Bill Text: NY S09511 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Permits an employee to commence a private action against an employer for violation of frequency of wage payment violations; directs increased penalties.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-07-25 - REFERRED TO RULES [S09511 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S09511-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          9511

                    IN SENATE

                                      July 25, 2022
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  THOMAS -- 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 remedies  for  payment  of
          wage violations

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

     1    Section 1. Section 198 of the labor law is amended  by  adding  a  new
     2  subdivision 1-c to read as follows:
     3    1-c. An employee may bring a private action for a violation of section
     4  one  hundred  ninety-one of this article. If the employee prevails he or
     5  she shall be awarded one thousand dollars for  a  first  violation,  two
     6  thousand dollars for a second violation and three thousand dollars for a
     7  third or subsequent violation.
     8    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.







         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD15416-01-2