Bill Text: NY A07503 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Increases the minimum wage annually; removes the distinction in New York City between large employers and small employers; makes related provisions.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 20-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-11-16 - print number 7503c [A07503 Detail]

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         7503--A

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                      May 12, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by M. of A. JOYNER, BRONSON -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Labor --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
          reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

        AN  ACT  to amend the labor law, in relation to raising the minimum wage
          annually by a percentage which is based on inflation;  and  to  repeal
          subdivision 6 of section 652 of the labor law relating thereto

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 652 of the labor law,  as  amended
     2  by  section 1 of part K of chapter 54 of the laws of 2016, is amended to
     3  read as follows:
     4    1. Statutory. Every employer shall pay to each of  its  employees  for
     5  each hour worked a wage of not less than:
     6    $4.25 on and after April 1, 1991,
     7    $5.15 on and after March 31, 2000,
     8    $6.00 on and after January 1, 2005,
     9    $6.75 on and after January 1, 2006,
    10    $7.15 on and after January 1, 2007,
    11    $8.00 on and after December 31, 2013,
    12    $8.75 on and after December 31, 2014,
    13    $9.00 on and after December 31, 2015,
    14    and until December 31, 2016, or, if greater, such other wage as may be
    15  established  by  federal  law  pursuant  to 29 U.S.C. section 206 or its
    16  successors or such other wage as may be established in  accordance  with
    17  the provisions of this article.
    18    (a)  New  York  City. (i) Large employers. Every employer of eleven or
    19  more employees shall pay to each of its employees for each  hour  worked
    20  in the city of New York a wage of not less than:
    21    $11.00 per hour on and after December 31, 2016,
    22    $13.00 per hour on and after December 31, 2017,
    23    $15.00 per hour on and after December 31, 2018,

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1    and  on  each following December thirty-first, a wage published by the
     2  commissioner on or before October first, based on the then current mini-
     3  mum wage increased by the rate of inflation, if greater than  zero,  for
     4  the  most  recent  twelve month period ending June of that year based on
     5  the  consumer  price  index  for  all  urban consumers on a national and
     6  seasonally unadjusted basis (CPI-U), or a successor index as  calculated
     7  by  the  United  States  department of labor, or, if greater, such other
     8  wage as may be established by federal law pursuant to 29 U.S.C.  section
     9  206 or its successors or such  other  wage  as  may  be  established  in
    10  accordance with the provisions of this article.
    11    (ii)  Small  employers.  Every employer of ten or less employees shall
    12  pay to each of its employees for each hour worked in  the  city  of  New
    13  York a wage of not less than:
    14    $10.50 per hour on and after December 31, 2016,
    15    $12.00 per hour on and after December 31, 2017,
    16    $13.50 per hour on and after December 31, 2018,
    17    $15.00 per hour on and after December 31, 2019,
    18    and  on  each following December thirty-first, a wage published by the
    19  commissioner on or before October first, based on the then current mini-
    20  mum wage increased by the rate of inflation, if greater than  zero,  for
    21  the  most  recent  twelve month period ending June of that year based on
    22  the consumer price index for all  urban  consumers  on  a  national  and
    23  seasonally  unadjusted basis (CPI-U), or a successor index as calculated
    24  by the United States department of labor, or,  if  greater,  such  other
    25  wage as may be established by federal law pursuant to 29 U.S.C.  section
    26  206  or  its  successors  or  such  other  wage as may be established in
    27  accordance with the provisions of this article.
    28    (b) Remainder of downstate. Every employer shall pay to  each  of  its
    29  employees  for  each  hour worked in the counties of Nassau, Suffolk and
    30  Westchester a wage not less than:
    31    $10.00 per hour on and after December 31, 2016,
    32    $11.00 per hour on and after December 31, 2017,
    33    $12.00 per hour on and after December 31, 2018,
    34    $13.00 per hour on and after December 31, 2019,
    35    $14.00 per hour on and after December 31, 2020,
    36    $15.00 per hour on and after December 31, 2021,
    37    and on each following December thirty-first, a wage published  by  the
    38  commissioner on or before October first, based on the then current mini-
    39  mum  wage  increased by the rate of inflation, if greater than zero, for
    40  the most recent twelve month period ending June of that  year  based  on
    41  the  consumer  price  index  for  all  urban consumers on a national and
    42  seasonally unadjusted basis (CPI-U), or a successor index as  calculated
    43  by  the  United  States  department of labor, or, if greater, such other
    44  wage as may be established by federal law pursuant to 29 U.S.C.  section
    45  206  or  its  successors  or  such  other  wage as may be established in
    46  accordance with the provisions of this article.
    47    (c) Remainder of state. Every  employer  shall  pay  to  each  of  its
    48  employees  for  each hour worked outside of the city of New York and the
    49  counties of Nassau, Suffolk, and Westchester, a wage of not less than:
    50    $9.70 on and after December 31, 2016,
    51    $10.40 on and after December 31, 2017,
    52    $11.10 on and after December 31, 2018,
    53    $11.80 on and after December 31, 2019,
    54    $12.50 on and after December 31, 2020,
    55    $13.33 on and after December 31, 2021,
    56    $14.16 on and after December 31, 2022,
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     1    $15.00 on and after December 31, 2023,
     2    and  on  each following December thirty-first, a wage published by the
     3  commissioner on or before October first, based on the then current mini-
     4  mum wage increased by [a percentage determined by the  director  of  the
     5  budget in consultation with the commissioner, with the result rounded to
     6  the nearest five cents, totaling no more than fifteen dollars, where the
     7  percentage increase shall be based on indices including, but not limited
     8  to,  (i)  the  rate of inflation for the most recent twelve month period
     9  ending June of that year based on the consumer price index for all urban
    10  consumers on a national and seasonally unadjusted basis  (CPI-U),  or  a
    11  successor  index as calculated by the United States department of labor,
    12  (ii) the rate of state personal income growth  for  the  prior  calendar
    13  year, or a successor index, published by the bureau of economic analysis
    14  of  the United States department of commerce, or (iii) wage growth;] the
    15  rate of inflation, if greater than zero, for   the  most  recent  twelve
    16  month  period  ending June of that  year  based  on the  consumer  price
    17  index  for  all  urban consumers on a national  and    seasonally  unad-
    18  justed  basis  (CPI-U),  or  a  successor index as   calculated by   the
    19  United States  department of labor, or, if greater, such other  wage  as
    20  may  be  established by federal law pursuant to 29 U.S.C. section 206 or
    21  its successors or such other wage as may be  established  in  accordance
    22  with the provisions of this article.
    23    (d)  The  rates and schedules established in paragraphs (a) and (b) of
    24  this subdivision shall not be deemed to be the minimum wage  under  this
    25  subdivision  for  purposes of the calculations specified in subdivisions
    26  one and two of section five hundred twenty-seven of this chapter.
    27    § 2. Subdivision 6 of section 652 of the labor law is REPEALED.
    28    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.