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NY S03434
Bill
Status
1/31/2023
Primary Sponsor
James Skoufis
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AI Summary
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Removes the exemption in Labor Law Section 651 that allowed individuals with impaired earning capacity due to age, physical or mental deficiency, or injury to be excluded from minimum wage protections.
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Eliminates the provision in Labor Law Section 655 that permitted wage boards to recommend special certificates allowing employers to pay below-minimum wages to individuals whose earning capacity is affected by youth, age, or physical or mental deficiency.
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Requires that any authorized sub-minimum wage provisions for employees with disabilities must provide equal pay to employees with disabilities in comparable positions as employees without disabilities.
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Takes effect December 31 of the year following enactment, with the Department of Labor authorized to adopt necessary regulations before that date.
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
REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO DISABILITIES
3/20/2024