Authorizes employers to make deductions from an employee's wages if such deduction is authorized by the employee and is for the convenience of the employee.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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2837
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
February 2, 2011
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Introduced by Sen. YOUNG -- 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 authorized deductions from
wages
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Paragraph b of subdivision 1 of section 193 of the labor
2 law, as added by chapter 548 of the laws of 1966, is amended to read as
3 follows:
4 b. are expressly authorized in writing by the employee and are for the
5 benefit or convenience of the employee; provided that such authorization
6 is kept on file on the employer's premises. Such authorized deductions
7 [shall be limited to] may include payments for insurance premiums,
8 pension or health and welfare benefits, contributions to charitable
9 organizations, payments for United States bonds, payments for dues or
10 assessments to a labor organization, and similar payments for the bene-
11 fit or convenience of the employee. No deduction from the wages of an
12 employee shall be made pursuant to this paragraph, unless the authori-
13 zation therefor is made knowingly and voluntarily by the employee, with-
14 out any undue influence or duress by the employer.
15 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
16 it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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