What's happening
This bill prohibits employers from requiring certain public employees to work mandatory overtime if they've reached their overtime ceiling.
Why it matters
Protects certain newer public employees. (those who joined after April 1, 2011) from being forced to work additional hours once they hit their legally defined overtime limit, which could impact employee well-being and morale.
Limits employer leverage. over staff who have reached their overtime cap, reducing the risk of discipline or termination for refusing extra hours, and potentially leading to improved job satisfaction and work-life balance.
Could influence staffing and budgeting. for public employers, who may need to hire more personnel or adjust scheduling practices to cover shifts previously filled by mandatory overtime, potentially affecting operational costs and service delivery.
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Ban Mandatory Overtime
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STATE OF NEW YORK
4260
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 1, 2019
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.
LBD07436-01-9
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