Bill Text: NY A06153 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 6153 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Provides that students may be employed for up to five hours on any day preceding a school day as a qualified lifeguard or aquatic supervisory staff, provided that the employer receives and maintains both the written consent of the minor's parent or guardian and a certificate which shall be provided to the employer at the end of each marking period by the minor's school which shall assert that such minor is in satisfactory academic standing.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-05-08 - REFERRED TO LABOR [A06153 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A06153-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6153
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    February 27, 2017
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  M.  of A. CUSICK, PERRY -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Labor
        AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to work hours for lifeguards
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Paragraph  a of subdivision 1 of section 143 of the labor
     2  law, as amended by chapter 546 of the laws of 1992, is amended  to  read
     3  as follows:
     4    a.  (i)  More than four hours on any day preceding a school day, other
     5  than on a Sunday or holiday; (ii) except that  students  enrolled  in  a
     6  cooperative work experience program approved by the department of educa-
     7  tion  may  be employed for no more than six hours on any day preceding a
     8  school day, other than on a Sunday or holiday, if such hours of  employ-
     9  ment occur solely pursuant to such program. Any hours worked by students
    10  in  such programs shall be included when calculating the number of hours
    11  worked for purposes of subparagraph (i) of  this  paragraph;  and  (iii)
    12  except  that  students  may  be employed for up to five hours on any day
    13  preceding a school day as a qualified lifeguard or  aquatic  supervisory
    14  staff  as  defined by part six of title ten of the New York state codes,
    15  rules and regulations, provided the employer receives and maintains both
    16  the written consent of the minor's parent or guardian and a  certificate
    17  which shall be provided to the employer at the end of each marking peri-
    18  od by the minor's school which shall assert that such minor is in satis-
    19  factory  academic  standing  according  to  the standards in such school
    20  district; where such student maintains a passing grade as determined  by
    21  the  educational  institution where the student is enrolled, has written
    22  permission from a parent or legal guardian and where such student  meets
    23  any  other  educational  standards or requirement set by the employer or
    24  hiring agency;
    25    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00307-01-7