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A07486 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7486
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                      May 25, 2023
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Labor
 
        AN  ACT  to amend the labor law, in relation to the definition of manual
          worker
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1. Subdivision 4 of section 190 of the labor law, as added by
     2  chapter 548 of the laws of 1966, is amended to read as follows:
     3    4. "Manual worker" means a [mechanic, workingman  or  laborer]  worker
     4  whose  primary  duty  is  to  engage in physical labor. The commissioner
     5  shall adopt regulations establishing criteria for determining whether an
     6  occupation meets the definition of "manual worker" and "physical labor",
     7  and  shall  publish  guidance  listing  specific  occupations  that  are
     8  presumed to meet this definition.
     9    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD10559-01-3

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