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S00858 Summary:
BILL NO | S00858 |
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SAME AS | SAME AS A01893 |
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SPONSOR | GOUNARDES |
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COSPNSR | BIAGGI, GAUGHRAN, HINCHEY, JACKSON, KRUEGER, MARTUCCI, MATTERA, MAY, MYRIE, SEPULVEDA, SKOUFIS |
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MLTSPNSR | |
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Amd §§193 & 198, Lab L | |
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Relates to clarifying provisions prohibiting wage theft; provides that there are no exceptions to liability for failure to pay wages. |
S00858 Actions:
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01/06/2021 | REFERRED TO LABOR | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/19/2021 | 1ST REPORT CAL.114 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/20/2021 | 2ND REPORT CAL. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/25/2021 | ADVANCED TO THIRD READING | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
02/10/2021 | PASSED SENATE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
02/10/2021 | DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
02/10/2021 | referred to labor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/24/2021 | substituted for a1893 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/24/2021 | ordered to third reading rules cal.79 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/02/2021 | passed assembly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/02/2021 | returned to senate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
08/09/2021 | DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
08/19/2021 | SIGNED CHAP.397 |
S00858 Committee Votes:
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Abbate
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Clark
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Frontus
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Lalor
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Paulin
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Sillitti
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Abinanti
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Colton
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Galef
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Lavine
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Peoples-Stokes
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Simon
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Anderson
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Conrad
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Gallagher
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Lawler
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Perry
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Simpson
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Angelino
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Cook
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Gallahan
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Lemondes
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Pheffer Amato
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Smith
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Ashby
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Cruz
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Gandolfo
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Lunsford
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Pichardo
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Smullen
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Aubry
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Cusick
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Giglio JA
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Lupardo
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Pretlow
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Solages
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Barclay
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Cymbrowitz
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Giglio JM
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Magnarelli
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Quart
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Steck
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Barnwell
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Darling
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Glick
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Mamdani
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Ra
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Stern
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Barrett
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Davila
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Gonzalez-Rojas
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Manktelow
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Rajkumar
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Stirpe
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Barron
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De La Rosa
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Goodell
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McDonald
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Ramos
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Tague
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Benedetto
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DeStefano
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Gottfried
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McDonough
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Reilly
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Tannousis
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Bichotte Hermel
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Dickens
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Griffin
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McMahon
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Reyes
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Taylor
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Blankenbush
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Dilan
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Gunther
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Meeks
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Richardson
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Thiele
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Brabenec
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Dinowitz
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Hawley
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Mikulin
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Rivera J
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Vanel
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Braunstein
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DiPietro
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Hevesi
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Miller B
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Rivera JD
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Walczyk
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Bronson
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Durso
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Hunter
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Miller M
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Rodriguez
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Walker
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Brown
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Eichenstein
Yes
Hyndman
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Mitaynes
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Rosenthal D
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Wallace
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Burdick
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Englebright
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Jackson
Yes
Montesano
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Rosenthal L
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Walsh
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Burgos
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Epstein
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Jacobson
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Morinello
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Rozic
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Weinstein
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Burke
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Fahy
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Jean-Pierre
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Niou
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Salka
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Weprin
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Buttenschon
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Fall
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Jensen
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Nolan
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Santabarbara
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Williams
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Byrne
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Fernandez
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Jones
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Norris
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Sayegh
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Woerner
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Byrnes
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Fitzpatrick
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Joyner
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O'Donnell
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Schmitt
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Zebrowski
Yes
Cahill
ER
Forrest
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Kelles
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Otis
Yes
Seawright
Yes
Zinerman
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Carroll
No
Friend
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Kim
Yes
Palmesano
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Septimo
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Mr. Speaker
‡ Indicates voting via videoconference
S00858 Text:
Go to top STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 858 2021-2022 Regular Sessions IN SENATE (Prefiled) January 6, 2021 ___________ Introduced by Sens. GOUNARDES, BIAGGI, GAUGHRAN, JACKSON, KRUEGER, MYRIE, SEPULVEDA, SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Labor AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to wage theft The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Legislative findings. Article 6 of the labor law, and 2 sections 193 and 198(3) in particular, reflects New York's longstanding 3 policy against the forfeiture of earned but undistributed wages. The 4 purpose of this remedial amendment is to clarify that: (a) the unauthor- 5 ized failure to pay wages, benefits and wage supplements has always been 6 encompassed by the prohibitions of section 193, see, e.g., Ryan v 7 Kellogg Partners Inst. Servs., 19 N.Y. 3d 1, 16 (2012) (correctly hold- 8 ing that employer's neglect to pay sum that constitutes a "wage" 9 violated section 193); and (b) consistent with established principles of 10 statutory construction, section 193 should be harmonized with section 11 198(3)'s guarantee that "All employees shall have the right to recover 12 full wages, benefits and wage supplements and liquidated damages." A 13 wage is either owed or it is not. Employers have a statutory duty to 14 provide employees with enough information to know how their employment 15 compensation is calculated. The legislature thus finds that it has a 16 responsibility to harmonize these two sections of the labor law to clar- 17 ify for the courts once and for all that wage theft remains completely 18 and without exception in violation of statute and all employees are 19 entitled to full wages, benefits and wage supplements earned. 20 § 2. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "No wage theft 21 loophole act". 22 § 3. Section 193 of the labor law is amended by adding a new subdivi- 23 sion 5 to read as follows: EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD01120-01-1S. 858 2 1 5. There is no exception to liability under this section for the unau- 2 thorized failure to pay wages, benefits or wage supplements. 3 § 4. Subdivision 3 of section 198 of the labor law, as amended by 4 chapter 2 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows: 5 3. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an action to recover 6 upon a liability imposed by this article must be commenced within six 7 years. The statute of limitations shall be tolled from the date an 8 employee files a complaint with the commissioner or the commissioner 9 commences an investigation, whichever is earlier, until an order to 10 comply issued by the commissioner becomes final, or where the commis- 11 sioner does not issue an order, until the date on which the commissioner 12 notifies the complainant that the investigation has concluded. Investi- 13 gation by the commissioner shall not be a prerequisite to nor a bar 14 against a person bringing a civil action under this section. All employ- 15 ees shall have the right to recover full wages, benefits and wage 16 supplements and liquidated damages accrued during the six years previous 17 to the commencing of such action, whether such action is instituted by 18 the employee or by the commissioner. There is no exception to liability 19 under this section for the unauthorized failure to pay wages, benefits 20 or wage supplements. 21 § 5. This act shall take effect immediately.