Bill Text: NY S05914 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes the city of New York to implement a minimum wage which shall be higher than the state minimum wage.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - REFERRED TO LABOR [S05914 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S05914-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         5914
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                     July 1, 2013
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  AVELLA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
       AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to authorizing  the  city  of
         New York to implement a minimum wage
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 652 of the labor law,  as  amended
    2  by section 1 of part P of chapter 57 of the laws of 2013, is amended and
    3  a new subdivision 1-a is added to read as follows:
    4    1.  Statutory.  Every  employer, EXCEPT IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK, shall
    5  pay to each of its employees for each hour worked a  wage  of  not  less
    6  than:
    7    $4.25 on and after April 1, 1991,
    8    $5.15 on and after March 31, 2000,
    9    $6.00 on and after January 1, 2005,
   10    $6.75 on and after January 1, 2006,
   11    $7.15 on and after January 1, 2007,
   12    $8.00 on and after December 31, 2013,
   13    $8.75 on and after December 31, 2014,
   14    $9.00  on and after December 31, 2015, or, if greater, such other wage
   15  as may be established by federal law pursuant to 29 U.S.C.  section  206
   16  or its successors
   17  or  such  other  wage  as  may  be  established  in  accordance with the
   18  provisions of this article.
   19    1-A. CITY OF NEW YORK. EVERY EMPLOYER IN THE CITY OF  NEW  YORK  SHALL
   20  PAY  TO  EACH  OF  ITS EMPLOYEES FOR EACH HOUR WORKED A WAGE OF NOT LESS
   21  THAN THE MINIMUM WAGE. THE CITY COUNCIL SHALL IMPLEMENT A  MINIMUM  WAGE
   22  FOR  SOLELY THE CITY OF NEW YORK WHICH SHALL BE NO LESS THAN THE MINIMUM
   23  WAGE PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION.
   24    S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
   25  it shall have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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