Assembly Bill A2967A

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Requires car wash workers in a city of one million or more to be paid the minimum wage without allowance for gratuities

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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-A2967 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2664
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§651 & 652, Lab L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S2541
2019-2020: S2077

2017-A2967 - Summary

Requires car wash workers to be paid the minimum wage without allowance for gratuities.

2017-A2967 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2967
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 23, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. MOYA -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Labor
 
 AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to the payment of the minimum
   wage to car wash workers
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Section  651  of the labor law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 10 to read as follows:
   10. "CAR WASH WORKER" MEANS ANY  EMPLOYEE  PRIMARILY  ENGAGED  IN  THE
 WASHING,  VACUUMING  OR  GENERAL  CLEANING  OF MOTOR VEHICLES. "CAR WASH
 WORKER" SHALL NOT INCLUDE VOLUNTEERS ENGAGED IN THE WASHING OF CARS  FOR
 FUND RAISING OR OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSE.
   §  2. Section 652 of the labor law is amended by adding a new subdivi-
 sion 7 to read to follows:
   7. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION  OF  THIS  ARTICLE  RELATING  TO  THE
 INCLUSION  OF  AN  ALLOWANCE  FOR GRATUITIES IN THE DETERMINATION OF THE
 MINIMUM WAGE, AN EMPLOYEE WHO IS A CAR WASH  WORKER  SHALL  RECEIVE  THE
 MINIMUM  WAGE  SET FORTH IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION WITH NO SUCH
 ALLOWANCE FOR GRATUITIES.
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00689-01-7

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2017-A2967A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2664
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§651 & 652, Lab L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S2541
2019-2020: S2077

2017-A2967A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires car wash workers to be paid the minimum wage without allowance for gratuities.

2017-A2967A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  2967--A
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 23, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. MOYA, HARRIS, MOSLEY, CARROLL, BLAKE, CRESPO,
   RIVERA, JAFFEE, D'URSO, GOTTFRIED,  RICHARDSON,  DE LA ROSA,  BRONSON,
   SKOUFIS,  JEAN-PIERRE  --  Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COOK, GLICK,
   HEVESI, HYNDMAN, NOLAN, SIMON -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Labor -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered  reprinted
   as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to the payment of the minimum
   wage to car wash workers
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 651 of the labor law is amended  by  adding  a  new
 subdivision 10 to read as follows:
   10.  "CAR  WASH WORKER" MEANS ANY EMPLOYEE IN A CITY WITH A POPULATION
 OF ONE MILLION OR MORE PRIMARILY ENGAGED IN THE  WASHING,  VACUUMING  OR
 GENERAL  CLEANING OF MOTOR VEHICLES. "CAR WASH WORKER" SHALL NOT INCLUDE
 VOLUNTEERS ENGAGED IN THE WASHING OF CARS  FOR  FUND  RAISING  OR  OTHER
 CHARITABLE PURPOSE.
   §  2. Section 652 of the labor law is amended by adding a new subdivi-
 sion 7 to read as follows:
   7. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION  OF  THIS  ARTICLE  RELATING  TO  THE
 INCLUSION  OF  AN  ALLOWANCE  FOR GRATUITIES IN THE DETERMINATION OF THE
 MINIMUM WAGE, AN EMPLOYEE WHO IS A CAR WASH WORKER  IN  A  CITY  WITH  A
 POPULATION  OF  ONE  MILLION  OR MORE SHALL RECEIVE THE MINIMUM WAGE SET
 FORTH IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION  WITH  NO  SUCH  ALLOWANCE  FOR
 GRATUITIES.
   §  3.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
 have become a law.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00689-03-7

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