New York A 6852: Relates to minimum wage order increases

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A06852 Summary:

BILL NOA06852 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORPalmesano

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COSPNSRBarclay, Blankenbush, Brabenec, DeStefano, DiPietro, Fitzpatrick, Friend, Hawley, Lemondes,
 Manktelow, McDonough, Miller, Morinello, Ra, Reilly, Tague, Walsh

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§652, 654, 655 & 656, Lab L

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Requires legislative approval of minimum wage increases promulgated through wage orders.

Go to top A06852 Actions:

BILL NOA06852 

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03/14/2025referred to labor

01/07/2026referred to labor

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6852

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 14, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. PALMESANO, BARCLAY, BLANKENBUSH, BRABENEC, DeSTE-
 FANO, DiPIETRO, FITZPATRICK, FRIEND, HAWLEY, LEMONDES, MANKTELOW,
 McDONOUGH, MILLER, MORINELLO, RA, REILLY, TAGUE, WALSH -- read once
 and referred to the Committee on Labor

 AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to minimum wage order
 increases

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

 1 Section 1. Section 652 of the labor law is amended by adding a new
 2 subdivision 7 to read as follows:
 3 7. New wage orders. No new minimum wage order or modification of an
 4 existing wage order issued by the commissioner pursuant to this article
 5 shall be effective until the legislature authorizes the wage increase
 6 contained within such order.
 7 § 2. Section 654 of the labor law, as added by chapter 619 of the laws
 8 of 1960, is amended to read as follows:
 9 § 654. Basis of changes in minimum wage. In establishing minimum
 10 wages and regulations for any occupation or occupations pursuant to the
 11 provisions of the following sections of this article, the wage board and
 12 the commissioner shall consider the amount sufficient to provide
 13 adequate maintenance and to protect health and, in addition, the wage
 14 board and the commissioner shall consider the value of the work or clas-
 15 sification of work performed, and the wages paid in the state for work
 16 of like or comparable character. Further, the commissioner shall use
 17 existing employment data to prepare an analysis of the possible aggre-
 18 gate cost incurred by businesses located within the state of New York
 19 for such an increase.
 20 § 3. Subdivision 4 of section 655 of the labor law, as added by chap-
 21 ter 619 of the laws of 1960, is amended to read as follows:
 22 4. Report. Within forty-five days of the appointment of the wage board
 23 to inquire into wages in any occupation or occupations, the board shall

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD08891-01-5

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 1 (a) conduct public hearings and (b) submit to the commissioner a report,
 2 including its recommendations as to minimum wages and regulations for
 3 the employees in such occupation or occupations. The report and recom-
 4 mendations of the board shall be submitted only after [a] the unanimous
 5 vote of [not less than a majority of] all its members in support of such
 6 report and recommendations. No report or recommendation of a panel shall
 7 be submitted without the prior vote of [not less than a majority of] all
 8 the members of the board in support of such report or recommendation.
 9 The commissioner may extend up to ninety days the time in which the
 10 report shall be submitted.
 11 § 4. Section 656 of the labor law, as added by chapter 619 of the laws
 12 of 1960, is amended to read as follows:
 13 § 656. Action by commissioner upon wage board report. When the wage
 14 board submits its report and recommendations to the commissioner, the
 15 commissioner shall forthwith file them with the secretary of the depart-
 16 ment. Within five days of their receipt, the commissioner shall publish
 17 a notice of such filing in at least ten newspapers of general circu-
 18 lation in the state. Any objections to the report and recommendations
 19 shall be filed with the commissioner within fifteen days after such
 20 publication. The commissioner may, if [he] such