What's happening
This bill requires New York employers to pay most employees extra holiday premium pay for working on certain federal holidays.
Why it matters
Expands employee compensation. The bill ensures that most hourly and non-exempt employees will receive extra pay (1.5x their regular rate) for working on major federal holidays, which could make holiday work more attractive and better compensate those who give up their time off.
Excludes high-earning and managerial staff. Employees in executive, administrative, or professional roles earning over $900/week are excluded, focusing the benefit on lower- and mid-wage workers who are less likely to have negotiating power or premium benefits.
Targets specific holidays. Only four holidays—New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, and Labor Day—are covered, meaning the impact is limited to these especially significant days, likely reflecting high cultural or economic importance.
Protects existing agreements. The bill explicitly states it won't override more generous terms in union contracts or employment agreements, so workers with better holiday pay arrangements won’t lose those benefits.
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STATE OF NEW YORK
3514
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 27, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. SEPULVEDA, MOSLEY, LAVINE, RIVERA, BLAKE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Labor
AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to requiring employers to pay holiday premium pay to certain employees on certain federal holidays
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Section 190 of the labor law is amended by adding a new subdivision 10 to read as follows:
10. "Holiday premium pay" means a rate of basic pay plus premium pay at a rate equal to one-half his or her rate of basic pay for non-overtime hours worked up to eight on certain federal holidays.
§ 2. The labor law is amended by adding a new section 191-d to read as follows:
§ 191-d. Holiday premium pay. Every employer shall pay to each of its employees, except any person employed in a bona fide executive, administrative, or professional capacity whose earnings are in excess of nine hundred dollars a week, holiday premium pay, as defined in subdivision ten of section one hundred ninety of this article, on the following holidays:
1. New Year's Day;
2. Labor Day;
3. Memorial Day; and
4. Independence Day.
§ 3. Nothing in this act shall be deemed to diminish the rights, privileges, or remedies of any employee under any collective bargaining agreement or employment contract.
§ 4. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD08069-01-7
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