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NY A04347
Bill
Status
2/14/2023
Primary Sponsor
Phillip Steck
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AI Summary
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Removes the exemption that allows religious, educational, or charitable institutions to employ individuals with disabilities at wages below the minimum wage.
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Eliminates provisions allowing lower wages for individuals whose earning capacity is impaired by age, physical deficiency, mental deficiency, or injury.
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Requires that employees with disabilities receive the same wage as employees in comparable positions without disabilities.
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Takes effect on December 31st following enactment; authorizes the Department of Labor to adopt necessary regulations immediately upon passage.
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
1/3/2024