STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         4363--A
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                     March 17, 2015
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        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.
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