What's happening
This bill prohibits direct-care workers from working more than one double shift in any 48-hour period.
Why it matters
Aims to protect the health and well-being of direct-care workers. by limiting the number of extended shifts they can work, potentially reducing fatigue, stress, and the risk of workplace errors or injuries.
Could improve quality of care for patients. well-rested caregivers are more likely to provide attentive, effective, and safe care, which is crucial in direct-care settings.
May impact staffing and scheduling practices. for employers, requiring adjustments to ensure compliance and possibly leading to increased hiring or shift redistribution to cover necessary hours without overworking existing staff.
Specifically excludes nurses and certain licensed professionals. from the restriction, targeting protections to a traditionally less-regulated segment of the healthcare workforce whose labor conditions may be more precarious.
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Limit Double Shifts for Caregivers
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STATE OF NEW YORK
3170
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 27, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. ORTIZ -- read once and referred to the Committee on Labor
AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to prohibiting direct-care workers from working two double shifts within any two day period
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 171 to read as follows:
§ 171. Double shifts for direct-care workers. 1. For the purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
a. "direct-care worker" shall mean any employee who is not a nurse or other person licensed, certified or registered under title eight of the education law whose principal responsibility is to carry out direct patient care for one or more patients or provide direct assistance in the delivery of patient care.
b. "double shift" shall mean a work day comprised of twice the length of a normal working period.
2. No direct-care worker shall be permitted to work more than one double shift in any forty-eight hour period.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD08204-01-7
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