Assembly Actions -
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Jan 17, 2014 |
print number 3497a |
Jan 17, 2014 |
amend and recommit to labor |
Jan 08, 2014 |
referred to labor |
Feb 04, 2013 |
referred to labor |
Senate Bill S3497A
2013-2014 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
Bill Amendments
2013-S3497 - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Labor
- Law Section:
- Labor Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §§197 & 198-a, Lab L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2011-2012:
S7351
2015-2016: S517
2017-2018: S1675
2013-S3497 - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S3497 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the labor law, in relation to increasing the fines for employers not lawfully paying the wages of his or her employees; and to direct the commissioner of labor to issue a report on wage differential among men and women and between minorities and non-mi- norities PURPOSE: To increase civil and criminal penalties for failures to pay wages or to differentiate the rate Of pay based on sex. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1- Increases the civil penalties under section 197-a of the labor law from $500.00 to $1000.00. Section 2- Increases the criminal penalties under section 198-a of the labor law from $500.00 to not more than $20,000 to $1,000 to not more than $25,000 and subsequent violation occurring within 6 years resulting in felony is now reduce to five years for felony application. Section 3- Requires the Commissioner of Labor, in consultation with the Empire State Development Corporation, Department of Civil Service, and other state agencies, together with the Business Council and the New York State AFL-C10, a statewide women's economic empowerment organiza- tion and any other group or organization the commissioner may deem
2013-S3497 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 3497 2013-2014 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E February 4, 2013 ___________ Introduced by Sen. LITTLE -- 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 increasing the fines for employers not lawfully paying the wages of his or her employees; and to direct the commissioner of labor to issue a report on wage differ- ential among men and women and between minorities and non-minorities THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 197 of the labor law, as amended by chapter 564 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows: S 197. Civil penalty. Any employer who fails to pay the wages of his employees or shall differentiate in rate of pay because of sex, as provided in this article, shall forfeit to the people of the state the sum of [five hundred] ONE THOUSAND dollars for each such failure, to be recovered by the commissioner in any legal action necessary, including administrative action or a civil action. S 2. Subdivision 1 of section 198-a of the labor law, as amended by chapter 564 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows: 1. Every employer who does not pay the wages of all of his employees in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, and the officers and agents of any corporation, partnership, or limited liability company who knowingly permit the corporation, partnership, or limited liability company to violate this chapter by failing to pay the wages of any of its employees in accordance with the provisions thereof, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor for the first offense and upon conviction therefor shall be fined not less than [five hundred] ONE THOUSAND nor more than [twenty] TWENTY-FIVE thousand dollars or imprisoned for not more than one year, and, in the event that any second or subsequent offense occurs within [six] FIVE years of the date of conviction for a prior offense, shall be guilty of a felony for the second or subsequent offense, and upon conviction therefor, shall be fined not less than [five hundred] EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD08355-01-3
2013-S3497A (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Labor
- Law Section:
- Labor Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §§197 & 198-a, Lab L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
-
2011-2012:
S7351
2015-2016: S517
2017-2018: S1675
2013-S3497A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S3497A TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the labor law, in relation to increasing the fines for employers not lawfully paying the wages of his or her employees; and to direct the commissioner of labor to issue a report on wage differential among men and women and between minorities and non-minorities PURPOSE: To increase civil and criminal penalties for failures to pay wages or to differentiate the rate of pay based on sex. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1- Increases the civil penalties under section 197-a of the labor law from $500.00 to S 1000.00. Section 2- Increases the criminal penalties under section 198-a of the labor law from $500.00 to not more than $20,000 to $1,000 to not more than $25,000 and subsequent violation occurring within 6 years resulting in felony is now reduce to five years for felony application. Section 3- Requires the Commissioner of Labor, in consultation with the Empire State Development Corporation, Department of Civil Service, and other state agencies, together with the Business Council and the New York State AFL-CIO, a statewide women's economic empowerment
2013-S3497A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 3497--A 2013-2014 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E February 4, 2013 ___________ Introduced by Sen. LITTLE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Labor -- recommitted to the Committee on Labor in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to increasing the fines for employers not lawfully paying the wages of his or her employees; and to direct the commissioner of labor to issue a report on wage differ- ential among men and women and between minorities and non-minorities THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 197 of the labor law, as amended by chapter 564 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows: S 197. Civil penalty. Any employer who fails to pay the wages of his employees or shall differentiate in rate of pay because of sex, as provided in this article, shall forfeit to the people of the state the sum of [five hundred] ONE THOUSAND dollars for each such failure, to be recovered by the commissioner in any legal action necessary, including administrative action or a civil action. S 2. Subdivision 1 of section 198-a of the labor law, as amended by chapter 564 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows: 1. Every employer who does not pay the wages of all of his employees in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, and the officers and agents of any corporation, partnership, or limited liability company who knowingly permit the corporation, partnership, or limited liability company to violate this chapter by failing to pay the wages of any of its employees in accordance with the provisions thereof, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor for the first offense and upon conviction therefor shall be fined not less than [five hundred] ONE THOUSAND nor more than [twenty] TWENTY-FIVE thousand dollars or imprisoned for not more than one year, and, in the event that any second or subsequent offense occurs EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD08355-02-4
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