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A06130 Summary:

BILL NO	A06130A
SAME AS	SAME AS S02200-A
SPONSOR	Wright (MS)
COSPNSR	Colton, Cahill, Lancman, Rivera N, Rosenthal, Lupardo, Jaffee, Bronson, Rivera P, Meng, Hevesi, Clark, Englebright
MLTSPNSR	Cusick, Farrell, Gottfried, Gunther, Jacobs, Lifton, Magnarelli, McEneny, Perry, Ramos, Weinstein
Add Art 21 SS750 - 756, Lab L
Enacts the "New York State fair pay act"; provides that it shall be an unlawful employment practice for an employer to discriminate between employees on the basis of sex, race and/or national origin by paying different wages.

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A06130 Actions:

BILL NO	A06130A
03/08/2011	referred to labor
03/15/2011	reported referred to codes
03/22/2011	reported referred to ways and means
04/11/2011	reported referred to rules
04/11/2011	reported
04/11/2011	rules report cal.24
04/11/2011	ordered to third reading rules cal.24
04/11/2011	passed assembly
04/11/2011	delivered to senate
04/11/2011	REFERRED TO LABOR
01/04/2012	DIED IN SENATE
01/04/2012	RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
01/04/2012	ordered to third reading cal.198
01/18/2012	committed to labor
03/20/2012	reported referred to codes
03/21/2012	amend and recommit to codes
03/21/2012	print number 6130a
03/27/2012	reported referred to ways and means
03/29/2012	reported
04/05/2012	advanced to third reading cal.430
04/17/2012	passed assembly
04/17/2012	delivered to senate
04/17/2012	REFERRED TO LABOR

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A06130 Memo:

NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION
 submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)



 
BILL NUMBER: A6130A
 
SPONSOR: Wright (MS)

 
TITLE OF BILL:  An act to amend the labor law, in relation to enacting
the "New York state fair pay act"
 
 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
 
Section one of the bill adds a new article, Article 21 to the labor law.
 
Article-21 is comprised of § 750: short title
 
§ 751 is legislative findings and statement of purpose
 
§ 752 is the definitions section
 
§ 753 is a prohibition against discrimination in wages 5 754 contains
other prohibited acts
 
§ 755 is the remedies and enforcement section
 

§ 756 calls for regulations to implement this act.
 
Section two of the bill is the effective date.
 
 
JUSTIFICATION:  Present law does not adequately address the issue of
pay equity, and the need for state enforcement of a prohibition on such
inequities.
 
The bill has been amended to reflect comments from a broad coalition of
labor and women's groups. The amendments are:
 
section 752: equivalent jobs has been broadened
 
section 753: anew paragraph concerning methodology for determining
equivalent skill
 
section 753: refers to a single job comparison system which does not
undervalue traditionally female or minority jobs
 
Pay equity has not been universally achieved in our state. Legislative
hearings have consistently received testimony from women performing work
equal to male counterparts but paid less for their labor.
 
 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:;
A.6832 of 2000:referred to labor
A.6691 of 2001-02: Passed Assembly

A.6701 of 2003-04: Passed Assembly
A.3627 of 2005-06: Passed Assembly
A.2712 of 2007-08: Passed Assembly
A.3911 of 2009-10: Passed Assembly
A.6130 of 2011: Passed Assembly
 
 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS; NOT CALCULATED.
 
 
EFFECTIVE DATE:  On the one hundred and twentieth day. after it shall
have become law.

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