New York S 167: Provides that the commissioner of labor shall notify the chairperson of the state liquor authority of certain violations of the labor law

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S00167 Summary:

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Amd §219, Lab L; amd §119, ABC L

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Provides that the commissioner of labor shall notify the chairperson of the state liquor authority of certain violations of the labor law relating to wages and hours of labor; provides that the chairperson of the state liquor authority shall suspend certain liquor licenses of such employers in violation of such provisions.

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BILL NOS00167 

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01/08/2025REFERRED TO LABOR

01/07/2026REFERRED TO LABOR

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 167

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. RAMOS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Labor

 AN ACT to amend the labor law and the alcoholic beverage control law, in
 relation to suspending certain liquor licenses of employers who are in
 violation of certain provisions of the labor law

 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 219 of the labor law, as amended
 2 by chapter 564 of the laws of 2010, the opening paragraph as further
 3 amended by section 104 of part A of chapter 62 of the laws of 2011, is
 4 amended to read as follows:
 5 1. (a) (i) If the commissioner determines that an employer has failed
 6 to pay wages, benefits or wage supplements required pursuant to article
 7 six (payment of wages), article nineteen (minimum wage act) or article
 8 nineteen-A (minimum wage standards and protective labor practices for
 9 farm workers) of this chapter, or a rule or regulation promulgated ther-
 10 eunder, the commissioner shall issue to the employer an order directing
 11 compliance therewith, which shall describe particularly the nature of
 12 the alleged violation. A copy of such order shall be provided to any
 13 employee who has filed a complaint and to [his or her] such employee's
 14 authorized representative. Such order shall direct payment of wages or
 15 supplements found to be due, liquidated damages in the amount of one
 16 hundred percent of unpaid wages, and interest at the rate of interest
 17 then in effect as prescribed by the superintendent of financial services
 18 pursuant to section fourteen-a of the banking law per annum from the
 19 date of the underpayment to the date of the payment.
 20 (ii) At the discretion of the commissioner, the commissioner shall
 21 have full authority to provide for inclusion of an automatic fifteen
 22 percent additional amount of damages to come due and owing upon expira-
 23 tion of ninety days from an order to comply becoming final. The commis-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00687-01-5

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 1 sioner shall provide written notice to the employer in the order to
 2 comply of this additional damage.
 3 (b)(i) If the commissioner determines the employer is in violation of
 4 article six (payment of wages), article nineteen (minimum wage act),
 5 article nineteen-A (minimum wage standards and protective labor prac-
 6 tices for farm workers), section two hundred twelve-a, section two
 7 hundred twelve-b, section one hundred sixty-one or section one hundred
 8 sixty-two of this chapter, or a rule or regulation promulgated there-
 9 under, and such aggregate amount exceeds one thousand dollars, the
 10 commissioner shall notify the employer of such violation, in writing,
 11 and such employer shall have fifteen days to address all violations. If
 12 the employer does not address all violations within the allotted
 13 fifteen-day period, the commissioner shall notify the chair of the state
 14 liquor authority, in writing, of the name and address of any employer
 15 holding a license pursuant to section sixty-four of the alcoholic bever-
 16 age control law authorizing the sale of liquor at retail for consumption
 17 on the premises to suspend such license.
 18 (ii) The chair