Bill Text: NY S06907 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended

New York Senate Bill 6907 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Relates to farm worker meal and lodging minimum wage credits.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-03-22 - PRINT NUMBER 6907A [S06907 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S06907-Amended.html

                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         6907--A
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    October 11, 2017
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by Sens. GALLIVAN, AKSHAR, HELMING, LITTLE -- read twice and
          ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on
          Rules  --  recommitted  to  the  Committee on Labor in accordance with
          Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill  amended,  ordered
          reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
        AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to farm worker meal and lodg-
          ing minimum wage credits
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Section 673 of the labor law is amended  by  adding  a  new
     2  subdivision 3 to read as follows:
     3    3. Meals, lodging and utilities allowances.  Notwithstanding any other
     4  provision  of law or regulation to the contrary, the following items and
     5  their respective values may be considered part of the minimum wage rate,
     6  and shall be annually adjusted to reflect an increase  in  the  rate  of
     7  cost  of living, as determined by the cost of living adjustment calcula-
     8  tor, if any of the following items are provided to the employee:
     9    a. Meals. Employees may be charged $2.95 per meal on or after  January
    10  first,  two  thousand eighteen.  No allowance for meals shall be consid-
    11  ered as part of the minimum wage if a migrant  seasonal  employee  earns
    12  less  than  $440.87  in a two-week period on or after January first, two
    13  thousand eighteen, other than by reason of voluntary absence.
    14    b. Lodging and utilities. (1) Migrant seasonal employees. No allowance
    15  for lodging or utilities shall be considered as part of the minimum wage
    16  for a migrant seasonal employee. (2)  All  other  employees.  All  other
    17  employees  not provided for in subparagraph one of this paragraph may be
    18  charged $32.89 per week on and after January first, two  thousand  eigh-
    19  teen  per  employee for single occupancy or $21.96 per week on and after
    20  January first, two thousand eighteen per employee for multiple  occupan-
    21  cy. When a house or apartment and utilities are furnished by an employer
    22  to  an  employee,  a  fair and reasonable amount may be allowed for such
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13305-05-8

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     1  facilities, which amount shall not  exceed  the  lesser  of  either  the
     2  reasonable  value  of  comparable facilities in the locality, or $8.68 a
     3  day on and after January first, two thousand eighteen for an  individual
     4  employee,  and  $13.89  a  day  on and after January first, two thousand
     5  eighteen when the employee's family resides with the employee.
     6    § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
     7  have become a law.