What's happening
This bill prohibits employers from requiring certain public employees to work mandatory overtime after reaching their overtime ceiling.
Why it matters
Protects certain new public employees from forced overtime. This bill targets employees who joined major New York public retirement systems after April 1, 2011, ensuring they cannot be compelled to work mandatory overtime after hitting their defined overtime limit.
Reduces risk of disciplinary action for refusing extra work. By prohibiting penalties for declining mandatory overtime past the overtime ceiling, the bill shields employees from the threat of discipline or termination related to overtime demands.
Potential impacts on workforce planning and service delivery. Agencies may need to adjust staffing or scheduling practices to comply, possibly affecting how public services are delivered during periods of high demand or staff shortages.
Addresses employee well-being and work-life balance. The measure may improve job satisfaction and retention by safeguarding employees’ ability to decline excess work, which could have positive effects on mental health, fatigue, and family time.
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Who cares
Employees in the New York State and Local Employees’ Retirement System
Those who first join on or after April 1, 2011, would be protected from mandatory overtime once they reach their statutory overtime ceiling.
Police and firefighters in the New York State and Local Police and Fire Retirement System
Those who first join on or after April 1, 2011, could refuse overtime beyond their statutory ceiling without facing discipline or termination.
Teachers in the New York State Teachers’ Retirement System
Those who first join on or after April 1, 2011, would receive the same protection against mandatory overtime after reaching their statutory ceiling.
Employers of covered retirement-system members
They would be barred from requiring covered employees who have reached their overtime ceiling to work beyond regularly established hours under threat of discipline or termination.
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End Forced Overtime
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History
- Referred to governmental employees
- Referred to governmental employees
Companion bill
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End Forced Overtime
In Senate Committee · Labor · Sponsor Leroy Comrie
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STATE OF NEW YORK
2668
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 20, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. DenDEKKER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Employees
AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to prohibiting mandatory overtime for certain persons
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. The labor law is amended by adding a new section 160-a to read as follows:
§ 160-a. Prohibition of mandatory overtime. 1. For purposes of this section, the term "mandatory overtime" shall mean the period of time an employee is required to work in excess of his or her regularly established hours of employment, and for which such employee faces disciplinary action or termination for his or her refusal to work in excess of such hours.
2. No employer shall require an employee, who first becomes a member of the New York state and local employees' retirement system, the New York state and local police and fire retirement system and the New York state teachers' retirement system on or after April first, two thousand eleven, to work mandatory overtime if such 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.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD00398-01-7
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