What's happening
This bill requires large employers to provide minimum pay for employees called in or contacted for short or canceled shifts.
Why it matters
Protects workers from unpredictable scheduling and lost wages. By requiring large employers to pay employees for a minimum number of hours—even if shifts are cut short or canceled at the last minute—this bill addresses the instability many low-wage workers face, helping them better plan their finances.
Targets national chains and large businesses. The law only applies to employers with 30 or more establishments nationwide, focusing its impact on larger companies that often rely on flexible, on-call scheduling practices, rather than small, local businesses.
Limits exceptions and clarifies coverage. The bill carves out an exception for most hospitality employers unless they are also covered by fast food wage orders, refining which businesses must comply and reducing overlap or confusion with existing wage regulations.
Streamlines implementation and enforcement. By allowing the Commissioner of Labor to enact necessary regulatory changes without a public hearing or wage board, the bill aims to ensure prompt and efficient rollout, minimizing delays in protections for affected workers.
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Who cares
Employees at employers operating 30 or more establishments nationwide
Covered workers would receive minimum-wage pay for at least four hours when sent home early, with a shorter guarantee for regularly scheduled shifts under four hours, and for qualifying on-call days.
Employers operating 30 or more establishments nationwide
Covered employers would owe at least four hours of minimum-wage pay when workers must call or await contact less than 24 hours before a potential shift to learn whether to report.
Hospitality and fast-food employers
Employers subject to the Hospitality Industry Wage Order would be exempt unless they are also subject to a Fast Food Wage Order.
New York State Department of Labor
The labor commissioner would have to modify the reporting-pay regulation through a wage order without a public hearing or referral to a wage board.
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Guarantee Stable Work Schedules
Plain English, a few words. Used as the page title.
Sponsors
Assembly Member · Assembly District 25
25 Co-sponsors
- Carmen E. Arroyo
- Michael Blake
- Michael Benedetto
- Edward Braunstein
- William Colton
- Marcos Crespo
- Patricia Fahy
- Richard Gottfried
- Earlene Hooper
- Alicia Hyndman
- Donna Lupardo
- Shelley Mayer
- Michael G. Miller
- Victor M. Pichardo
- Phil Steck
- Luis R. Sepúlveda
- Jo Anne Simon
- Albert A. Stirpe
- Latrice Walker
- Kenneth Zebrowski
- Anthony D'Urso
- Harry B. Bronson
- Aravella Simotas
- Carmen De La Rosa
- Monica P. Wallace
History
- Referred to labor
- Referred to labor
Companion bill
The same bill in the other chamber. A bill becomes law when one version passes both houses and the governor signs it, so either number can carry it.
Guarantee Stable Work Schedules
In Senate Committee · Labor · Sponsor Brad Hoylman-Sigal
Full text
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STATE OF NEW YORK
1518
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 12, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. ROZIC, ARROYO, BLAKE, BENEDETTO, BRAUNSTEIN, COLTON, CRESPO, FAHY, GOTTFRIED, HOOPER, HYNDMAN, LUPARDO, MAYER, M. G. MILLER, PICHARDO, STECK, SEPULVEDA, SIMON, STIRPE, WALKER, ZEBROWSKI -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ENGLEBRIGHT, GALEF, GLICK, MOSLEY, RODRIGUEZ, SEAWRIGHT, SOLAGES -- read once and referred to the Committee on Labor
AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to providing more predictable and stable schedules for employees in low-wage occupations
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Section 652 of the labor law is amended by adding a new subdivision 7 to read as follows:
7. An employer who operates thirty or more establishments nationwide shall pay an employee:
(a) For at least four hours at the basic minimum hourly wage for each day on which the employee reports for work under specific instructions but is given less than four hours of work, except that if the employee's regularly scheduled shift is less than four hours, such employee shall be paid for the employee's regularly scheduled hours for that day if given less than the regularly scheduled hours of work; and
(b) For at least four hours at the basic minimum hourly wage for each day the employee is given specific instructions to contact the employee's employer, or wait to be contacted by the employer, less than twenty-four hours in advance of the start of the potential work shift to determine whether the employee must report to work for such shift.
(c) Nothing in this subdivision shall apply to any employer who is subject to a Hospitality Industry Wage Order promulgated by the department, unless the employer is also subject to a Fast Food Wage Order promulgated by the department, as such terms are defined by 18 NYCRR Part 146.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD00515-01-7
A. 1518 2
§ 2. Notwithstanding subdivision 7 of section 652 of the labor law, a modification of part 142-2.3 of title 12 of the New York state codes, rules and regulations based on subdivision 7 of such section shall be made by wage order promulgated by the commissioner of labor without a public hearing, and without reference to a wage board, and shall become effective sixty days after the effective date of such subdivision.
§ 3. If any provision of article 19 of the labor law or the application thereof to any person, employer, occupation or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the article and the application of such provision to other persons, employees, occupations, or circumstances shall not be affected thereby.
§ 4. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after it shall have become a law.
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