Senate Bill S5958

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Expands the period of time for taking the noon day meal for employees in restaurants and other food service establishments

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Labor Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2013-S5958 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Labor
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §162, Lab L

2013-S5958 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Expands the period of time for taking the noon day meal for employees in restaurants and other food service establishments.

2013-S5958 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2013-S5958 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  5958

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            October 16, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced by Sen. MARCHIONE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

AN  ACT  to  amend the labor law, in relation to expanding the period of
  time for taking the noon day meal for  employees  in  restaurants  and
  other food service establishments

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

  Section 1. Section 162 of the labor law is amended  by  adding  a  new
subdivision 2-a to read as follows:
  2-A.  FOR  EVERY PERSON EMPLOYED IN OR BY A RESTAURANT OR FOOD SERVICE
ESTABLISHMENT SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS CHAPTER,  THE  NOON  DAY
MEAL  PERIOD  IS RECOGNIZED AS EXTENDING FROM TEN O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING
UNTIL THREE O'CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON. AN EMPLOYEE IN SUCH  ESTABLISHMENT
WHO WORKS A SHIFT OF MORE THAN SIX HOURS WHICH EXTENDS OVER THE NOON DAY
MEAL PERIOD IS ENTITLED TO AT LEAST THIRTY MINUTES OFF WITHIN THAT PERI-
OD FOR THE MEAL PERIOD.
  NOTWITHSTANDING  THE  PROVISIONS  OF THIS SUBDIVISION TO THE CONTRARY,
THE NOON DAY MEAL PERIOD  MAY  BE  ESTABLISHED  THROUGH  THE  COLLECTIVE
BARGAINING PROCESS.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11939-01-3

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