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Jan 03, 2024 |
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Feb 13, 2023 |
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Senate Bill S4675
2023-2024 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) 13th Senate District
Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Labor Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
(D) 30th Senate District
(D) 14th Senate District
(D) 34th Senate District
(D, WF) 47th Senate District
2023-S4675 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A8937
- Current Committee:
- Senate Labor
- Law Section:
- Labor Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add Art 19-E §§697 - 697-b, Lab L
2023-S4675 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Relates to the convening of a human services employee wage board; requires the commissioner of labor to convene a human services employee wage board comprised of twelve members; requires the wage board to hold hearings and report and make recommendations to the governor and legislature no later than December 31, 2023.
2023-S4675 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S4675 SPONSOR: RAMOS TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the labor law, in relation to the convening of a human services employee wage board PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: Establishes a wage board to inquire into and report and recommend adequate minimum wages for human services employees SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1: Amend the labor law by adding a new article 19-E that will create a Human Services Employee Wage Board. This wage board will be comprised of 12 members and have the power to conduct public hearings. The wage board will submit reports to the governor and the legislature, and the board will look at the pay disparities experienced by human services employees. The commissioner will comply with the wage board's recommendations. The commissioner may reconvene the same wage board or
2023-S4675 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4675 2023-2024 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E February 13, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sen. RAMOS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Labor AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to the convening of a human services employee wage board 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 article 19-E to read as follows: ARTICLE 19-E HUMAN SERVICES EMPLOYEES SECTION 697. STATEMENT OF PUBLIC POLICY. 697-A. DEFINITIONS. 697-B. HUMAN SERVICES EMPLOYEE WAGE BOARD. § 697. STATEMENT OF PUBLIC POLICY. THE LEGISLATURE HEREBY FINDS AND DECLARES THAT THERE ARE PERSONS EMPLOYED BY HUMAN SERVICES PROVIDERS IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK AT WAGES INSUFFICIENT TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE MAINTE- NANCE FOR THEMSELVES AND THEIR FAMILIES. HUMAN SERVICES WORKERS ARE ESSENTIAL TO THE STATE AND LOCALITIES' ABILITY TO ASSIST NEW YORKERS CONFRONTING A RANGE OF SOCIAL CHALLENGES. TO ACHIEVE COST SAVINGS, GOVERNMENT HAS TRANSFERRED MOST LEGALLY MANDATED HUMAN SERVICES FOR NEW YORKERS TO NONPROFITS AND IN TURN HAVE CREATED MASSIVE PAY DISPARITIES WITHIN THE FIELD. GOVERNMENT IS NOT JUST THE PREDOMINANT FUNDER OF HUMAN SERVICES IN NEW YORK, IT IS ALSO THE MAIN DRIVER OF HUMAN SERVICES SALARIES AS IT DIRECTLY SETS SALARY RATES ON CONTRACTS OR DOES SO INDIRECTLY BY ESTABLISHING COSTS FOR A UNIT OR SERVICE, ALONG WITH REQUIRED STAFFING ON A CONTRACT. NONPROFITS CONTRACTED TO PROVIDE HUMAN SERVICES ARE NOT ONLY PROVIDED INSUFFICIENT FUNDING TO PAY THEIR EMPLOYEES, BUT ARE MET WITH CHRONIC DELAYS IN PAYMENT, UNDERFUNDING, AND A LACK OF SINCERE COLLABORATION TO EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD06609-01-3
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