Assembly Bill A988

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Establishes a training wage equal to eighty-five percent of the state minimum wage or one hundred percent of the federal minimum wage

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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-A988 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S450
Current Committee:
Assembly Labor
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §652, Lab L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A2863
2011-2012: A6528
2013-2014: A5359
2015-2016: A4384
2017-2018: A4339, S7629
2021-2022: A4829, S1328
2023-2024: A5594
2025-2026: A5731

2019-A988 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes a training wage equal to eighty-five percent of the state minimum wage or one hundred percent of the federal minimum wage, whichever is greater, that may be paid to a youth who has no prior job experience; provides that no youth may be paid a training wage for more than one hundred eighty days.

2019-A988 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    988
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 14, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  KOLB, STEC -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
   CROUCH -- read once and referred to the Committee on Labor
 
 AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to  establishing  a  training
   wage
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Section 652 of the labor law is amended  by  adding  a  new
 subdivision 7 to read as follows:
   7.  TRAINING WAGE. (A) A TRAINING WAGE EQUAL TO EIGHTY-FIVE PERCENT OF
 THE STATE MINIMUM WAGE OR ONE HUNDRED PERCENT  OF  THE  FEDERAL  MINIMUM
 WAGE,  WHICHEVER  IS  LESS,  MAY BE PAID TO A YOUTH WHO HAS NO PRIOR JOB
 EXPERIENCE.
   (B) ANY YOUTH WHO RECEIVES A TRAINING WAGE PURSUANT TO  PARAGRAPH  (A)
 OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION  AND WHO DID NOT WORK MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY
 DAYS IN THE PRECEDING CALENDAR YEAR, SHALL RECEIVE,  AT  A  MINIMUM,  AN
 ANNUAL  INCREASE IN WAGES EQUAL TO TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT OF THE DIFFERENCE
 BETWEEN THE TRAINING WAGE PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS  SUBDIVISION
 AND THE STATE MINIMUM WAGE UNTIL SUCH YOUTH REACHES THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN.
   (C)  FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS SUBDIVISION, YOUTH IS DEFINED AS A PERSON
 WHO HAS NOT YET REACHED THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN, AND PRIOR JOB EXPERIENCE IS
 DEFINED AS EMPLOYMENT WHERE AN EMPLOYEE WOULD HAVE BEEN ACCOUNTED FOR ON
 AN EMPLOYER'S PAYROLL RECORDS. NO YOUTH WILL BE PAID A TRAINING WAGE FOR
 MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY  DAYS.  EMPLOYERS  ARE  LIMITED  TO  TWENTY
 PERCENT  OF  THEIR  WORKFORCE, OR NO MORE THAN SIX EMPLOYEES RECEIVING A
 TRAINING WAGE AT ANY ONE PARTICULAR LOCATION.  AT NO TIME WILL  A  YOUTH
 RECEIVING A TRAINING WAGE BE USED TO DISPLACE AN EMPLOYEE WHO IS RECEIV-
 ING A WAGE EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN THE STATE MINIMUM WAGE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04094-01-9

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