STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4363--A 2015-2016 Regular Sessions IN SENATE March 17, 2015 ___________ Introduced by Sen. PERALTA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Labor -- recommitted to the Committee on Labor in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to employee work schedules The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Article 5 of the labor law is amended by adding a new title 2 2 to read as follows: 3 TITLE 2 4 SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS 5 Section 171. Definitions. 6 172. Advanced notice requirements. 7 173. Exchange of shifts. 8 174. Prohibited acts. 9 175. Exceptions. 10 176. Enforcement. 11 § 171. Definitions. As used in this title: 12 1. "Employer" shall mean any person, corporation, limited liability 13 company, limited liability partnership or association employing five 14 hundred or more full-time employees nationwide or a proportional number 15 of part-time employees, who employs a retail employee, food service 16 employee or cleaning employee. 17 2. "Employee" shall mean an individual employed as a retail employee, 18 food service employee or cleaning employee by an employer. 19 3. "Retail employee" shall mean any employee primarily engaged in the 20 sale of items at a retail store engaged in the sale of items to consum- 21 ers. 22 4. "Food service employee" shall mean any employee primarily engaged 23 in the service of food or beverage to guests, patrons or customers in EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD09954-03-6