Bill Text: NY S06240 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Establishes local wage enforcement authority in the city of New York; authorizes the city of New York to establish a minimum wage that is higher than the statewide minimum wage.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO LABOR [S06240 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S06240-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6240

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                      April 5, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  RAMOS  -- 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  establishing  local  wage
          enforcement authority in the city of New York and authorizing the city
          of New York to establish a minimum wage that is higher than the state-
          wide minimum wage

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1.  Section 665 of the labor law is renumbered section 669 and
     2  two new sections 665 and 666 are added to read as follows:
     3    § 665. Local wage enforcement authority. A city with a  population  of
     4  one  million  or  more,  acting through its comptroller, may enforce and
     5  investigate violations of the  state  minimum  wage,  other  state  wage
     6  requirements  established  pursuant to this article, and any other local
     7  law, ordinance, or regulation requiring payment of  a  minimum  wage  or
     8  compensation, or establishing a labor standard for work performed within
     9  the  city's geographic boundaries. The comptroller shall be empowered to
    10  adopt further enforcement provisions,  remedies,  penalties,  and  other
    11  implementing regulations. Provided, however, the commissioner of consum-
    12  er  and worker protection of such a city or any successor to such office
    13  may also enforce and investigate violations of the  state  minimum  wage
    14  and  other  state wage requirements established pursuant to this article
    15  in the course of enforcing other laws that such commissioner is  charged
    16  with  enforcing  and  may  order  any  authorized remedies or penalties.
    17  Provided, further, nothing in this section shall limit the authority  of
    18  the  department  of  labor or any other government agency to enforce the
    19  state minimum wage and other state wage requirements established  pursu-
    20  ant to this article or any other law within the geographic boundaries of
    21  a city with a population of one million or more or elsewhere.
    22    §  666.  Local wage regulation authority.  A city with a population of
    23  one million or more may enact  local  laws,  ordinances  or  regulations

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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        S. 6240                             2

     1  requiring  payment  of a minimum wage or compensation at a rate or rates
     2  higher than those required under this article for work performed  within
     3  the  city's  geographic  boundaries, including for employees in specific
     4  occupations  or  industries  and  for persons who are not subject to the
     5  state minimum wage.
     6    § 2.  This act shall take effect immediately.