What's happening
This bill removes fossil fuel delivery workers from the definition of "building service employee" for prevailing wage requirements in New York.
Why it matters
Reduces labor costs for municipalities. By removing fossil fuel delivery workers from prevailing wage requirements, municipalities may spend less on contracts involving fuel delivery, potentially freeing up funds for other services or projects.
Creates a wage disparity for fossil fuel delivery workers. These workers would no longer be guaranteed the higher, standardized wages that “building service employees” receive, which may lead to lower pay and fewer benefits for a segment of the workforce.
Signals a shift in labor policy priorities. The exclusion of fossil fuel delivery from prevailing wage protections may reflect a broader move away from supporting fossil fuel-related labor, possibly aligning with environmental or budgetary priorities, and may influence future policy decisions regarding the treatment of other worker categories.
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STATE OF NEW YORK
4104
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 1, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. MAGEE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Labor
AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to eliminating the delivery of fossil fuel from those building services for which municipalities are required to pay prevailing wage
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 230 of the labor law, as amended by chapter 542 of the laws of 1984, is amended to read as follows:
1. "Building service employee" or "employee" means any person performing work in connection with the care or maintenance of an existing building, or in connection with the transportation of office furniture or equipment to or from such building, [or in connection with the transportation and delivery of fossil fuel to such building,] for a contractor under a contract with a public agency which is in excess of one thousand five hundred dollars and the principal purpose of which is to furnish services through the use of building service employees.
"Building service employee" or "employee" includes, but is not limited, to, watchman, guard, doorman, building cleaner, porter, handyman, janitor, gardener, groundskeeper, stationary fireman, elevator operator and starter, window cleaner, and occupations relating to the collection of garbage or refuse, and to the transportation of office furniture and equipment, [and to the transportation and delivery of fossil fuel] but does not include clerical, sales, professional, technician and related occupations.
"Building service employee" or "employee" also does not include any employee to whom the provisions of articles eight and [eight-a] eight-A of this chapter are applicable.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD08798-01-7
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