Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jan 06, 2010 |
referred to labor |
Jul 16, 2009 |
committed to rules |
Apr 20, 2009 |
advanced to third reading |
Apr 07, 2009 |
2nd report cal. |
Apr 06, 2009 |
1st report cal.142 |
Apr 02, 2009 |
print number 3397a |
Apr 02, 2009 |
amend and recommit to labor |
Mar 18, 2009 |
referred to labor |
Senate Bill S3397
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Labor Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Bill Amendments
2009-S3397 - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Labor
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2011-2012:
S672
2013-2014: S65
2015-2016: S1253
2017-2018: S340
2009-S3397 - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S3397 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the labor law, in relation to overtime pay for employees of motor carriers PURPOSE : This bill will allow motor car drivers doing business in New York state to collect an overtime rate of one and one half times the worker's hourly wage for every hour worked in excess of forty hours per week. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : The bill would add a new provision 160-a to the Labor Law to require motor carriers to pay their employees one and a half times their regular hourly wage for hours worked beyond 40 hours in any week. EXISTING LAW : The federal Fair Labor standards Act 29 use sec. 213(b) (1) exempts motor carriers from the requirement to pay workers one and a half time their hourly rate when they work more than 40 hours a week. JUSTIFICATION Motor carriers include armored car companies and other private or contract carriers that haul property or passengers on public highways
co-Sponsors
(D) 15th Senate District
(D) Senate District
(D, WF) Senate District
(D, IP) Senate District
2009-S3397A (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Labor
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
-
2011-2012:
S672
2013-2014: S65
2015-2016: S1253
2017-2018: S340
2009-S3397A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S3397A TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the labor law, in relation to overtime pay for employees of motor carriers PURPOSE : This bill will allow motor car drivers doing business in New York state to collect an overtime rate of one and one half times the worker's hourly wage for every hour worked in excess of forty hours per week. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : The bill would add a new provision 160-a to the Labor Law to require motor carriers to pay their employees one and a half times their regular hourly wage for hours worked beyond 40 hours in any week. EXISTING LAW : The federal Fair Labor Standards Act 29 USC sec. 213(b) (1) exempts motor carriers from the requirement to pay workers one and a half time their hourly rate when they work more than 40 hours a week. JUSTIFICATION Motor carriers include armored car companies and other private or contract carriers that haul property or passengers on public highways
2009-S3397A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 3397--A 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E March 18, 2009 ___________ Introduced by Sens. ONORATO, DIAZ, SAVINO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Labor -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to overtime pay for employees of motor carriers THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The labor law is amended by adding a new section 160-a to read as follows: S 160-A. HOURS OF LABOR OF EMPLOYEES OF MOTOR CARRIERS. EVERY MOTOR CARRIER SHALL PAY TO ALL EMPLOYEES FOR WHOM THE U.S. SECRETARY OF TRANS- PORTATION MAY PRESCRIBE MAXIMUM HOURS OF WORK FOR THE SAFE OPERATION OF VEHICLES, PURSUANT TO SECTION 31502(B) OF THE FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER ACT, 49 U.S.C. S.31502(B), AN OVERTIME RATE NOT LESS THAN ONE AND ONE-HALF TIMES THE WORKER'S HOURLY WAGE, FOR EACH HOUR IN EXCESS OF FORTY HOURS WORKED IN ANY WEEK, NOTWITHSTANDING THE EXEMPTION OF SUCH EMPLOYEES PURSUANT TO THE FEDERAL FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT 29 U.S.C. 213(B)(1). S 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD04866-03-9
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