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- Referred to labor
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Prohibits mandatory overtime for certain persons
In Assembly Committee · Governmental Employees · Sponsor Michael DenDekker
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Title of bill
An act to amend the labor law, in relation to prohibiting mandatory overtime for certain persons
Purpose
The purpose of the bill is to correct and define the Tier V and Tier VI pension provisions in relation to allowing employees the ability to refuse overtime if they have already reached their overtime ceiling cap without facing disciplinary actions or termination.
Summary of provisions
The labor law is amended by adding a new section 160-a that defines and corrects mandatory overtime for persons who have already reached their overtime ceiling cap.
Justification
Recent Tier V and Tier VI legislation capped new employees' pensionable overtime to fifteen thousand dollars or fifteen percent of a member's base salary depending on their position and current pension plan. The intent of these pension bills was to limit employees, who are in the final years of service to which their future pension benefits will be calculated, from excessively working overtime in order to achieve an inflated pension benefit when they retire. However, some employees do not volunteer to work overtime, they are mandated or forced to work overtime. In fact, some employees who refuse to work the mandated overtime can face termination or disciplinary action, This bill will correct this unintended injustice. Under this bill, no employer shall require, force or mandate an employee to work overtime or face any disciplinary action if the employee has reached his or her overtime ceiling as defined in subdivision twenty-four of section five hundred one of the retirement and social security law.
Legislative history
A new bill.
State and local fiscal implications
None.
Effective date
Immediately.
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