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Directs the commissioner of labor to calculate proper payment of supplements by an annualization methodology
In Assembly Committee · Labor · Sponsor Brian Kolb
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Title of bill
An act to amend the labor law, in relation to directing the commissioner of labor to calculate proper payment of supplements by an annualization methodology
Purpose
Directs the Commissioner of Labor to direct that the proper payment of supplements shall be calculated by employing the annualization methodology utilized by the U.S. Department of Labor in such calculations under the Davis Bacon Act.
Summary of provisions
The bill adds a new subdivision 3-f to Section 220 of the Labor Law, dealing with contracts involving public work, to prevent employers from using public work as a disproportionate or exclusive source of funding for benefits that are in fact continuous in nature and are part of the regular compensation for all employee work whether public or private, the Commissioner shall direct that the proper payment of supplements be calculated using an annualization methodology. In order to protect workers and ensure consistency of application, the Commissioner shall employ the annualization methodology utilized by the U.S. Department of Labor in calculations under the Davis Bacon Act of 1931 40 USE 276 ET SEQ .ct.
Justification
The annualization method currently utilized by the Commissioner of Labor for calculating supplemental benefits which contractors are required to provide employees who work on private and public work projects forces contractors to either switch from providing employees with supplemental benefits (health insurance, pension, etc.) to cash payments of supplemental benefits or to pay workers at a higher overall supplement rate which includes time spent on private projects. In essence, the methodology currently utilized by the Commissioner extends the reach of the public work law to partially cover private work as well. The rate for supplements on private work projects should be determined through forces of the free market economy, rather than the rates required for public work projects. The methodology prescribed by the Commissioner of Labor frustrates the purpose of the prevailing wage law by extending it beyond public work. The federal methodology for annualization of benefits under the Davis Bacon Act is fair and does not penalize employers for doing both public and private work. As such, this legislation would make it clear that the method utilized by the federal government under the Davis Bacon Act is the method that should also be applied in this State.
Legislative history
S.5912/A.5704 - 2007-08
Fiscal implications
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Effective date
This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after it shall have become a law.
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