Assembly Bill A8498

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to requiring businesses to pay holiday premium pay on certain federal holidays

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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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2019-A8498 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1703
Current Committee:
Assembly Labor
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §190, add §191-d, Lab L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A9488
2017-2018: A3514, S8436
2021-2022: A8479, S578

2019-A8498 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to requiring employers to pay holiday premium pay to certain employees on certain federal holidays including New Year's Day, Labor Day, Memorial Day and Independence Day.

2019-A8498 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8498
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              August 7, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. REYES -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Labor
 
 AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to requiring employers to pay
   holiday premium pay to certain employees on certain federal holidays
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Section  190  of the labor law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 10 to read as follows:
   10. "HOLIDAY PREMIUM PAY" MEANS A RATE OF BASIC PAY PLUS  PREMIUM  PAY
 AT  A  RATE EQUAL TO ONE-HALF HIS OR HER RATE OF BASIC PAY FOR NON-OVER-
 TIME HOURS WORKED UP TO EIGHT ON CERTAIN FEDERAL HOLIDAYS.
   § 2. The labor law is amended by adding a new section 191-d to read as
 follows:
   § 191-D. HOLIDAY PREMIUM PAY.  EVERY EMPLOYER SHALL PAY TO EACH OF ITS
 EMPLOYEES, EXCEPT ANY PERSON EMPLOYED IN A BONA FIDE EXECUTIVE, ADMINIS-
 TRATIVE, OR PROFESSIONAL CAPACITY WHOSE EARNINGS ARE IN EXCESS  OF  NINE
 HUNDRED  DOLLARS  A WEEK, HOLIDAY PREMIUM PAY, AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION
 TEN OF SECTION ONE HUNDRED NINETY OF  THIS  ARTICLE,  ON  THE  FOLLOWING
 HOLIDAYS:
   1. NEW YEAR'S DAY;
   2. LABOR DAY;
   3. MEMORIAL DAY; AND
   4. INDEPENDENCE DAY.
   § 3. Nothing in this act shall be deemed to diminish the rights, priv-
 ileges,  or  remedies  of  any  employee under any collective bargaining
 agreement or employment contract.
   § 4. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
 it shall have become a law.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07063-01-9

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