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NY A05731
Bill
Status
2/20/2025
Primary Sponsor
William Barclay
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AI Summary
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Creates a training wage for youth under 18 with no prior job experience, set at 85% of the state minimum wage or 100% of the federal minimum wage, whichever is less
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Limits training wage period to a maximum of 180 days per youth worker
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Requires annual wage increases of 25% of the difference between the training wage and state minimum wage until the youth reaches age 18, for those who worked no more than 180 days in the prior calendar year
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Caps employers at 20% of their workforce or no more than 6 employees receiving the training wage at any single location
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Prohibits using training wage youth workers to displace employees earning at or above the state minimum wage
Legislative Description
Establishes a training wage equal to eighty-five percent of the state minimum wage or one hundred percent of the federal minimum wage, whichever is greater, that may be paid to a youth who has no prior job experience; provides that no youth may be paid a training wage for more than one hundred eighty days.
Last Action
referred to labor
1/7/2026