Source: https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S6266
Timestamp: 2020-07-04 22:04:13
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NY State Senate Bill S6266C
senate Bill S6266C
Relates to enacting the healthy terminals act
Alessandra Biaggi
(D, WF) 34th Senate District
Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Labor Committee
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Feb 10, 2020 print number 6266c
Feb 10, 2020 amend and recommit to labor
Jan 08, 2020 referred to labor
Jan 06, 2020 print number 6266b
Jan 06, 2020 amend and recommit to labor
Aug 26, 2019 print number 6266a
Aug 26, 2019 amend and recommit to labor
May 31, 2019 referred to labor
C (Active)
(D, WF) 31st Senate District
(D) 39th Senate District
S6266 - Details
A8142
Senate Labor
Add Art 19-D §§696-a - 696-i, Lab L
S6266 - Summary
Relates to minimum wage rates for covered airport workers.
S6266 - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S6266
SPONSOR: BIAGGI
TITLE OF BILL:  An act to amend the labor law, in relation to enacting
the "healthy terminals act"
To ensure minimum wage rates for covered transportation center workers,
thereby ensuring their access to health care and facilitating retention
at covered transportation centers.
Section 1 of the bill amends the labor law by adding a new section 696-a
that defines "covered transportation center," "covered transportation
center worker," "franchise," "franchisee," "franchisor," "covered
employer," "standard wage rate," and "standard benefits supplement
rate."
Section 2 of the bill amends the labor law by adding a new section 696-b
that requires the industrial commissioner to designate the wage and
supplemental benefits rate.
Section 3 of the bill amends the labor law by adding a new section 696-c
that requires that covered employers to pay the new minimum wage rates,
but provides for a different cash wage for food service workers who
receive tips.
Section 4 of the bill amends the labor law by adding a new section 696-d
that empowers the industrial commissioner to investigate the wages paid
to a covered transportation center worker.
Section 5 of the bill amends the labor law by adding a new section 696-e
that requires a covered employer to maintain payroll records.
Section 6 of the bill amends the labor law by adding a new section 696-f
that provides for penalties for covered employers who fail to pay or
agree to pay less than the applicable wage under the article as well as
for employers who fail to maintain records.
Section 7 of the bill amends the labor law by adding a new section 696-g
that provides for a civil action by an employee or by the industrial
commissioner on behalf of the employee.
Section 8 of the bill amends the labor law by adding a new section 696-h
that empowers the industrial commissioner to effectuate the purposes of
Section 9 of the bill amends the labor law by adding a new section 696-I
that includes a savings clause.
Section 10 of the bill sets the effective date.
A stable, trained, experienced workforce that knows the facilities,
protocols, and chain of communication is essential to the safe and
secure operation of New York's major transportation centers, which are
some of the most heavily trafficked in the world. The best practice to
reduce turnover and encourage retention of trained and experienced work-
ers is to establish minimum standards for wages, health benefits, and
paid leave.
Often employer-provided health care at these sites is unaffordable,
meaning that many workers go without healthcare, or rely on taxpayer-
funded programs to survive. This bill establishes minimum wage rates for
workers at major transportation centers to help with the expenses of
health care and so increase retention rates at these sites.
This is a new bill.
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S6266 - Bill Text download pdf
Introduced  by  Sen.  BIAGGI -- 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  enacting  the  "healthy
terminals act"
Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as
the "healthy terminals act".
§  2. The labor law is amended by adding a new article 19-d to read as
ARTICLE 19-D
HEALTHY TERMINALS
SECTION 696-A. DEFINITIONS.
696-B. DESIGNATION BY COMMISSIONER OF APPLICABLE STANDARD  RATES
FOR COVERED TRANSPORTATION CENTER SERVICE WORKERS.
696-C. MINIMUM  WAGE  RATE  FOR  COVERED  TRANSPORTATION  CENTER
SERVICE WORKERS.
696-D. COMMISSIONER'S POWERS OF INVESTIGATION.
696-E. RECORDS OF EMPLOYERS.
696-F. PENALTIES.
696-G. CIVIL ACTION.
696-H. REGULATIONS.
696-I. SEVERABILITY CLAUSE.
§ 696-A. DEFINITIONS. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS ARTICLE, THE  FOLLOWING
TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
1. "COVERED TRANSPORTATION CENTER" MEANS JOHN F. KENNEDY INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT,  LAGUARDIA AIRPORT, NEW YORK STEWART INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, THE
PORT AUTHORITY BUS TERMINAL,  PENNSYLVANIA  STATION  AND  GRAND  CENTRAL
2. "COVERED TRANSPORTATION CENTER WORKER" MEANS ANY PERSON EMPLOYED TO
PERFORM  WORK  AT A COVERED TRANSPORTATION CENTER PROVIDED AT LEAST ONE-
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HALF OF THE EMPLOYEE'S TIME  DURING  ANY  WORKWEEK  IS  PERFORMED  AT  A
COVERED  TRANSPORTATION  CENTER.  "COVERED TRANSPORTATION CENTER WORKER"
SHALL NOT INCLUDE PERSONS EMPLOYED IN AN EXECUTIVE,  ADMINISTRATIVE,  OR
PROFESSIONAL  CAPACITY  AS  DEFINED  BY  THE  SECRETARY OF LABOR UNDER §
13(A)(1) OF THE FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT (29 U.S.C. § 213(A)(1)).
3. "FRANCHISE" SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS THE DEFINITION  PROVIDED
UNDER SUBDIVISION THREE OF SECTION SIX HUNDRED EIGHTY-ONE OF THE GENERAL
BUSINESS LAW.
4. "FRANCHISEE" SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS THE DEFINITION PROVIDED
UNDER  SUBDIVISION FOUR OF SECTION SIX HUNDRED EIGHTY-ONE OF THE GENERAL
5. "FRANCHISOR" SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS THE DEFINITION PROVIDED
UNDER SUBDIVISION FIVE OF SECTION SIX HUNDRED EIGHTY-ONE OF THE  GENERAL
6.  "COVERED EMPLOYER" MEANS ALL EMPLOYERS THAT EMPLOY MORE THAN FIFTY
EMPLOYEES, REGARDLESS OF WHERE THOSE EMPLOYEES  ARE  EMPLOYED,  AND  ALL
FRANCHISEES ASSOCIATED WITH A FRANCHISOR OR A NETWORK OF FRANCHISES WITH
FRANCHISEES THAT EMPLOY MORE THAN FIFTY EMPLOYEES IN AGGREGATE.
7. THE "STANDARD WAGE RATE" MEANS:
(A) EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 1, 2020 THE GREATER OF:
(I)  $1.00  MORE  THAN  ANY  MINIMUM WAGE RATE THAT WOULD BE OTHERWISE
APPLICABLE TO COVERED TRANSPORTATION CENTER SERVICE  WORKERS  UNDER  ANY
FEDERAL, STATE OR LOCAL LAW OR POLICY; OR
(II) ANY POLICY OF THE PORT AUTHORITY OF NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY.
(B) EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 1, 2021 THE GREATER OF:
(I)  $2.00  MORE  THAN  ANY  MINIMUM WAGE RATE THAT WOULD BE OTHERWISE
(C) EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 1, 2022 THE GREATER OF:
(I)  $3.00  MORE  THAN  ANY  MINIMUM WAGE RATE THAT WOULD BE OTHERWISE
(D) EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 1, 2023 THE GREATER OF:
(I)  $4.00  MORE  THAN  ANY  MINIMUM WAGE RATE THAT WOULD BE OTHERWISE
(E)  EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 1, 2024, AND EACH SEPTEMBER 1 THEREAFTER, THE
GREATER OF:
(I) $4.00 MORE THAN ANY MINIMUM WAGE  RATE  THAT  WOULD  BE  OTHERWISE
APPLICABLE  TO  COVERED  TRANSPORTATION CENTER SERVICE WORKERS UNDER ANY
FEDERAL, STATE OR LOCAL LAW OR POLICY;
(II) ANY POLICY OF THE PORT AUTHORITY OF NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY; OR
(III) THE WAGE RATE DESIGNATED BY  THE  COMMISSIONER  THE  IMMEDIATELY
PRECEDING  AUGUST  FIRST BASED ON THE DETERMINATIONS MADE BY THE GENERAL
SERVICES ADMINISTRATION PURSUANT TO THE FEDERAL "SERVICE CONTRACT ACT OF
1965" (41 U.S.C. § 351 ET SEQ.), FOR THE CLASSIFICATION OF "GUARD I" FOR
THE COUNTY IN WHICH THE COVERED TRANSPORTATION CENTER IS LOCATED.
8. THE "STANDARD BENEFITS SUPPLEMENT RATE" MEANS: EFFECTIVE  SEPTEMBER
1,  2020  AND EACH SEPTEMBER FIRST THEREAFTER, THE SUPPLEMENTAL BENEFITS
RATE DESIGNATED BY THE COMMISSIONER  THE  IMMEDIATELY  PRECEDING  AUGUST
FIRST, BASED ON THE DETERMINATIONS MADE BY THE GENERAL SERVICES ADMINIS-
TRATION  PURSUANT  TO  THE  FEDERAL  "SERVICE  CONTRACT ACT OF 1965" (41
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U.S.C. § 351 ET SEQ.), FOR THE CLASSIFICATION OF "GUARD I" FOR THE COUN-
TY IN WHICH THE COVERED TRANSPORTATION CENTER IS LOCATED.
9.  THE  "STANDARD PAID LEAVE RATE" MEANS: EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 1, 2020
AND EACH SEPTEMBER FIRST THEREAFTER, THE PAID LEAVE REQUIREMENTS  DESIG-
NATED  BY THE COMMISSIONER THE IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING AUGUST FIRST, BASED
ON THE DETERMINATIONS MADE BY THE GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION PURSU-
ANT TO THE FEDERAL "SERVICE CONTRACT ACT OF 1965" (41 U.S.C.  §  351  ET
SEQ.),  FOR  THE CLASSIFICATION OF "GUARD I" FOR THE COUNTY IN WHICH THE
COVERED TRANSPORTATION CENTER IS LOCATED.
10. THE "APPLICABLE STANDARD RATE" SHALL MEAN A COMBINATION OF (A) THE
STANDARD WAGE RATE; (B) THE STANDARD BENEFITS SUPPLEMENT RATE;  AND  (C)
THE STANDARD PAID LEAVE RATE.
§  696-B. DESIGNATION BY COMMISSIONER OF APPLICABLE STANDARD RATES FOR
COVERED TRANSPORTATION CENTER SERVICE WORKERS. 1. ON AUGUST 1, 2020  AND
ON  EACH  SUBSEQUENT  AUGUST FIRST, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL DESIGNATE THE
SUPPLEMENTAL BENEFITS RATE AND PAID LEAVE  REQUIREMENTS  REQUIRED  UNDER
DETERMINATIONS  MADE  BY THE GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION PURSUANT TO
THE FEDERAL "SERVICE CONTRACT ACT OF 1965" (41 U.S.C. §  351  ET  SEQ.),
FOR  THE CLASSIFICATION OF "GUARD I" FOR THE COUNTY IN WHICH THE COVERED
TRANSPORTATION CENTER IS LOCATED. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL  PUBLICLY  POST
SUCH DESIGNATED SUPPLEMENTAL BENEFITS RATE AND PAID LEAVE REQUIREMENTS.
2.  ON AUGUST 1, 2024 AND ON EACH SUBSEQUENT AUGUST FIRST, THE COMMIS-
SIONER SHALL ADDITIONALLY DESIGNATE THE WAGE RATE REQUIRED UNDER  DETER-
MINATIONS  MADE  BY  THE GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION PURSUANT TO THE
FEDERAL "SERVICE CONTRACT ACT OF 1965" (41 U.S.C. § 351  ET  SEQ.),  FOR
THE  CLASSIFICATION  OF  "GUARD  I"  FOR THE COUNTY IN WHICH THE COVERED
SUCH DESIGNATED WAGE RATE.
§  696-C.  MINIMUM WAGE RATE FOR COVERED TRANSPORTATION CENTER SERVICE
WORKERS. 1. ALL COVERED EMPLOYERS SHALL ENSURE THAT EVERY COVERED TRANS-
PORTATION CENTER WORKER IS COMPENSATED AT A RATE THAT IS  NO  LESS  THAN
THE APPLICABLE STANDARD RATE.
2.  NOTWITHSTANDING  SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION, THE MINIMUM WAGE
RATE FOR A COVERED TRANSPORTATION CENTER WORKER WHO IS  A  FOOD  SERVICE
WORKER RECEIVING TIPS SHALL BE A CASH WAGE OF AT LEAST TWO-THIRDS OF THE
MINIMUM  WAGE RATE SET FORTH IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION, ROUNDED
TO THE NEAREST FIVE CENTS, PROVIDED THAT THE TIPS OF SUCH  AN  EMPLOYEE,
WHEN  ADDED  TO  SUCH CASH WAGE, ARE EQUAL TO OR EXCEED THE MINIMUM WAGE
RATE FOR COVERED TRANSPORTATION CENTER WORKERS  IN  EFFECT  PURSUANT  TO
SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION. FOOD SERVICE WORKERS SHALL ALSO RECEIVE
THE  FULL  AMOUNT  OF  BENEFITS AND STANDARD PAID LEAVE RATE AS PROVIDED
UNDER SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION.
§ 696-D. COMMISSIONER'S POWERS OF INVESTIGATION. THE  COMMISSIONER  OR
HIS  OR  HER AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE SHALL HAVE POWER: (A) TO INVESTI-
GATE THE WAGES OF PERSONS IN ANY OCCUPATION IN THE STATE; (B)  TO  ENTER
THE  PLACE OF BUSINESS OR EMPLOYMENT OF ANY EMPLOYER FOR THE PURPOSES OF
(1) EXAMINING AND INSPECTING ANY AND ALL BOOKS, REGISTERS, PAYROLLS  AND
OTHER RECORDS THAT IN ANY WAY RELATE TO OR HAVE A BEARING UPON THE WAGES
PAID  TO,  OR  THE  HOURS  WORKED BY ANY EMPLOYEES, AND (2) ASCERTAINING
WHETHER THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE AND THE  ORDERS  AND  REGULATIONS
PROMULGATED  HEREUNDER  ARE BEING COMPLIED WITH; AND (C) TO REQUIRE FROM
ANY EMPLOYER FULL AND CORRECT STATEMENTS AND REPORTS IN WRITING, AT SUCH
TIMES AS THE COMMISSIONER MAY DEEM NECESSARY, OF THE WAGES PAID  TO  AND
THE HOURS WORKED BY HIS OR HER EMPLOYEES.
§ 696-E. RECORDS OF EMPLOYERS. FOR ALL EMPLOYEES COVERED BY THIS ARTI-
CLE, EVERY EMPLOYER SHALL ESTABLISH, MAINTAIN, AND PRESERVE FOR NOT LESS
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THAN SIX YEARS CONTEMPORANEOUS, TRUE, AND ACCURATE PAYROLL RECORDS SHOW-
ING  FOR EACH WEEK WORKED THE HOURS WORKED; THE RATE OR RATES OF PAY AND
BASIS THEREOF, WHETHER PAID BY  THE  HOUR,  SHIFT,  DAY,  WEEK,  SALARY,
PIECE,  COMMISSION, OR OTHER BASIS; GROSS WAGES; DEDUCTIONS; ALLOWANCES,
IF ANY, CLAIMED AS PART OF THE MINIMUM WAGE;  AND  NET  WAGES  FOR  EACH
EMPLOYEE, PLUS SUCH OTHER INFORMATION AS THE COMMISSIONER DEEMS MATERIAL
AND  NECESSARY.  FOR  ALL  EMPLOYEES  WHO  ARE  NOT EXEMPT FROM OVERTIME
COMPENSATION AS ESTABLISHED IN THE COMMISSIONER'S MINIMUM WAGE ORDERS OR
OTHERWISE PROVIDED BY NEW YORK STATE  LAW  OR  REGULATION,  THE  PAYROLL
RECORDS  MUST INCLUDE THE REGULAR HOURLY RATE OR RATES OF PAY, THE OVER-
TIME RATE OR RATES OF PAY, THE NUMBER OF REGULAR HOURS WORKED,  AND  THE
NUMBER  OF  OVERTIME  HOURS WORKED. FOR ALL EMPLOYEES PAID A PIECE RATE,
THE PAYROLL RECORDS SHALL INCLUDE THE APPLICABLE PIECE RATE OR RATES  OF
PAY  AND  NUMBER  OF PIECES COMPLETED AT EACH PIECE RATE. ON DEMAND, THE
EMPLOYER SHALL FURNISH TO THE COMMISSIONER OR HIS OR HER DULY AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE A SWORN STATEMENT OF THE HOURS WORKED, RATE OR  RATES  OF
PAY AND BASIS THEREOF, WHETHER PAID BY THE HOUR, SHIFT, DAY, WEEK, SALA-
RY,  PIECE,  COMMISSION,  OR  OTHER  BASIS; GROSS WAGES; DEDUCTIONS; AND
ALLOWANCES, IF ANY, CLAIMED AS  PART  OF  THE  MINIMUM  WAGE,  FOR  EACH
AND NECESSARY. EVERY EMPLOYER SHALL KEEP SUCH RECORDS OPEN TO INSPECTION
BY  THE COMMISSIONER OR HIS OR HER DULY AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE AT ANY
REASONABLE TIME. EVERY EMPLOYER OF AN EMPLOYEE SHALL KEEP A  DIGEST  AND
SUMMARY  OF  THIS  ARTICLE  OR  APPLICABLE  WAGE  ORDER,  WHICH SHALL BE
PREPARED BY THE COMMISSIONER, POSTED IN A CONSPICUOUS PLACE  IN  HIS  OR
HER  ESTABLISHMENT  AND SHALL ALSO KEEP POSTED SUCH ADDITIONAL COPIES OF
SAID DIGEST AND SUMMARY AS THE COMMISSIONER PRESCRIBES. EMPLOYERS SHALL,
ON REQUEST, BE FURNISHED WITH COPIES OF THIS ARTICLE AND OF ORDERS,  AND
OF  DIGESTS  AND  SUMMARIES  THEREOF,  WITHOUT CHARGE.   EMPLOYERS SHALL
PERMIT THE COMMISSIONER OR HIS OR HER DULY AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE  TO
QUESTION WITHOUT INTERFERENCE ANY EMPLOYEE OF SUCH EMPLOYER IN A PRIVATE
LOCATION  AT THE PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT AND DURING WORKING HOURS IN RESPECT
TO THE WAGES PAID TO AND THE HOURS WORKED  BY  SUCH  EMPLOYEE  OR  OTHER
§ 696-F. PENALTIES. 1. FAILURE TO PAY MINIMUM WAGE OR OVERTIME COMPEN-
SATION. ANY EMPLOYER OR HIS OR HER AGENT, OR THE OFFICER OR AGENT OF ANY
CORPORATION,  PARTNERSHIP,  OR  LIMITED  LIABILITY  COMPANY, WHO PAYS OR
AGREES TO PAY TO ANY EMPLOYEE LESS THAN THE WAGE APPLICABLE  UNDER  THIS
ARTICLE  SHALL  BE  GUILTY OF A MISDEMEANOR AND UPON CONVICTION THEREFOR
SHALL BE FINED NOT LESS THAN FIVE HUNDRED NOR MORE THAN TWENTY  THOUSAND
DOLLARS OR IMPRISONED FOR NOT MORE THAN ONE YEAR, AND, IN THE EVENT THAT
ANY  SECOND OR SUBSEQUENT OFFENSE OCCURS WITHIN SIX YEARS OF THE DATE OF
CONVICTION FOR A PRIOR OFFENSE, SHALL BE GUILTY  OF  A  FELONY  FOR  THE
SECOND  OR  SUBSEQUENT  OFFENSE,  AND UPON CONVICTION THEREFOR, SHALL BE
FINED NOT LESS THAN FIVE HUNDRED NOR MORE THAN TWENTY  THOUSAND  DOLLARS
OR  IMPRISONED  FOR  NOT MORE THAN ONE YEAR PLUS ONE DAY, OR PUNISHED BY
BOTH SUCH FINE AND IMPRISONMENT, FOR EACH SUCH OFFENSE. EACH PAYMENT  TO
ANY  EMPLOYEE  IN  ANY  WEEK OF LESS THAN THE WAGE APPLICABLE UNDER THIS
ARTICLE SHALL CONSTITUTE A SEPARATE OFFENSE.
2. FAILURE TO KEEP RECORDS. ANY EMPLOYER OR HIS OR HER AGENT,  OR  THE
OFFICER  OR  AGENT OF ANY CORPORATION, PARTNERSHIP, OR LIMITED LIABILITY
COMPANY, WHO FAILS TO KEEP THE RECORDS REQUIRED UNDER THIS ARTICLE OR TO
FURNISH SUCH RECORDS OR ANY INFORMATION REQUIRED TO BE  FURNISHED  UNDER
THIS ARTICLE TO THE COMMISSIONER OR HIS OR HER AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE
UPON  REQUEST,  OR  WHO HINDERS OR DELAYS THE COMMISSIONER OR HIS OR HER
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE IN THE PERFORMANCE OF HIS OR HER DUTIES IN THE
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ENFORCEMENT OF THIS ARTICLE, OR REFUSES TO ADMIT THE COMMISSIONER OR HIS
OR HER AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE TO ANY PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT,  OR  FALSI-
FIES  ANY SUCH RECORDS OR REFUSES TO MAKE SUCH RECORDS ACCESSIBLE TO THE
COMMISSIONER  OR  HIS  OR  HER  AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE, OR REFUSES TO
FURNISH A SWORN STATEMENT OF  SUCH  RECORDS  OR  ANY  OTHER  INFORMATION
REQUIRED  FOR THE PROPER ENFORCEMENT OF THIS ARTICLE TO THE COMMISSIONER
OR HIS OR HER AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE, SHALL BE GUILTY OF A  MISDEMEA-
NOR  AND  UPON  CONVICTION  THEREFOR  SHALL  BE FINED NOT LESS THAN FIVE
HUNDRED NOR MORE THAN FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS OR IMPRISONED FOR  NOT  MORE
THAN  ONE  YEAR, AND, IN THE EVENT THAT ANY SECOND OR SUBSEQUENT OFFENSE
OCCURS WITHIN SIX YEARS OF THE DATE OF CONVICTION FOR A  PRIOR  OFFENSE,
SHALL  BE  GUILTY  OF A FELONY FOR THE SECOND OR SUBSEQUENT OFFENSE, AND
UPON CONVICTION THEREFOR, SHALL BE FINED NOT LESS THAN FIVE HUNDRED  NOR
MORE  THAN  TWENTY  THOUSAND DOLLARS OR IMPRISONED FOR NOT MORE THAN ONE
YEAR PLUS ONE DAY, OR PUNISHED BY BOTH SUCH FINE AND  IMPRISONMENT,  FOR
EACH SUCH OFFENSE. EACH DAY'S FAILURE TO KEEP THE RECORDS REQUIRED UNDER
THIS  ARTICLE  OR  TO FURNISH SUCH RECORDS OR INFORMATION TO THE COMMIS-
SIONER OR HIS OR HER AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE SHALL CONSTITUTE A  SEPA-
RATE OFFENSE.
§  696-G.  CIVIL  ACTION.  1.  IF  ANY  EMPLOYEE IS PAID BY HIS OR HER
EMPLOYER LESS THAN THE WAGE TO WHICH HE OR SHE  IS  ENTITLED  UNDER  THE
PROVISIONS  OF  THIS  ARTICLE, HE OR SHE SHALL RECOVER IN A CIVIL ACTION
THE AMOUNT OF ANY SUCH UNDERPAYMENTS, TOGETHER WITH COSTS,  ALL  REASON-
ABLE  ATTORNEYS'  FEES, PREJUDGMENT INTEREST AS REQUIRED UNDER THE CIVIL
PRACTICE LAW AND RULES, AND UNLESS THE  EMPLOYER  PROVES  A  GOOD  FAITH
BASIS  TO  BELIEVE THAT ITS UNDERPAYMENT OF WAGES WAS IN COMPLIANCE WITH
THE LAW, AN ADDITIONAL AMOUNT AS LIQUIDATED DAMAGES EQUAL TO ONE HUNDRED
PERCENT OF THE TOTAL OF SUCH UNDERPAYMENTS FOUND TO BE DUE.  ANY  AGREE-
MENT  BETWEEN  THE  EMPLOYEE AND THE EMPLOYER TO WORK FOR LESS THAN SUCH
WAGE SHALL BE NO DEFENSE TO SUCH ACTION.
2. ON BEHALF OF ANY EMPLOYEE PAID LESS THAN  THE  WAGE  TO  WHICH  THE
EMPLOYEE  IS  ENTITLED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE, THE COMMIS-
SIONER MAY BRING ANY LEGAL ACTION  NECESSARY,  INCLUDING  ADMINISTRATIVE
ACTION, TO COLLECT SUCH CLAIM, AND THE EMPLOYER SHALL BE REQUIRED TO PAY
THE FULL AMOUNT OF THE UNDERPAYMENT, PLUS COSTS, AND UNLESS THE EMPLOYER
PROVES  A  GOOD  FAITH  BASIS  TO  BELIEVE  THAT ITS UNDERPAYMENT WAS IN
COMPLIANCE WITH THE LAW, AN ADDITIONAL  AMOUNT  AS  LIQUIDATED  DAMAGES.
LIQUIDATED  DAMAGES  SHALL  BE CALCULATED BY THE COMMISSIONER AS NO MORE
THAN ONE HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF UNDERPAYMENTS  FOUND  TO
BE  DUE  THE  EMPLOYEE.  IN  ANY ACTION BROUGHT BY THE COMMISSIONER IN A
COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION, LIQUIDATED DAMAGES SHALL BE  CALCULATED
AS  AN  AMOUNT EQUAL TO ONE HUNDRED PERCENT OF UNDERPAYMENTS FOUND TO BE
DUE THE EMPLOYEE.
3. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, AN  ACTION  TO  RECOVER
UPON  A  LIABILITY  IMPOSED BY THIS ARTICLE MUST BE COMMENCED WITHIN SIX
YEARS. THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS SHALL  BE  TOLLED  FROM  THE  DATE  AN
EMPLOYEE  FILES  A  COMPLAINT  WITH THE COMMISSIONER OR THE COMMISSIONER
COMMENCES AN INVESTIGATION, WHICHEVER IS  EARLIER,  UNTIL  AN  ORDER  TO
COMPLY  ISSUED  BY  THE COMMISSIONER BECOMES FINAL, OR WHERE THE COMMIS-
SIONER DOES NOT ISSUE AN ORDER, UNTIL THE DATE ON WHICH THE COMMISSIONER
NOTIFIES THE COMPLAINANT THAT THE INVESTIGATION HAS CONCLUDED.  INVESTI-
GATION  BY  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL  NOT BE A PREREQUISITE TO NOR A BAR
AGAINST A PERSON BRINGING A CIVIL ACTION UNDER THIS ARTICLE.
4. IN ANY CIVIL ACTION BY AN EMPLOYEE  OR  BY  THE  COMMISSIONER,  THE
EMPLOYEE OR COMMISSIONER SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO COLLECT ATTORNEYS' FEES
AND  COSTS  INCURRED  IN  ENFORCING  ANY COURT JUDGMENT. ANY JUDGMENT OR
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COURT ORDER AWARDING REMEDIES UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL PROVIDE  THAT  IF
ANY  AMOUNTS  REMAIN UNPAID UPON THE EXPIRATION OF NINETY DAYS FOLLOWING
ISSUANCE OF JUDGMENT, OR NINETY DAYS AFTER EXPIRATION  OF  THE  TIME  TO
APPEAL  AND NO APPEAL THEREFROM IS THEN PENDING, WHICHEVER IS LATER, THE
TOTAL  AMOUNT  OF  JUDGMENT  SHALL  AUTOMATICALLY  INCREASE  BY  FIFTEEN
§  696-H.  REGULATIONS.  1. THE COMMISSIONER MAY PROMULGATE SUCH REGU-
LATIONS AS HE OR SHE DEEMS APPROPRIATE TO CARRY OUT THE PURPOSES OF THIS
ARTICLE AND TO SAFEGUARD MINIMUM WAGE STANDARDS.
2. SUCH REGULATIONS SHALL BE PROMULGATED BY THE COMMISSIONER  AFTER  A
PUBLIC HEARING HELD AFTER DUE NOTICE. A NOTICE OF THE PUBLIC HEARING AND
A  NOTICE  OF THE PROMULGATION OF ANY SUCH REGULATION SHALL BE PUBLISHED
IN THE STATE BULLETIN. THE NOTICE OF THE PROMULGATION OF ANY SUCH  REGU-
LATION SHALL BE PUBLISHED AT LEAST TWENTY DAYS BEFORE THE EFFECTIVE DATE
OF THE REGULATION.
§  696-I. SEVERABILITY CLAUSE. IF ANY PROVISION OF THIS ARTICLE OR THE
APPLICATION THEREOF TO ANY PERSON, EMPLOYER, OCCUPATION OR  CIRCUMSTANCE
IS  HELD  INVALID,  THE  REMAINDER OF THE ARTICLE AND THE APPLICATION OF
SUCH PROVISION TO OTHER  PERSONS,  EMPLOYEES,  OCCUPATIONS,  OR  CIRCUM-
STANCES SHALL NOT BE AFFECTED THEREBY.
§ 3. This act shall take effect August 1, 2020.
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(D) 14th Senate District
Pete Harckham
(D, WF) 40th Senate District
(D) 11th Senate District
Shelley B. Mayer
(D, WF) 37th Senate District
(D, WF) 42nd Senate District
(D, WF) 13th Senate District
S6266A - Details
S6266A - Summary
S6266A - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S6266A
Section 1 of the bill provides that this act shall be known and may be
cited as the "Healthy Terminals Act.
Section 2 of the bill amends the labor law by adding a new article 19-D
Section 696-a. Definitions
696-b. Designation by commissioner of applicable standard rates for
covered transportation center service workers
696-c. Minimum wage rate for covered transportation center service work-
696-d. Commissioner's powers of investigation
696-e. Records of employers
696-f. Penalties
696-g. Civil action
696-h. Regulations
696-i. Savings clause
Section 3 of the bill sets the effective date.
2019: S6266, referred to labor
This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall have
become law.
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S6266A - Bill Text download pdf
6266--A
Introduced  by  Sens.  BIAGGI, GOUNARDES, JACKSON, SKOUFIS -- read twice
and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee
on Labor -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered  reprinted  as
AN  ACT  to  amend  the  labor law, in relation to enacting the "healthy
Section  1.  This  act shall be known and may be cited as the "healthy
terminals act".
§ 2. The labor law is amended by adding a new article 19-D to read  as
MINIMUM WAGE RATES FOR TRANSPORTATION CENTER SERVICE WORKERS
696-B. DESIGNATION  BY COMMISSIONER OF APPLICABLE STANDARD RATES
696-I. SAVINGS CLAUSE.
§ 696-A. DEFINITIONS. AS USED IN THIS ARTICLE: 1. "COVERED TRANSPORTA-
TION  CENTER"  MEANS  JOHN  F.  KENNEDY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, LAGUARDIA
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AIRPORT, NEW YORK STEWART INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, THE PORT AUTHORITY  BUS
TERMINAL, PENNSYLVANIA STATION AND GRAND CENTRAL STATION.
COVERED  TRANSPORTATION  CENTER.    COVERED TRANSPORTATION CENTER WORKER
PROFESSIONAL CAPACITY AS DEFINED IN SUBPARAGRAPH ONE OF PARAGRAPH (A) OF
SECTION THIRTEEN OF THE FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT OF 1928.
3.  "FRANCHISEE"  MEANS  A  PERSON  TO  WHOM A FRANCHISE IS OFFERED OR
GRANTED;
4. "FRANCHISOR" MEANS A PERSON  WHO  GRANTS  A  FRANCHISE  TO  ANOTHER
5.  "COVERED EMPLOYER" MEANS ALL EMPLOYERS THAT EMPLOY MORE THAN FIFTY
FRANCHISEES THAT EMPLOY MORE THAN FIFTY EMPLOYEES IN AGGREGATE;
6. THE "STANDARD WAGE RATE" MEANS:
(A) EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY, THE GREATER OF:
(I) ONE DOLLAR MORE THAN ANY MINIMUM WAGE RATE THAT WOULD BE OTHERWISE
FEDERAL, STATE, OR LOCAL LAW OR POLICY; OR
(B) EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE THE GREATER OF:
(I) TWO DOLLARS MORE THAN ANY MINIMUM WAGE RATE THAT WOULD  BE  OTHER-
WISE  APPLICABLE  TO COVERED TRANSPORTATION CENTER SERVICE WORKERS UNDER
ANY FEDERAL, STATE, OR LOCAL LAW OR POLICY; OR
(C) EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO THE GREATER OF:
(I) THREE DOLLARS MORE THAN ANY MINIMUM WAGE RATE THAT WOULD BE OTHER-
WISE APPLICABLE TO COVERED TRANSPORTATION CENTER SERVICE  WORKERS  UNDER
(D)  EFFECTIVE  SEPTEMBER FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE THE GREATER
(I) FOUR DOLLARS MORE THAN ANY MINIMUM WAGE RATE THAT WOULD BE  OTHER-
(E) EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-FOUR,  AND  EACH
SEPTEMBER FIRST THEREAFTER, THE GREATER OF:
(I)  FOUR DOLLARS MORE THAN ANY MINIMUM WAGE RATE THAT WOULD BE OTHER-
ANY FEDERAL, STATE, OR LOCAL LAW OR POLICY;
(III)  THE  WAGE  RATE  DESIGNATED BY THE COMMISSIONER THE IMMEDIATELY
PRECEDING AUGUST FIRST BASED ON THE DETERMINATIONS MADE BY  THE  FEDERAL
GENERAL  SERVICES ADMINISTRATION PURSUANT TO THE MCNAMARA-O'HARA SERVICE
CONTRACT ACT OF 1965, FOR THE CLASSIFICATION OF "GUARD I" FOR THE COUNTY
IN WHICH THE COVERED TRANSPORTATION CENTER IS LOCATED.
7. THE "STANDARD BENEFITS SUPPLEMENT RATE" MEANS  EFFECTIVE  SEPTEMBER
FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY  AND  EACH SEPTEMBER FIRST THEREAFTER, THE
SUPPLEMENTAL BENEFITS RATE DESIGNATED BY THE COMMISSIONER THE IMMEDIATE-
LY PRECEDING AUGUST FIRST, BASED ON THE DETERMINATION MADE BY THE FEDER-
AL  GENERAL  SERVICE  ADMINISTRATION  PURSUANT  TO  THE  MCNAMARA-O'HARA
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SERVICE  CONTRACT  ACT  OF 1965, FOR THE CLASSIFICATION OF "GUARD I" FOR
8. THE "STANDARD PAID LEAVE RATE" MEANS EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER FIRST, TWO
THOUSAND  TWENTY  AND  EACH  SEPTEMBER  FIRST THEREAFTER, THE PAID LEAVE
REQUIREMENTS DESIGNATED BY THE COMMISSIONER  THE  IMMEDIATELY  PRECEDING
AUGUST  FIRST,  BASED  ON THE DETERMINATIONS MADE BY THE FEDERAL GENERAL
SERVICES ADMINISTRATION PURSUANT TO THE MCNAMARA-O'HARA SERVICE CONTRACT
ACT OF 1965, FOR THE CLASSIFICATION OF "GUARD I" FOR THE COUNTY IN WHICH
THE COVERED TRANSPORTATION CENTER IS LOCATED.
9. THE "APPLICABLE STANDARD RATE" SHALL MEAN A COMBINATION OF (A)  THE
STANDARD WAGE RATE; (B) THE STANDARD BENEFITS SUPPLEMENTAL RATE, AND (C)
COVERED TRANSPORTATION CENTER SERVICE WORKERS. 1. ON AUGUST  FIRST,  TWO
THOUSAND  TWENTY AND EACH SUBSEQUENT AUGUST FIRST THE COMMISSIONER SHALL
DESIGNATE THE SUPPLEMENTAL BENEFITS RATE  AND  PAID  LEAVE  REQUIREMENTS
REQUIRED  UNDER  DETERMINATIONS  MADE  BY  THE  FEDERAL GENERAL SERVICES
ADMINISTRATION PURSUANT TO THE MCNAMARA-O'HARA SERVICE CONTRACT  ACT  OF
1965,  FOR  THE  CLASSIFICATION OF "GUARD I" FOR THE COUNTY IN WHICH THE
COVERED TRANSPORTATION CENTER IS LOCATED. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PUBLIC-
LY POST SUCH DESIGNATED  SUPPLEMENTAL  BENEFITS  RATES  AND  PAID  LEAVE
2.  ON  AUGUST  FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-FOUR AND EACH SUBSEQUENT
AUGUST FIRST, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL  ADDITIONALLY  DESIGNATE  THE  WAGE
RATE  REQUIRED UNDER DETERMINATIONS MADE BY THE FEDERAL GENERAL SERVICES
LY POST SUCH DESIGNATED WAGE RATE.
§ 696-C. MINIMUM WAGE RATE FOR COVERED TRANSPORTATION  CENTER  SERVICE
WORKERS.  1.    ALL  COVERED  EMPLOYERS  SHALL ENSURE THAT EVERY COVERED
TRANSPORTATION CENTER WORKER IS COMPENSATED AT A RATE THAT  IS  NO  LESS
THAN THE APPLICABLE STANDARD RATE.
SUBDIVISION  ONE  OF  THIS  SECTION.    FOOD  SERVICE WORKERS SHALL ALSO
RECEIVE THE FULL AMOUNT OF BENEFITS AND PAID LEAVE MINIMUMS AS  PROVIDED
UNDER SECTION SIX HUNDRED NINETY-SIX-B OF THIS ARTICLE.
§  696-D.  COMMISSIONER'S POWERS OF INVESTIGATION. THE COMMISSIONER OR
HIS OR HER AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE SHALL HAVE THE POWER TO:
1. INVESTIGATE THE COMPENSATION OF COVERED TRANSPORTATION CENTER WORK-
ERS IN THE STATE;
2. ENTER THE PLACE OF BUSINESS OR EMPLOYMENT OF ANY EMPLOYER  FOR  THE
PURPOSE  OF  (A)  EXAMINING AND INSPECTING ANY AND ALL BOOKS, REGISTERS,
PAYROLLS, AND OTHER RECORDS THAT IN ANY WAY RELATE TO OR HAVE A  BEARING
UPON THE COMPENSATION PROVIDED TO, OR THE HOURS WORKED BY ANY EMPLOYEES,
AND  (B)  ASCERTAINING  WHETHER  THE  PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE AND THE
RULES AND REGULATIONS PROMULGATED HEREUNDER ARE BEING COMPLIED WITH; AND
3. REQUIRE FROM ANY EMPLOYER FULL AND CORRECT STATEMENTS  AND  REPORTS
IN WRITING, AT SUCH TIMES AS THE COMMISSIONER MAY DEEM NECESSARY, OF THE
COMPENSATION PROVIDED TO AND THE HOURS BY SUCH EMPLOYER'S EMPLOYEES.
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§  696-E.  RECORDS  OF  EMPLOYERS.  FOR EVERY EMPLOYEE COVERED BY THIS
ARTICLE, EVERY EMPLOYER SHALL ESTABLISH, MAINTAIN, AND PRESERVE FOR  NOT
LESS  THAN SIX YEARS CONTEMPORANEOUS, TRUE, AND ACCURATE PAYROLL RECORDS
SHOWING  FOR  EACH  WEEK  WORKED  THE  HOURS  WORKED,  THE  COMPENSATION
PROVIDED, PLUS SUCH OTHER INFORMATION AS THE COMMISSIONER DEEMS MATERIAL
AND  NECESSARY.    FOR ALL COVERED TRANSPORTATION CENTER WORKERS WHO ARE
NOT EXEMPT FROM OVERTIME COMPENSATION AS ESTABLISHED IN THE  COMMISSION-
ER'S  MINIMUM  WAGE  ORDERS OR OTHERWISE PROVIDED BY LAW, RULE, OR REGU-
LATION, THE PAYROLL RECORDS SHALL INCLUDE THE COMPENSATION PROVIDED  AND
THE  REGULAR  HOURLY RATE OR RATES OF PAY, THE OVERTIME RATE OR RATES OF
PAY, THE NUMBER OF REGULAR HOURS WORKED, THE NUMBER  OF  OVERTIME  HOURS
WORKED  AND  THE COST OF BENEFITS AND/OR BENEFIT SUPPLEMENTS. ON DEMAND,
THE EMPLOYER SHALL FURNISH TO  THE  COMMISSIONER  OR  HIS  OR  HER  DULY
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE A SWORN STATEMENT OF THE HOURS WORKED, RATE OR
RATES OF COMPENSATION, FOR EACH COVERED TRANSPORTATION WORKER, PLUS SUCH
OTHER  INFORMATION  AS  THE  COMMISSIONER  DEEMS MATERIAL AND NECESSARY.
EVERY EMPLOYER SHALL KEEP SUCH RECORDS OPEN TO INSPECTION BY THE COMMIS-
SIONER OR HIS OR HER DULY AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE  AT  ANY  REASONABLE
TIME.  EVERY  EMPLOYER  OF  A COVERED TRANSPORTATION WORKER SHALL KEEP A
DIGEST AND SUMMARY OF THIS  ARTICLE  WHICH  SHALL  BE  PREPARED  BY  THE
COMMISSIONER,  POSTED IN A CONSPICUOUS PLACE IN HIS OR HER ESTABLISHMENT
AND SHALL ALSO KEEP POSTED SUCH ADDITIONAL COPIES  OF  SAID  DIGEST  AND
SUMMARY  AS THE COMMISSIONER PRESCRIBES. EMPLOYERS SHALL, ON REQUEST, BE
FURNISHED WITH COPIES OF THIS ARTICLE AND OF ORDERS, AND OF DIGESTS  AND
SUMMARIES  THEREOF,  WITHOUT  CHARGE. EMPLOYERS SHALL PERMIT THE COMMIS-
SIONER OR HIS OR HER DULY AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE TO QUESTION  WITHOUT
INTERFERENCE  ANY EMPLOYEE OF SUCH EMPLOYER IN A PRIVATE LOCATION AT THE
PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT AND DURING WORKING HOURS IN  RESPECT  TO  THE  WAGES
PAID TO AND THE HOURS WORKED BY SUCH EMPLOYEE OR OTHER EMPLOYEES.
§ 696-F. PENALTIES.  1. ANY EMPLOYER OR HIS OR HER AGENT, OR THE OFFI-
CER  OR  AGENT  OF  ANY  CORPORATION,  PARTNERSHIP, OR LIMITED LIABILITY
COMPANY, WHO PAYS OR AGREES TO PAY TO ANY EMPLOYEE LESS THAN THE  APPLI-
CABLE  STANDARD RATE UNDER THIS ARTICLE SHALL BE GUILTY OF A MISDEMEANOR
AND UPON CONVICTION THEREFOR SHALL BE FINED NOT LESS THAN  FIVE  HUNDRED
NOR  MORE  THAN  TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS OR IMPRISONED FOR NOT MORE THAN
ONE YEAR, AND, IN THE EVENT THAT ANY SECOND OR SUBSEQUENT OFFENSE OCCURS
WITHIN SIX YEARS OF THE DATE OF CONVICTION FOR A PRIOR OFFENSE, SHALL BE
ANY EMPLOYEE IN ANY WEEK OF LESS THAN THE APPLICABLE STANDARD RATE UNDER
THIS ARTICLE SHALL CONSTITUTE A SEPARATE OFFENSE.
2.  ANY  EMPLOYER  OR HIS OR HER AGENT, OR THE OFFICER OR AGENT OF ANY
CORPORATION, PARTNERSHIP, OR LIMITED LIABILITY  COMPANY,  WHO  FAILS  TO
KEEP  THE RECORDS REQUIRED UNDER THIS ARTICLE OR TO FURNISH SUCH RECORDS
OR ANY INFORMATION REQUIRED TO BE FURNISHED UNDER THIS  ARTICLE  TO  THE
COMMISSIONER  OR  HIS  OR HER AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE UPON REQUEST, OR
WHO HINDERS OR DELAYS THE COMMISSIONER OR HIS OR HER  AUTHORIZED  REPRE-
SENTATIVE  IN THE PERFORMANCE OF HIS OR HER DUTIES IN THE ENFORCEMENT OF
THIS ARTICLE, OR REFUSES TO ADMIT THE COMMISSIONER OR HIS OR HER AUTHOR-
IZED REPRESENTATIVE TO ANY PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT, OR  FALSIFIES  ANY  SUCH
RECORDS  OR  REFUSES TO MAKE SUCH RECORDS ACCESSIBLE TO THE COMMISSIONER
OR HIS OR HER AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE, OR REFUSES TO FURNISH  A  SWORN
STATEMENT  OF  SUCH  RECORDS  OR  ANY OTHER INFORMATION REQUIRED FOR THE
PROPER ENFORCEMENT OF THIS ARTICLE TO THE COMMISSIONER  OR  HIS  OR  HER
AUTHORIZED  REPRESENTATIVE,  SHALL  BE  GUILTY OF A MISDEMEANOR AND UPON
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CONVICTION THEREFOR SHALL BE FINED NOT LESS THAN FIVE HUNDRED  NOR  MORE
THAN  FIVE  THOUSAND  DOLLARS  OR IMPRISONED FOR NOT MORE THAN ONE YEAR,
AND, IN THE EVENT THAT ANY SECOND OR SUBSEQUENT  OFFENSE  OCCURS  WITHIN
SIX YEARS OF THE DATE OF CONVICTION FOR A PRIOR OFFENSE, SHALL BE GUILTY
OF  A  FELONY  FOR THE SECOND OR SUBSEQUENT OFFENSE, AND UPON CONVICTION
THEREFOR, SHALL BE FINED NOT LESS THAN FIVE HUNDRED NOR MORE THAN TWENTY
THOUSAND DOLLARS OR IMPRISONED FOR NOT MORE THAN ONE YEAR PLUS ONE  DAY,
OR  PUNISHED  BY BOTH SUCH FINE AND IMPRISONMENT, FOR EACH SUCH OFFENSE.
EACH DAY'S FAILURE TO KEEP THE RECORDS REQUESTED UNDER THIS  ARTICLE  OR
TO FURNISH SUCH RECORDS OR INFORMATION TO THE COMMISSIONER OR HIS OR HER
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE SHALL CONSTITUTE A SEPARATE OFFENSE.
EMPLOYER LESS THAN THE APPLICABLE STANDARD RATE TO WHICH HE  OR  SHE  IS
ENTITLED  UNDER  THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE, HE OR SHE SHALL RECOVER
IN A CIVIL ACTION THE AMOUNT OF ANY SUCH  UNDERPAYMENTS,  TOGETHER  WITH
ALL  REASONABLE  ATTORNEY'S FEES, PREJUDGMENT INTEREST AS REQUIRED UNDER
THE CIVIL PRACTICE LAW AND RULES, AND UNLESS THE EMPLOYER PROVES A  GOOD
FAITH  BASIS TO BELIEVE THAT ITS UNDERPAYMENT OF WAGES WAS IN COMPLIANCE
WITH THE LAW, AN ADDITIONAL AMOUNT AS LIQUIDATED DAMAGES  EQUAL  TO  ONE
HUNDRED  PERCENT OF THE TOTAL OF SUCH UNDERPAYMENTS FOUND TO BE DUE. ANY
AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE EMPLOYEE AND THE EMPLOYER TO WORK  FOR  LESS  THAN
SUCH APPLICABLE STANDARD RATE SHALL BE NO DEFENSE TO SUCH ACTION.
2.  ON  BEHALF  OF ANY EMPLOYEE PAID LESS THAN THE APPLICABLE STANDARD
RATE TO WHICH THE EMPLOYEE IS ENTITLED  UNDER  THE  PROVISIONS  OF  THIS
ARTICLE,  THE COMMISSIONER MAY BRING ANY LEGAL ACTION NECESSARY, INCLUD-
ING ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION, TO COLLECT SUCH CLAIM, AND THE EMPLOYER SHALL
BE REQUIRED TO PAY THE FULL AMOUNT OF THE UNDERPAYMENT, PLUS COSTS,  AND
UNLESS THE EMPLOYER PROVES A GOOD FAITH BASIS TO BELIEVE THAT ITS UNDER-
PAYMENT  WAS  IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE LAW, AN ADDITIONAL AMOUNT AS LIQUI-
DATED DAMAGES. LIQUIDATED DAMAGES SHALL BE CALCULATED BY THE COMMISSION-
ER AS  NO  MORE  THAN  ONE  HUNDRED  PERCENT  OF  THE  TOTAL  AMOUNT  OF
UNDERPAYMENTS FOUND TO BE DUE THE EMPLOYEE. IN ANY ACTION BROUGHT BY THE
COMMISSIONER  IN  A  COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION, LIQUIDATED DAMAGES
SHALL BE CALCULATED AS AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO ONE HUNDRED PERCENT OF  UNDER-
PAYMENTS FOUND TO BE DUE THE EMPLOYEE.
3.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, AN ACTION TO RECOVER
UPON A LIABILITY IMPOSED BY THIS ARTICLE MUST BE  COMMENCED  WITHIN  SIX
YEARS.  THE  STATUTE  OF  LIMITATIONS  SHALL  BE TOLLED FROM THE DATE AN
EMPLOYEE FILES A COMPLAINT WITH THE  COMMISSIONER  OR  THE  COMMISSIONER
COMMENCES  AN  INVESTIGATION,  WHICHEVER  IS  EARLIER, UNTIL AN ORDER TO
COMPLY ISSUED BY THE COMMISSIONER BECOMES FINAL, OR  WHERE  THE  COMMIS-
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ARTICLE AND TO SAFEGUARD MINIMUM COMPENSATION STANDARDS.
2.  SUCH  REGULATIONS SHALL BE PROMULGATED BY THE COMMISSIONER AFTER A
PUBLIC HEARING HELD AFTER DUE NOTICE.
3. A NOTICE OF THE PUBLIC HEARING AND A NOTICE OF THE PROMULGATION  OF
ANY SUCH REGULATION SHALL BE PUBLISHED IN THE STATE BULLETIN. THE NOTICE
OF  THE  PROMULGATION OF ANY SUCH REGULATION SHALL BE PUBLISHED AT LEAST
TWENTY DAYS BEFORE THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE REGULATION.
§ 696-I. SAVINGS CLAUSE. IF ANY  PROVISION  OF  THIS  ARTICLE  OR  THE
APPLICATION  THEREOF TO ANY PERSON, EMPLOYER, OCCUPATION OR CIRCUMSTANCE
IS HELD INVALID, THE REMAINDER OF THE ARTICLE  AND  THE  APPLICATION  OF
SUCH  PROVISION  TO  OTHER  PERSONS,  EMPLOYEES, OCCUPATIONS, OR CIRCUM-
§ 3. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
have become a law.
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James Gaughran
(D) 5th Senate District
Roxanne J. Persaud
(D) 19th Senate District
(D, WF) 33rd Senate District
(D, WF) 18th Senate District
S6266B - Details
S6266B - Summary
S6266B - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S6266B
An act to amend the labor law, in relation to enacting the "healthy
to include the following:
Section 696-a. Definitions 696-b. Applicable standard rates for covered
transportation center service workers 696-c. Minimum wage rate for
covered transportation center service workers 696-d. Commissioner's
certain workers at major transportation centers to help with the
expenses of health care and so increase retention rates at these sites.
S6266B - Bill Text download pdf
6266--B
Introduced  by Sens. BIAGGI, COMRIE, GOUNARDES, HARCKHAM, HOYLMAN, JACK-
SON, LIU, MAYER, METZGER, RAMOS, SKOUFIS, THOMAS  --  read  twice  and
ordered  printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on
Labor -- committee discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered  reprinted  as
amended  and  recommitted  to  said committee -- committee discharged,
bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended  and  recommitted  to  said
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COVERED  TRANSPORTATION  CENTER, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, WORK PERFORMED FOR A
MERCANTILE ESTABLISHMENT, A RESTAURANT  OR  OTHER  EATING  PLACE,  OR  A
DRINKING  PLACE SHALL NOT COUNT AS WORK PERFORMED AT A COVERED TRANSPOR-
TATION CENTER FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS ARTICLE.  COVERED  TRANSPORTATION
CENTER WORKER SHALL NOT INCLUDE PERSONS EMPLOYED IN AN EXECUTIVE, ADMIN-
ISTRATIVE,  OR  PROFESSIONAL  CAPACITY AS DEFINED IN SUBPARAGRAPH ONE OF
PARAGRAPH (A) OF SECTION THIRTEEN OF THE FAIR  LABOR  STANDARDS  ACT  OF
3. THE "STANDARD WAGE RATE" MEANS:
(A) EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY THE GREATER OF:
APPLICABLE  TO COVERED TRANSPORTATION CENTER SERVICE WORKERS ESTABLISHED
BY ARTICLE NINETEEN OF THIS CHAPTER; OR
(II) ANY OTHERWISE APPLICABLE MINIMUM WAGE RATE ESTABLISHED THROUGH  A
POLICY OF THE PORT AUTHORITY OF NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY.
(I)  TWO  DOLLARS MORE THAN ANY MINIMUM WAGE RATE THAT WOULD BE OTHER-
WISE APPLICABLE TO COVERED TRANSPORTATION CENTER SERVICE WORKERS  ESTAB-
LISHED BY ARTICLE NINETEEN OF THIS CHAPTER; OR
(II)  ANY OTHERWISE APPLICABLE MINIMUM WAGE RATE ESTABLISHED THROUGH A
WISE APPLICABLE TO COVERED TRANSPORTATION CENTER SERVICE WORKERS SET  BY
ANY FEDERAL OR STATE MINIMUM WAGE LAW; OR
(D) EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE  THE  GREATER
LISHED BY ARTICLE NINETEEN OF THIS CHAPTER;
POLICY OF THE PORT AUTHORITY OF NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY; OR
(III) AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO THE WAGE RATE DESIGNATED BY THE  COMMISSIONER
THE  IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING AUGUST FIRST BASED ON THE DETERMINATIONS MADE
BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR PURSUANT TO THE MCNAMARA-O'HARA
SERVICE CONTRACT ACT OF 1965 (41 U.S.C. §6701, ET SEQ.), FOR THE CLASSI-
FICATION OF "GUARD I" FOR THE COUNTY IN WHICH THE COVERED TRANSPORTATION
CENTER IS LOCATED.
4. THE "STANDARD BENEFITS SUPPLEMENT RATE" MEANS AN HOURLY  SUPPLEMENT
FURNISHED  BY  A CONTRACTOR TO AN EMPLOYEE IN ONE OF THE FOLLOWING WAYS:
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(A) IN THE FORM OF HEALTH AND OTHER BENEFITS (NOT INCLUDING PAID  LEAVE)
THAT  COST  THE EMPLOYER THE ENTIRE REQUIRED HOURLY SUPPLEMENTAL AMOUNT;
(B) BY PROVIDING A PORTION OF THE REQUIRED HOURLY SUPPLEMENT IN THE FORM
OF  HEALTH AND OTHER BENEFITS (NOT INCLUDING PAID LEAVE) AND THE BALANCE
IN CASH; OR (C) BY PROVIDING THE ENTIRE SUPPLEMENT  IN  CASH.  EFFECTIVE
SEPTEMBER  FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY AND EACH SEPTEMBER FIRST THEREAFT-
ER, THE REQUIRED HOURLY SUPPLEMENTAL RATES SHALL BE AN AMOUNT  EQUAL  TO
THE  SUPPLEMENTAL BENEFITS RATE DESIGNATED BY THE COMMISSIONER THE IMME-
DIATELY PRECEDING AUGUST FIRST, BASED ON THE DETERMINATION MADE  BY  THE
UNITED  STATES  DEPARTMENT  OF  LABOR  PURSUANT  TO  THE MCNAMARA-O'HARA
5. THE "STANDARD PAID LEAVE RATE" MEANS EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER FIRST, TWO
THOUSAND TWENTY AND EACH SEPTEMBER  FIRST  THEREAFTER,  THE  PAID  LEAVE
REQUIREMENTS  DESIGNATED  BY  THE COMMISSIONER THE IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING
AUGUST FIRST, BASED ON THE DETERMINATIONS  MADE  BY  THE  UNITED  STATES
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR PURSUANT TO THE MCNAMARA-O'HARA SERVICE CONTRACT ACT
OF  1965 (41 U.S.C. §6701, ET SEQ.), FOR THE CLASSIFICATION OF "GUARD I"
FOR THE COUNTY IN WHICH THE COVERED TRANSPORTATION CENTER IS LOCATED.
6. THE "APPLICABLE STANDARD RATE" SHALL MEAN A COMBINATION OF (A)  THE
7.  "MERCANTILE  ESTABLISHMENT"  SHALL  MEAN A PLACE WHERE ONE OR MORE
PERSONS ARE EMPLOYED IN WHICH GOODS, WARES OR  MERCHANDISE  ARE  OFFERED
8.  "RESTAURANTS  AND  OTHER  EATING PLACES" SHALL MEAN ESTABLISHMENTS
PRIMARILY ENGAGED IN ONE OF THE FOLLOWING: (A) PROVIDING  FOOD  SERVICES
TO  PATRONS WHO ORDER AND ARE SERVED WHILE SEATED (I.E., WAITER/WAITRESS
SERVICE) AND PAY AFTER EATING; (B) PROVIDING FOOD  SERVICES  TO  PATRONS
WHO  GENERALLY  ORDER  OR  SELECT ITEMS (E.G., AT A COUNTER, IN A BUFFET
LINE, OR AT A COMPUTER TERMINAL) AND PAY BEFORE EATING; OR (C) PREPARING
AND/OR SERVING A SPECIALTY SNACK (E.G., ICE CREAM, FROZEN YOGURT,  COOK-
IES)  AND/OR  NONALCOHOLIC  BEVERAGES  (E.G., COFFEE, JUICES, SODAS) FOR
CONSUMPTION ON OR NEAR THE PREMISES.
9. "DRINKING PLACES" SHALL MEAN ESTABLISHMENTS KNOWN AS BARS, TAVERNS,
NIGHTCLUBS, OR DRINKING PLACES PRIMARILY ENGAGED IN PREPARING AND  SERV-
ING  ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES FOR IMMEDIATE CONSUMPTION. THESE ESTABLISHMENTS
MAY ALSO PROVIDE LIMITED FOOD SERVICES.
§ 696-B. DESIGNATION BY COMMISSIONER OF APPLICABLE STANDARD RATES  FOR
COVERED  TRANSPORTATION  CENTER SERVICE WORKERS. 1. ON AUGUST FIRST, TWO
THOUSAND TWENTY AND EACH SUBSEQUENT AUGUST FIRST THE COMMISSIONER  SHALL
DESIGNATE  THE  SUPPLEMENTAL  BENEFITS  RATE AND PAID LEAVE REQUIREMENTS
REQUIRED UNDER DETERMINATIONS MADE BY THE UNITED  STATES  DEPARTMENT  OF
LABOR  PURSUANT  TO THE MCNAMARA-O'HARA SERVICE CONTRACT ACT OF 1965 (41
U.S.C. §6701, ET SEQ.), FOR THE CLASSIFICATION  OF  "GUARD  I"  FOR  THE
COUNTY  IN  WHICH  THE  COVERED  TRANSPORTATION  CENTER  IS LOCATED. THE
COMMISSIONER SHALL PUBLICLY POST SUCH DESIGNATED  SUPPLEMENTAL  BENEFITS
RATES AND PAID LEAVE REQUIREMENTS.
1965  (41  U.S.C.  § 6701, ET SEQ.)  FOR THE CLASSIFICATION OF "GUARD I"
FOR THE COUNTY IN WHICH THE COVERED TRANSPORTATION  CENTER  IS  LOCATED.
THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PUBLICLY POST SUCH DESIGNATED WAGE RATE.
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WORKERS. ALL COVERED EMPLOYERS SHALL ENSURE THAT EVERY COVERED TRANSPOR-
TATION CENTER WORKER IS COMPENSATED AT A RATE THAT IS NO LESS  THAN  THE
APPLICABLE  STANDARD  RATE. NOTHING IN THIS ARTICLE SHALL ALTER OR LIMIT
ANY  EMPLOYER'S  OBLIGATION  TO  PAY ANY OTHERWISE APPLICABLE PREVAILING
WAGE UNDER ARTICLE EIGHT OR NINE OF THIS CHAPTER.
2.  ENTER  THE PLACE OF BUSINESS OR EMPLOYMENT OF ANY EMPLOYER FOR THE
PURPOSE OF (A) EXAMINING AND INSPECTING ANY AND  ALL  BOOKS,  REGISTERS,
PAYROLLS,  AND OTHER RECORDS THAT IN ANY WAY RELATE TO OR HAVE A BEARING
AND (B) ASCERTAINING WHETHER THE PROVISIONS  OF  THIS  ARTICLE  AND  THE
3.  REQUIRE  FROM ANY EMPLOYER FULL AND CORRECT STATEMENTS AND REPORTS
§ 696-E. RECORDS OF EMPLOYERS. FOR  EVERY  EMPLOYEE  COVERED  BY  THIS
ARTICLE,  EVERY EMPLOYER SHALL ESTABLISH, MAINTAIN, AND PRESERVE FOR NOT
LESS THAN SIX YEARS CONTEMPORANEOUS, TRUE, AND ACCURATE PAYROLL  RECORDS
AND NECESSARY.  FOR ALL COVERED TRANSPORTATION CENTER  WORKERS  WHO  ARE
NOT  EXEMPT FROM OVERTIME COMPENSATION AS ESTABLISHED IN THE COMMISSION-
ER'S MINIMUM WAGE ORDERS OR OTHERWISE PROVIDED BY LAW,  RULE,  OR  REGU-
LATION,  THE PAYROLL RECORDS SHALL INCLUDE THE COMPENSATION PROVIDED AND
THE REGULAR HOURLY RATE OR RATES OF PAY, THE OVERTIME RATE OR  RATES  OF
PAY,  THE  NUMBER  OF REGULAR HOURS WORKED, THE NUMBER OF OVERTIME HOURS
WORKED AND THE COST OF BENEFITS AND/OR BENEFIT SUPPLEMENTS.  ON  DEMAND,
THE  EMPLOYER  SHALL  FURNISH  TO  THE  COMMISSIONER  OR HIS OR HER DULY
OTHER INFORMATION AS THE  COMMISSIONER  DEEMS  MATERIAL  AND  NECESSARY.
SIONER  OR  HIS  OR HER DULY AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE AT ANY REASONABLE
TIME. EVERY EMPLOYER OF A COVERED TRANSPORTATION  WORKER  SHALL  KEEP  A
DIGEST  AND  SUMMARY  OF  THIS  ARTICLE  WHICH  SHALL BE PREPARED BY THE
COMMISSIONER, POSTED IN A CONSPICUOUS PLACE IN HIS OR HER  ESTABLISHMENT
AND  SHALL  ALSO  KEEP  POSTED SUCH ADDITIONAL COPIES OF SAID DIGEST AND
SUMMARY AS THE COMMISSIONER PRESCRIBES. EMPLOYERS SHALL, ON REQUEST,  BE
FURNISHED  WITH COPIES OF THIS ARTICLE AND OF ORDERS, AND OF DIGESTS AND
SUMMARIES THEREOF, WITHOUT CHARGE. EMPLOYERS SHALL  PERMIT  THE  COMMIS-
SIONER  OR HIS OR HER DULY AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE TO QUESTION WITHOUT
INTERFERENCE ANY EMPLOYEE OF SUCH EMPLOYER IN A PRIVATE LOCATION AT  THE
PLACE  OF  EMPLOYMENT  AND  DURING WORKING HOURS IN RESPECT TO THE WAGES
CER OR AGENT OF  ANY  CORPORATION,  PARTNERSHIP,  OR  LIMITED  LIABILITY
COMPANY,  WHO PAYS OR AGREES TO PAY TO ANY EMPLOYEE LESS THAN THE APPLI-
CABLE STANDARD RATE UNDER THIS ARTICLE SHALL BE GUILTY OF A  MISDEMEANOR
AND  UPON  CONVICTION THEREFOR SHALL BE FINED NOT LESS THAN FIVE HUNDRED
NOR MORE THAN TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS OR IMPRISONED FOR  NOT  MORE  THAN
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FINED  NOT  LESS THAN FIVE HUNDRED NOR MORE THAN TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS
OR IMPRISONED FOR NOT MORE THAN ONE YEAR PLUS ONE DAY,  OR  PUNISHED  BY
BOTH  SUCH FINE AND IMPRISONMENT, FOR EACH SUCH OFFENSE. EACH PAYMENT TO
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GATION BY THE COMMISSIONER SHALL NOT BE A  PREREQUISITE  TO  NOR  A  BAR
4.  IN  ANY  CIVIL  ACTION  BY AN EMPLOYEE OR BY THE COMMISSIONER, THE
AND COSTS INCURRED IN ENFORCING ANY  COURT  JUDGMENT.  ANY  JUDGMENT  OR
COURT  ORDER  AWARDING REMEDIES UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL PROVIDE THAT IF
ANY AMOUNTS REMAIN UNPAID UPON THE EXPIRATION OF NINETY  DAYS  FOLLOWING
ISSUANCE  OF  JUDGMENT,  OR  NINETY DAYS AFTER EXPIRATION OF THE TIME TO
APPEAL AND NO APPEAL THEREFROM IS THEN PENDING, WHICHEVER IS LATER,  THE
§ 696-H. REGULATIONS. 1. THE COMMISSIONER MAY  PROMULGATE  SUCH  REGU-
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Joseph P. Addabbo Jr
(D) 15th Senate District
Brian A. Benjamin
(D) 30th Senate District
(D) 38th Senate District
(D, WF) 12th Senate District
Anna M. Kaplan
(D, IP, WF) 7th Senate District
(D, WF) 26th Senate District
Timothy M. Kennedy
(D, IP, WF) 63rd Senate District
Monica R. Martinez
(D) 3rd Senate District
Zellnor Myrie
(D) 20th Senate District
Kevin S. Parker
(D, WF) 21st Senate District
Luis R. Sepúlveda
(D) 32nd Senate District
(D, WF) 29th Senate District
S6266C (ACTIVE) - Details
S6266C (ACTIVE) - Summary
S6266C (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S6266C
To ensure minimum wage rates for covered airport workers, thereby ensur-
ing their access to health care and facilitating retention at covered
696-a. Definitions
covered airport workers
696-c. Minimum wage rate for covered airport workers
JUSTIFICATION:;
secure operation of New York's airports, which are some of the most
heavily trafficked in the world. The best practice to reduce turnover
and encourage retention of trained and experienced workers is to estab-
lish minimum standards for wages, health benefits, and paid leave.
Often, employer-provided health care at these sites is unafforda-
ble,meaning that many workers go without healthcare, or rely on taxpay-
er-funded programs to survive. This bill establishes minimum wage rates
for workers at John F. Kennedy International Airport, La Guardia Inter-
national Airport, and New York Stewart Airport to help with the expenses
of healthcare and so increase retention rates.
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S6266C (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
6266--C
Introduced  by Sens. BIAGGI, BAILEY, COMRIE, GAUGHRAN, GOUNARDES, HARCK-
HAM, HOYLMAN, JACKSON, KAMINSKY, LIU, MAYER, METZGER, PERSAUD,  RAMOS,
RIVERA,  SALAZAR, SANDERS, SKOUFIS, STAVISKY, THOMAS -- read twice and
Labor  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended, ordered reprinted as
amended and recommitted to said  committee  --  committee  discharged,
bill  amended,  ordered  reprinted  as amended and recommitted to said
committee -- recommitted to the Committee on Labor in accordance  with
Senate  Rule  6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited  as  the  "healthy
MINIMUM WAGE RATES FOR COVERED AIRPORT WORKERS
FOR COVERED AIRPORT WORKERS.
696-C. MINIMUM WAGE RATE FOR COVERED AIRPORT WORKERS.
LBD13042-06-0
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§  696-A.  DEFINITIONS.  AS  USED IN THIS ARTICLE: 1. "COVERED AIRPORT
LOCATION"  MEANS  JOHN  F.  KENNEDY  INTERNATIONAL  AIRPORT,   LAGUARDIA
AIRPORT, AND NEW YORK STEWART INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
2.  "COVERED AIRPORT WORKER" MEANS ANY PERSON EMPLOYED TO PERFORM WORK
AT A COVERED AIRPORT LOCATION PROVIDED AT LEAST ONE-HALF OF THE  EMPLOY-
EE'S  TIME  DURING  ANY  WORKWEEK  IS  PERFORMED  AT  A  COVERED AIRPORT
LOCATION.  COVERED AIRPORT WORKER SHALL NOT INCLUDE PERSONS EMPLOYED  IN
AN  EXECUTIVE,  ADMINISTRATIVE,  OR  PROFESSIONAL CAPACITY AS DEFINED IN
SUBPARAGRAPH ONE OF PARAGRAPH (A) OF SECTION THIRTEEN OF THE FAIR  LABOR
STANDARDS ACT OF 1938.
3.  "EMPLOYER" MEANS ANY PERSON, CORPORATION, LIMITED LIABILITY COMPA-
NY, OR ASSOCIATION EMPLOYING ANY INDIVIDUAL IN AN OCCUPATION,  INDUSTRY,
TRADE,  BUSINESS  OR  SERVICE.   THE TERM "EMPLOYER" SHALL NOT INCLUDE A
GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY.
4. THE "STANDARD WAGE RATE" MEANS:
APPLICABLE TO COVERED AIRPORT WORKERS ESTABLISHED BY ARTICLE NINETEEN OF
THIS CHAPTER; OR
(B)  EFFECTIVE  SEPTEMBER  FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE, THE GREATER
WISE  APPLICABLE TO COVERED AIRPORT WORKERS ESTABLISHED BY ARTICLE NINE-
TEEN OF THIS CHAPTER; OR
(C)  EFFECTIVE  SEPTEMBER  FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO, THE GREATER
WISE APPLICABLE TO COVERED AIRPORT WORKERS ESTABLISHED BY ARTICLE  NINE-
(D) EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE, THE  GREATER
TEEN OF THIS CHAPTER;
BY THE FEDERAL DEPARTMENT  OF  LABOR  PURSUANT  TO  THE  MCNAMARA-O'HARA
SERVICE  CONTRACT ACT OF 1965 (41 USCS § 6701, ET SEQ.), FOR THE CLASSI-
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FICATION OF "GUARD I" FOR  THE  COUNTY  IN  WHICH  THE  COVERED  AIRPORT
LOCATION IS LOCATED.
5.  THE "STANDARD BENEFITS SUPPLEMENT RATE" MEANS AN HOURLY SUPPLEMENT
FURNISHED TO AN EMPLOYEE IN ONE OF THE FOLLOWING WAYS: (A) IN  THE  FORM
OF  HEALTH  AND  OTHER BENEFITS, NOT INCLUDING PAID LEAVE, THAT COST THE
EMPLOYER THE ENTIRE REQUIRED HOURLY SUPPLEMENTAL AMOUNT; (B) BY  PROVID-
ING  A  PORTION  OF THE REQUIRED HOURLY SUPPLEMENT IN THE FORM OF HEALTH
AND OTHER BENEFITS, NOT INCLUDING PAID LEAVE, AND THE BALANCE  IN  CASH;
OR  (C) BY PROVIDING THE ENTIRE SUPPLEMENT IN CASH.  EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER
FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY AND  EACH  SEPTEMBER  FIRST  THEREAFTER,  THE
AL  DEPARTMENT OF LABOR PURSUANT TO THE MCNAMARA-O'HARA SERVICE CONTRACT
ACT OF 1965 (41 USCS § 6701, ET SEQ.), FOR THE CLASSIFICATION OF  "GUARD
I" FOR THE COUNTY IN WHICH THE COVERED AIRPORT LOCATION IS LOCATED.
6. THE "STANDARD PAID LEAVE RATE" MEANS EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER FIRST, TWO
AUGUST FIRST, BASED ON THE DETERMINATIONS MADE BY THE FEDERAL DEPARTMENT
OF  LABOR  PURSUANT  TO THE MCNAMARA-O'HARA SERVICE CONTRACT ACT OF 1965
(41 USCS § 6701, ET SEQ.), FOR THE CLASSIFICATION OF "GUARD I"  FOR  THE
COUNTY IN WHICH THE COVERED AIRPORT LOCATION IS LOCATED.
7.  THE "APPLICABLE STANDARD RATE" SHALL MEAN A COMBINATION OF (A) THE
STANDARD WAGE RATE; (B) THE STANDARD BENEFITS SUPPLEMENTAL RATE; AND (C)
COVERED  AIRPORT  WORKERS.  1.  ON AUGUST FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY AND
EACH SUBSEQUENT  AUGUST  FIRST  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL  DESIGNATE  THE
SUPPLEMENTAL  BENEFITS  RATE  AND PAID LEAVE REQUIREMENTS REQUIRED UNDER
DETERMINATIONS MADE  BY  THE  FEDERAL  GENERAL  SERVICES  ADMINISTRATION
PURSUANT  TO THE MCNAMARA-O'HARA SERVICE CONTRACT ACT OF 1965 (41 USCS §
6701, ET SEQ.), FOR THE CLASSIFICATION OF "GUARD I" FOR  THE  COUNTY  IN
WHICH  THE  COVERED AIRPORT LOCATION IS LOCATED.  THE COMMISSIONER SHALL
PUBLICLY POST SUCH DESIGNATED SUPPLEMENTAL BENEFITS RATES AND PAID LEAVE
2. ON AUGUST FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-FOUR  AND  EACH  SUBSEQUENT
AUGUST  FIRST,  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL ADDITIONALLY DESIGNATE THE WAGE
RATE REQUIRED UNDER DETERMINATIONS MADE BY THE FEDERAL GENERAL  SERVICES
ADMINISTRATION  PURSUANT  TO THE MCNAMARA-O'HARA SERVICE CONTRACT ACT OF
1965 (41 USCS § 6701, ET SEQ.), FOR THE CLASSIFICATION OF "GUARD I"  FOR
THE COUNTY IN WHICH THE COVERED AIRPORT LOCATION IS LOCATED. THE COMMIS-
SIONER SHALL PUBLICLY POST SUCH DESIGNATED WAGE RATE.
§  696-C.  MINIMUM WAGE RATE FOR COVERED AIRPORT WORKERS.  ALL COVERED
EMPLOYERS SHALL ENSURE THAT EVERY COVERED AIRPORT WORKER IS  COMPENSATED
AT A RATE THAT IS NO LESS THAN THE APPLICABLE STANDARD RATE.  NOTHING IN
THIS  ARTICLE  SHALL ALTER OR LIMIT ANY EMPLOYER'S OBLIGATION TO PAY ANY
OTHERWISE APPLICABLE PREVAILING WAGE UNDER ARTICLE EIGHT OR NINE OF THIS
1.  INVESTIGATE  THE  COMPENSATION  OF  COVERED AIRPORT WORKERS IN THE
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AND NECESSARY.  FOR ALL COVERED AIRPORT WORKERS WHO ARE NOT EXEMPT  FROM
OVERTIME  COMPENSATION AS ESTABLISHED IN THE COMMISSIONER'S MINIMUM WAGE
ORDERS OR OTHERWISE PROVIDED BY LAW, RULE, OR  REGULATION,  THE  PAYROLL
RECORDS  SHALL  INCLUDE THE COMPENSATION PROVIDED AND THE REGULAR HOURLY
RATE OR RATES OF PAY, THE OVERTIME RATE OR RATES OF PAY, THE  NUMBER  OF
REGULAR  HOURS  WORKED, THE NUMBER OF OVERTIME HOURS WORKED AND THE COST
OF BENEFITS AND/OR BENEFIT SUPPLEMENTS. ON DEMAND,  THE  EMPLOYER  SHALL
FURNISH TO THE COMMISSIONER OR HIS OR HER DULY AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE
A  SWORN  STATEMENT  OF THE HOURS WORKED, RATE OR RATES OF COMPENSATION,
FOR EACH COVERED AIRPORT WORKER, PLUS  SUCH  OTHER  INFORMATION  AS  THE
COMMISSIONER  DEEMS  MATERIAL AND NECESSARY.   EVERY EMPLOYER SHALL KEEP
SUCH RECORDS OPEN TO INSPECTION BY THE COMMISSIONER OR HIS OR  HER  DULY
AUTHORIZED  REPRESENTATIVE  AT  ANY REASONABLE TIME. EVERY EMPLOYER OF A
COVERED AIRPORT WORKER SHALL KEEP A DIGEST AND SUMMARY OF  THIS  ARTICLE
WHICH  SHALL  BE  PREPARED  BY THE COMMISSIONER, POSTED IN A CONSPICUOUS
PLACE IN HIS OR HER ESTABLISHMENT AND SHALL ALSO KEEP POSTED SUCH  ADDI-
TIONAL COPIES OF SAID DIGEST AND SUMMARY AS THE COMMISSIONER PRESCRIBES.
EMPLOYERS  SHALL,  ON  REQUEST, BE FURNISHED WITH COPIES OF THIS ARTICLE
AND OF ORDERS, AND OF DIGESTS AND  SUMMARIES  THEREOF,  WITHOUT  CHARGE.
EMPLOYERS  SHALL  PERMIT  THE COMMISSIONER OR HIS OR HER DULY AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE TO QUESTION WITHOUT INTERFERENCE  ANY  EMPLOYEE  OF  SUCH
EMPLOYER  IN  A  PRIVATE  LOCATION AT THE PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT AND DURING
WORKING HOURS IN RESPECT TO THE WAGES PAID TO AND THE  HOURS  WORKED  BY
SUCH EMPLOYEE OR OTHER EMPLOYEES.
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PROPER  ENFORCEMENT  OF  THIS  ARTICLE TO THE COMMISSIONER OR HIS OR HER
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE, SHALL BE GUILTY OF  A  MISDEMEANOR  AND  UPON
CONVICTION  THEREFOR  SHALL BE FINED NOT LESS THAN FIVE HUNDRED NOR MORE
THAN FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS OR IMPRISONED FOR NOT  MORE  THAN  ONE  YEAR,
AND,  IN  THE  EVENT THAT ANY SECOND OR SUBSEQUENT OFFENSE OCCURS WITHIN
OF A FELONY FOR THE SECOND OR SUBSEQUENT OFFENSE,  AND  UPON  CONVICTION
THOUSAND  DOLLARS OR IMPRISONED FOR NOT MORE THAN ONE YEAR PLUS ONE DAY,
OR PUNISHED BY BOTH SUCH FINE AND IMPRISONMENT, FOR EACH  SUCH  OFFENSE.
EACH  DAY'S  FAILURE TO KEEP THE RECORDS REQUESTED UNDER THIS ARTICLE OR
§ 696-G. CIVIL ACTION. 1. IF ANY  EMPLOYEE  IS  PAID  BY  HIS  OR  HER
EMPLOYER  LESS  THAN  THE APPLICABLE STANDARD RATE TO WHICH HE OR SHE IS
ENTITLED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE, HE OR SHE  SHALL  RECOVER
IN  A  CIVIL  ACTION THE AMOUNT OF ANY SUCH UNDERPAYMENTS, TOGETHER WITH
ALL REASONABLE ATTORNEY'S FEES, PREJUDGMENT INTEREST AS  REQUIRED  UNDER
THE  CIVIL PRACTICE LAW AND RULES, AND UNLESS THE EMPLOYER PROVES A GOOD
FAITH BASIS TO BELIEVE THAT ITS UNDERPAYMENT OF WAGES WAS IN  COMPLIANCE
WITH  THE  LAW,  AN ADDITIONAL AMOUNT AS LIQUIDATED DAMAGES EQUAL TO ONE
HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE TOTAL OF SUCH UNDERPAYMENTS FOUND TO BE DUE.  ANY
AGREEMENT  BETWEEN  THE  EMPLOYEE AND THE EMPLOYER TO WORK FOR LESS THAN
2. ON BEHALF OF ANY EMPLOYEE PAID LESS THAN  THE  APPLICABLE  STANDARD
RATE  TO  WHICH  THE  EMPLOYEE  IS ENTITLED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THIS
ARTICLE, THE COMMISSIONER MAY BRING ANY LEGAL ACTION NECESSARY,  INCLUD-
BE  REQUIRED TO PAY THE FULL AMOUNT OF THE UNDERPAYMENT, PLUS COSTS, AND
PAYMENT WAS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE LAW, AN ADDITIONAL AMOUNT  AS  LIQUI-
ER  AS  NO  MORE  THAN  ONE  HUNDRED  PERCENT  OF  THE  TOTAL  AMOUNT OF
COMMISSIONER IN A COURT OF COMPETENT  JURISDICTION,  LIQUIDATED  DAMAGES
SHALL  BE CALCULATED AS AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO ONE HUNDRED PERCENT OF UNDER-
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3.  A NOTICE OF THE PUBLIC HEARING AND A NOTICE OF THE PROMULGATION OF
OF THE PROMULGATION OF ANY SUCH REGULATION SHALL BE PUBLISHED  AT  LEAST
§  696-I.  SAVINGS  CLAUSE.  IF  ANY  PROVISION OF THIS ARTICLE OR THE
§  3.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
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