Includes certified nursing assistants in provisions of law relating to restrictions on consecutive hours of work. / Sponsor: MAZIARZ Committee:

Excludes certain seasonal fair workers from the definition of employee for purposes of the minimum wage act. / Sponsor: MAZIARZ Committee:

Authorizes employers to make deductions from an employee's wages if such deduction is authorized by the employee and is for the convenience of the employee. / Sponsor: YOUNG Committee:

Relates to the powers of the public employment relations board to investigate unfair labor practices. / Sponsor: GOLDEN Committee:

Relates to labor performed under certain public work contracts; defines "job order contract" as certain competitive bid, indefinite quantity, fixed price, multi-task contracts; provides that such contracts shall have a defined scope of work and detailed description of such work; provides that such information shall be filed with the fiscal officer before soliciting for bids; provides that the cost of a job order contract may not exceed $500,000. / Sponsor: BONACIC Committee:

Relates to reciprocity of debarments imposed under the federal Davis-Bacon Act; provides that any contractor who has been debarred from federal job sites for having disregarded obligations to employees under the Davis-Bacon Act shall also be debarred under the labor law from bidding on or being awarded similar contracts on public work job sites sponsored by the state or any of its political subdivisions; provides that the contractor may appeal such a determination to the department of labor; provides that whether or not a contractor is debarred under the Davis-Bacon Act will be considered in the selection of a lowest responsible bidder. / Sponsor: SAVINO Committee:

Makes permanent certain provisions relating to contracts for public work and building service work. / Sponsor: GOLDEN Committee:

Requires the licensing of persons engaged in the design, construction, operation, inspection, maintenance, alteration and repair of elevators and other automatic people moving devices and creates the New York state elevator safety and standards board. / Sponsor: BONACIC Committee:

Increases civil and criminal penalties for failure to pay wages or to differentiate the rate of pay based on sex; directs the commissioner of labor to study and report upon wage differential among men and women, and between minorities and non-minorities. / Sponsor: LITTLE Committee:

Relates to subpoenas in proceedings before the public employment relations board; relates to exclusions from article 23 of the civil practice law and rules. / Sponsor: ROBACH Committee:

Extends the provisions of chapter 831 of the laws of 1981, amending the labor law relating to fees and expenses in unemployment insurance proceedings. / Sponsor: ROBACH Committee: