What's happening
This bill prohibits direct-care workers from working more than one double shift within any 48-hour period.
Why it matters
Aims to reduce fatigue and burnout among direct-care workers. by limiting them to one double shift (double-length workday) within any 48-hour period, potentially improving job performance and safety for both workers and patients.
Targets a specific workforce. direct-care workers who are not nurses or licensed professionals but who provide hands-on care—highlighting concerns about labor practices and working conditions in lower-wage, high-demand healthcare roles.
Could impact staffing and scheduling practices. in healthcare facilities, possibly requiring employers to hire more staff or adjust shift planning to comply with the new restrictions, which may affect operating costs and service delivery.
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STATE OF NEW YORK
3112
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 28, 2019
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.
LBD07081-01-9
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