Assembly Bill A10432

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Establishes the New York state food service workers compensation task force

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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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2017-A10432 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Labor
Law Section:
Labor
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A1455
2021-2022: A3744

2017-A10432 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the New York state food service workers compensation task force to study the amount of compensation an average food service worker makes per hour regardless of the source, including but not limited to, hourly wage, salary and/or tips, how such tips are allocated and whether new procedures need to be created in order to better protect such workers.

2017-A10432 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10432
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 20, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. VANEL -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Labor
 
 AN ACT establishing the New York state food service workers compensation
   task force
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  1. The department of labor is hereby authorized to estab-
 lish the New York state food service workers compensation task force  to
 provide the governor and the legislature with information on the compen-
 sation  of  food  service workers, specifically tipped wages, within the
 state of New York. For purposes of this act, "food service worker" shall
 mean any employee primarily engaged in the serving of food or  beverages
 to  guests,  patrons or customers in the hotel or restaurant industries,
 including, but not limited to,  wait  staff,  bartenders,  captains  and
 bussing  personnel;  and  who  regularly  receive tips from such guests,
 patrons or customers.
   2. The task force shall be comprised of:
   a. two members appointed by the governor;
   b. two members appointed by the temporary president of the senate;
   c. two members appointed by the speaker of the assembly;
   d. one member appointed by the minority leader of the senate;
   e. one member appointed by the minority leader of the assembly; and
   f. two members appointed by the  commissioner  of  the  department  of
 labor.
   3. The task force shall:
   a.  study  the  amount  of compensation an average food service worker
 makes per hour regardless of the source, including but not  limited  to,
 hourly wage, salary and/or tips;
   b. determine what the average hourly wage for a food service worker is
 including  tips  and not including tips, based on the geographical areas
 set forth under section 652 of the labor law;
   c. study how New York food service  employers  allocate  tips  whether
 through a tip pool, individual tips or through other means and how hour-
 ly wages/salaries are determined based on the allocation of such tips;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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