Bill Text: NY S03597 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 3597 (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: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-06-20 - COMMITTED TO RULES [S03597 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S03597-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         3597
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   February 7, 2013
                                      ___________
       Introduced  by  Sen.  LANZA  -- 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 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    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD05593-01-3