Assembly Bill A2668

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Prohibits mandatory overtime for certain persons

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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-A2668 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1899
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Employees
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Add §160-a, Lab L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A9966
2013-2014: A5046
2015-2016: A4136, S7835
2019-2020: A4260

2017-A2668 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits mandatory overtime for certain members of the New York state and local employees' retirement system, the New York state and local police and fire retirement system and the New York state teachers' retirement system.

2017-A2668 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2668
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 20, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  DenDEKKER  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Governmental Employees
 
 AN ACT to amend the labor law,  in  relation  to  prohibiting  mandatory
   overtime for certain persons
 
   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:
   §  160-A.  PROHIBITION OF MANDATORY OVERTIME.  1. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS
 SECTION, THE TERM "MANDATORY OVERTIME" SHALL MEAN THE PERIOD OF TIME  AN
 EMPLOYEE  IS  REQUIRED  TO WORK IN EXCESS OF HIS OR HER REGULARLY ESTAB-
 LISHED HOURS OF EMPLOYMENT, AND FOR WHICH SUCH EMPLOYEE FACES  DISCIPLI-
 NARY  ACTION  OR TERMINATION FOR HIS OR HER REFUSAL TO WORK IN EXCESS OF
 SUCH HOURS.
   2. NO EMPLOYER SHALL REQUIRE AN EMPLOYEE, WHO FIRST BECOMES  A  MEMBER
 OF  THE  NEW  YORK STATE AND LOCAL EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM, THE NEW
 YORK STATE AND LOCAL POLICE AND FIRE RETIREMENT SYSTEM AND THE NEW  YORK
 STATE  TEACHERS' RETIREMENT SYSTEM ON OR AFTER APRIL FIRST, TWO THOUSAND
 ELEVEN, TO WORK MANDATORY OVERTIME IF SUCH EMPLOYEE HAS REACHED  HIS  OR
 HER  OVERTIME  CEILING  AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION TWENTY-FOUR OF SECTION
 FIVE HUNDRED ONE OF THE RETIREMENT AND SOCIAL SECURITY LAW.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00398-01-7

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