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A2617Assembly2017-2018 Session

Pay Split Shift Downtime

Official title

“Relates to split shifts and minimum wage”

Sponsor Phil SteckAD-110Affects Economy
Status
In Assembly Committee
Labor
Impact
6/10
Moderate
Passage
0%

Bill progress

Step 2 of 7

In committee · Labor

What's happening

This bill requires employers to pay minimum wage for any split shift break time exceeding one hour, counting it as hours worked.

Why it matters

  1. Ensures that employees aren’t financially penalized for long, unpaid breaks between shifts. , which can otherwise prevent them from taking other jobs or personal time during those gaps.

  2. Discourages employers from scheduling excessively long split shift breaks. (over one hour), since they would have to pay workers for that additional time, potentially leading to more predictable and compact work schedules.

  3. Recognizes extended split shift breaks as “hours worked”. for the purpose of minimum wage calculation, which could increase take-home pay for low-wage and part-time workers who are often subject to such scheduling practices.

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Pay Split Shift Downtime

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Sponsors

Primary sponsor
Phil Steck

Assembly Member · Assembly District 110

Chair, Alcoholism and Drug Abuse

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History

  1. Referred to labor
  2. Referred to labor

Full text

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STATE OF NEW YORK

2617

2017-2018 Regular Sessions

IN ASSEMBLY

January 20, 2017

Introduced by M. of A. STECK -- read once and referred to the Committee on Labor

AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to split shifts and minimum wage

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. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, minimum wage shall be paid for all time in excess of one hour in which an employee is not at work during a split shift and such time shall be considered an hour worked by said employee.

§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

[ ] is old law to be omitted.

LBD07659-01-7

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