Bill Text: NY S05838 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended

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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

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          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