Senate Bill S6049

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to eliminating the wage board; repealer

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  • 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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2015-S6049 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8553
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Rpld §651 sub 3, §§655 & 656, amd §§652 - 654, 657 - 659, Lab L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S4160, A6115
2019-2020: S4010, A4576
2021-2022: S1948

2015-S6049 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to eliminating the wage board; removes any reference in article 19 of the labor law to the wage board.

2015-S6049 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S6049 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  6049

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                           September 11, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  DeFRANCISCO -- 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  eliminating  the  wage
  board; and to repeal subdivision 3 of section 651 and sections 655 and
  656 of such law relating thereto

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 651 and sections 655  and  656  of
the labor law are REPEALED.
  S 2. Subdivisions 2 and 6 of section 652 of the labor law, subdivision
2  as  amended  by  chapter  38 of the laws of 1990 and subdivision 6 as
added by section 1 of part P of chapter 57 of  the  laws  of  2013,  are
amended to read as follows:
  2.  Existing  wage  orders.  The  minimum wage orders in effect on the
effective date of this act shall remain in full force and effect, except
as modified in accordance with the provisions of this article.
  Such minimum wage orders shall be  modified  by  the  commissioner  to
increase  all  monetary amounts specified therein in the same proportion
as the increase in the hourly minimum wage as  provided  in  subdivision
one  of  this  section,  including the amounts specified in such minimum
wage orders as allowances for gratuities,  and  when  furnished  by  the
employer  to  its  employees, for meals, lodging, apparel and other such
items, services and facilities. All amounts so modified shall be rounded
off to the nearest five cents. The modified orders shall be  promulgated
by  the commissioner without a public hearing[, and without reference to
a wage board,] and shall become effective on the effective date of  such
increases  in  the  minimum  wage  except  as otherwise provided in this
subdivision, notwithstanding any other provision of this article.
  6. Notwithstanding subdivision two of this  section  [and  subdivision
two  of section six hundred fifty-three of this article], a modification
in the hourly cash wage or meal and lodging credits as applied  to  food

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11863-01-5
              

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