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Senate Bill S5613
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) 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
2011-S5613 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Labor
- Law Section:
- Labor Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add ยง202-l, Lab L
2011-S5613 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S5613 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the labor law, in relation to protection of certain hotel and motel employees PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: To protect hotel and motel workers from assault on the job. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Section 1 adds a new section 202-1 to the labor law requiring hotel and motel owners or managing agents in New York State to provide each hotel or motel employee who regularly enters hotel or motel rooms with a personal electronic device capable of notifying hotel or motel management of an emergency at the push of a single button. Section 2 requires the legislation to take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after it shall have become a law. JUSTIFICATION: Hotel and motel housekeepers are vulnerable to on-the-job assaults, as they often work alone. This bill would provide hotel and motel workers with the ability to protect themselves by instantly alerting hotel or motel security of an
2011-S5613 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5613 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E June 7, 2011 ___________ Introduced by Sen. GOLDEN -- 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 protection of certain hotel and motel employees 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 202-l to read as follows: S 202-L. PROTECTION OF HOTEL AND MOTEL EMPLOYEES. THE OWNER OR MANAG- ING AGENT OF EVERY HOTEL AND MOTEL IN THIS STATE, AS SUCH TERMS ARE DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION THIRTEEN HUNDRED NINETY-NINE-J OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW, SHALL PROVIDE EACH HOTEL OR MOTEL EMPLOYEE WHO REGULARLY ENTERS HOTEL OR MOTEL ROOMS WITH A PERSONAL ELECTRONIC DEVICE WHICH SHALL HAVE THE SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE FUNCTION OF IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY- ING HOTEL MANAGEMENT OF AN EMERGENCY SITUATION AT THE PUSH OF A SINGLE BUTTON. S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD11980-01-1
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