STATE OF NEW YORK
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2696
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 22, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. RAJKUMAR -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Labor
AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to requiring minimum wage for
public employees
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subparagraphs (h), (i) and (m) of the opening paragraph of
2 subdivision 5 of section 651 of the labor law, as amended by chapter 391
3 of the laws of 2024, are amended to read as follows:
4 (h) in or for such a religious, educational or charitable institution
5 if such individual is a student, provided that this exception shall not
6 apply to a public educational institution; (i) in or for such a reli-
7 gious, educational or charitable institution if the earning capacity of
8 such individual is impaired by age or by physical or mental deficiency
9 or injury, provided that this exception shall not apply to a public
10 educational institution;
11 (m) by [a] the federal[, state or municipal] government [or political
12 subdivision thereof];
13 § 2. Subdivision 6 of section 651 of the labor law, as amended by
14 chapter 281 of the laws of 2002, is amended to read as follows:
15 6. "Employer" includes any individual, partnership, association,
16 corporation, limited liability company, business trust, legal represen-
17 tative, state or local government, or any organized group of persons
18 acting as employer.
19 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD03146-01-5
