Bill Text: NY S05838 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Relates to an increase in the minimum wage.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 0000-00-00 - [S05838 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-S05838-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5838 2015-2016 Regular Sessions IN SENATE June 5, 2015 ___________ Introduced by Sens. ORTT, MARTINS -- 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 raising the minimum wage The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 650 of the labor law, as amended by chapter 439 of 2 the laws of 1962, is amended to read as follows: 3 § 650. Statement of public policy. There are persons employed in some 4 occupations in the state of New York at wages insufficient to provide 5 adequate maintenance for themselves and their families. Such employment 6 impairs the health, efficiency, and well-being of the persons so 7 employed, constitutes unfair competition against other employers and 8 their employees, threatens the stability of industry, reduces the 9 purchasing power of employees, and requires, in many instances, that 10 wages be supplemented by the payment of public moneys for relief or 11 other public and private assistance. Employment of persons at these 12 insufficient rates of pay threatens the health and well-being of the 13 people of this state and injures the overall economy. Accordingly, it 14 is the declared policy of the state of New York that such conditions be 15 eliminated as rapidly as practicable without substantially curtailing 16 opportunities for employment or earning power. To this end minimum wage 17 standards shall be established and maintained. It is further the 18 declared policy of this state that any revision of the minimum wage for 19 certain industries and occupations shall result in an adjustment to 20 reimbursement to state-funded human services providers or entities under 21 contract with this state, or otherwise providing services or goods under 22 an agreement with this state, to reflect the impact of the minimum wage 23 increase on the recruitment and retention of direct service profes- 24 sionals and direct care employees and to address any compression in 25 wages and salaries that may also result from the minimum wage revision. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD11537-01-5