New York Senate Bill 1862 (Prior Session Legislation)

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March 13 2012 - COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES
Pending: Senate Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Enacts the farmworkers fair labor practices act: grants collective bargaining rights to farm laborers; requires employers of farm laborers to allow at least 24 consecutive hours of rest each week; provides for a 10 hour work day for farm laborers; requires overtime rate at one and one-half times normal rate; makes provisions of unemployment insurance law applicable to farm laborers; provides sanitary code shall apply to all farm and food processing labor camps intended to house migrant workers, regardless of the number of occupants; provides for eligibility of farm laborers for workers' compensation benefits; requires employers of farm laborers to provide such farm laborers with claim forms for workers' compensation claims under certain conditions; requires reporting of injuries to employers of farmworkers.

Enacts the farmworkers fair labor practices act: grants collective bargaining rights to farm laborers; requires employers of farm laborers to allow at least 24 consecutive hours of rest each week; provides for a 10 hour work day for farm laborers; requires overtime rate at one and one-half times normal rate; makes provisions of unemployment insurance law applicable to farm laborers; provides sanitary code shall apply to all farm and food processing labor camps intended to house migrant workers, regardless of the number of occupants; provides for eligibility of farm laborers for workers' compensation benefits; requires employers of farm laborers to provide such farm laborers with claim forms for workers' compensation claims under certain conditions; requires reporting of injuries to employers of farmworkers.

Sen Adriano Espaillat	Sen Adams, Eric	Sen Addabbo, Joseph P., Jr	Sen Tony Avella
Sen Breslin, Neil D.	Sen Diaz, Ruben	Sen Dilan, Martin Malavé	Sen Duane, Thomas
Sen Michael Gianaris	Sen Hassell-Thompson, Ruth	Sen Huntley, Shirley L.	Sen Klein, Jeffrey D.
Sen Krueger, Liz	Sen Montgomery, Velmanette	Sen Oppenheimer, Suzi	Sen Parker, Kevin S.
Sen Jose Peralta	Sen Perkins, Bill	Sen Gustavo Rivera	Sen Sampson, John L.
Sen Savino, Diane J.	Sen Serrano, Jose M.	Sen Smith, Malcolm A.	Sen Squadron, Daniel L
Sen Stavisky, Toby Ann	Sen Stewart-Cousins, Andrea

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-03-13	Senate	COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES
2012-03-13	Senate	NOTICE OF COMMITTEE CONSIDERATION - REQUESTED
2012-01-04	Senate	REFERRED TO LABOR
2011-01-13	Senate	REFERRED TO LABOR

A01652 (Same As) 2012-06-13 - reported referred to codes

Type	Source
Summary	http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=S01862&term=2011&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Votes=Y
Text	http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=S01862&Summary=Y&Text=Y#S01862