 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          3646
 
                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                    January 29, 2025
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sens.  MURRAY, RHOADS -- read twice and ordered printed,
          and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Labor
 
        AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to the definition  of  manual
          worker
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 190 of the labor law,  as  amended
     2  by chapter 391 of the laws of 2024, is amended to read as follows:
     3    4.  "Manual  worker"  means a [mechanic, workingman or laborer] worker
     4  whose primary duty is to engage in physical labor, but shall not include
     5  any person who has entered into a contract to play baseball at the minor
     6  league level and who is compensated pursuant to the terms of  a  collec-
     7  tive  bargaining  agreement that expressly provides for the wages, hours
     8  of work, and working conditions of employees.   The  commissioner  shall
     9  adopt regulations establishing criteria for determining whether an occu-
    10  pation meets the definition of "manual worker" and "physical labor", and
    11  shall publish guidance listing specific occupations that are presumed to
    12  meet this definition.
    13    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD07547-01-5
Relates to the definition of manual worker

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