Assembly Bill A9644

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to certain affirmative defenses available under the labor law

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2015-A9644 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6027
Current Committee:
Assembly Labor
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยงยง195, 196-d, 198 & 199, Lab L
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:
A1101, S677

2015-A9644 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to certain affirmative defenses available under the labor law.

2015-A9644 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  9644

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 24, 2016
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. HUNTER -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Labor

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  labor  law,  in relation to certain affirmative
  defenses

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section 195 of the labor
law, as added by chapter 564 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read  as
follows:
  (b)  The  commissioner  shall  prepare  templates that comply with the
requirements of paragraph (a) of this subdivision.  Each  such  template
shall  be  dual-language, including English and one additional language.
The commissioner shall  determine,  in  his  or  her  discretion,  which
languages  to  provide  in addition to English, based on the size of the
New York state population that speaks each language and any other factor
that the commissioner shall deem relevant. All such templates  shall  be
made  available to employers in such manner as determined by the commis-
sioner. EMPLOYERS MAY RELY UPON THESE TEMPLATES AND SHALL NOT BE  LIABLE
FOR THEIR GOOD FAITH RELIANCE UPON THE TEMPLATES PROVIDED BY THE COMMIS-
SIONER;
  S  2.  Section 196-d of the labor law, as added by chapter 1007 of the
laws of 1968, is amended to read as follows:
  S 196-d. Gratuities. No employer or his agent or an officer  or  agent
of any corporation, or any other person shall demand or accept, directly
or  indirectly,  any part of the gratuities, received by an employee, or
retain any part of a gratuity or of any charge purported to be a gratui-
ty for an employee. This provision shall not apply to  the  checking  of
hats,  coats  or  other  apparel.  Nothing  in this subdivision shall be
construed as affecting the allowances from the minimum wage for  gratui-
ties in the amount determined in accordance with the provisions of arti-
cle  nineteen  of this chapter nor as affecting ANY AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSES
MADE AVAILABLE UNDER THIS CHAPTER, OR ANY practices in  connection  with
banquets  and  other  special  functions where a fixed percentage of the
patron's bill is added for gratuities which are distributed  to  employ-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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