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NY A11290
Bill
Status
7/25/2018
Primary Sponsor
James Skoufis
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AI Summary
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Removes language from Labor Law Section 651(5)(j) that exempted individuals with "physical or mental deficiency or injury" from minimum wage protections, eliminating a disability-based wage exemption.
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Adds Section 652(7) prohibiting employers from paying employees less than the established minimum wage based on actual or perceived disability, with disability defined per Executive Law Section 292(21).
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Adds Section 673(3) applying the same disability wage protection to prevailing wage requirements under Section 652(1) and (2).
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Permits wage orders authorizing sub-minimum wages only if employees with disabilities receive wages equal to those of comparable employees without disabilities in the same position.
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Takes effect December 31 following the bill's enactment, with the Department of Labor authorized to adopt necessary regulations immediately.
Legislative Description
Eliminates provisions exempting employees with disabilities from the minimum wage law; provides that laws or minimum wage orders that authorize an employer to pay a wage that is less than the minimum wage are valid provided that under such laws or orders an employee with a disability is paid the same wage as an employee in a comparable position that does not have a disability.
Last Action
referred to labor
7/25/2018