Bill Text: NY A06846 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Directs the commissioner of labor to establish the form and content for contracts for the employment of domestic workers; requires all contracts for such employment to comply with such form and content.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - referred to labor [A06846 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A06846-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6846
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                     March 22, 2017
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        Introduced  by M. of A. DICKENS -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Labor
        AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to  establishing  a  contract
          for the employment of domestic workers
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. The labor law is amended by adding a new section  201-g  to
     2  read as follows:
     3    §  201-g.  Domestic worker contracts. 1. The commissioner shall estab-
     4  lish the form and content of contracts for the  employment  of  domestic
     5  workers. Every such contract shall include:
     6    a. a description of the employment and the duties that are expected to
     7  be performed in the course of such employment;
     8    b. the expected number of hours of work per week;
     9    c. provisions for vacation, holiday, personal and sick leave;
    10    d. the rate of wages paid for such employment; and
    11    e. consent to work overtime.
    12    2.  No  person shall employ any domestic worker unless such person has
    13  entered into a written contract, meeting the requirements of subdivision
    14  one of this section, with each domestic worker employed.
    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.
                                                                   LBD10617-01-7