payroll cards.

2015-A3109A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                 3109--A

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 22, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  MORELLE,  STIRPE, HEVESI, ZEBROWSKI, MOSLEY,
  SKOUFIS, FAHY, CUSICK, ABINANTI, ORTIZ -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.  of
  A.  BRABENEC,  SEPULVEDA -- read once and referred to the Committee on
  Labor -- committee discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered  reprinted  as
  amended and recommitted to said committee

AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to clarifying methods for the
  payment  of  wages  and  authorizing  the  payment  of wages by use of
  payroll cards

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  The  section  heading of section 192 of the labor law, as
amended by chapter 301 of the laws  of  1974,  is  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  [Cash payment] PAYMENT of wages.
  S  2. Subdivision 1 of section 192 of the labor law, as added by chap-
ter 475 of the laws of 1981 and as renumbered by chapter 170 of the laws
of 1994, is amended to read as follows:
  1. [No employer shall without  the  advance  written  consent  of  any
employee directly pay or deposit the net wage or salary of such employee
in a bank or other financial institution.] WAGES SHALL BE PAID USING ONE
OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING METHODS:
  A. IN LAWFUL MONEY OF THE UNITED STATES;
  B.  BY  CHECK PAYABLE AT FACE VALUE UPON DEMAND IN LAWFUL MONEY OF THE
UNITED STATES;
  C. BY ELECTRONIC AUTOMATED FUND TRANSFER IN LAWFUL MONEY OF THE UNITED
STATES INTO AN ACCOUNT IN THE NAME OF THE EMPLOYEE AT A FINANCIAL INSTI-
TUTION DESIGNATED BY THE EMPLOYEE; PROVIDED THAT THE EMPLOYEE  VOLUNTAR-
ILY  GIVES WRITTEN OR ELECTRONIC AUTHORIZATION IN ADVANCE TO RECEIVE HIS
OR HER WAGES IN THIS MANNER; OR
  D. BY CREDIT TO A PAYROLL CARD ACCOUNT IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION  ONE
HUNDRED  NINETY-TWO-A OF THIS ARTICLE, PROVIDED THAT THE EMPLOYEE VOLUN-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD04674-05-5
              

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