New York S 3074: Relates to allowing farm laborers to decide to work on a day of rest

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S03074 Summary:

BILL NOS03074 

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SPONSORASHBY

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Amd §161, Lab L

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Relates to allowing farm laborers to decide to work on a day of rest.

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BILL NOS03074 

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01/23/2025REFERRED TO LABOR

01/07/2026REFERRED TO LABOR

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 3074

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 23, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. ASHBY -- 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 allowing farm laborers to
 decide to work on a day of rest

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

 1 Section 1. The closing paragraph of subdivision 1 of section 161 of
 2 the labor law, as amended by section 4 of part II of chapter 58 of the
 3 laws of 2020, is amended to read as follows:
 4 Every person employed as a farm laborer shall be allowed at least
 5 twenty-four consecutive hours of rest in each and every calendar week.
 6 Twenty-four consecutive hours spent at rest because of circumstances,
 7 such as weather or crop conditions, shall be deemed to constitute the
 8 rest required by this paragraph. [No provision of this paragraph shall
 9 prohibit a farm laborer from voluntarily agreeing to work on such day of
 10 rest required by this paragraph, provided that the farm laborer is
 11 compensated at an overtime rate which is at least one and one-half times
 12 the laborer's regular rate of pay for all hours worked on such day of
 13 rest.] No provision of this paragraph shall prohibit a farm laborer from
 14 voluntarily agreeing to work on such day of rest required by this para-
 15 graph. The farm laborer shall be compensated at the regular rate of pay
 16 for any hours up to sixty hours in any calendar week; and for any hours
 17 over sixty hours, the farm laborer shall be compensated at an overtime
 18 rate which is at least one and one-half times the laborer's regular rate
 19 of pay. The term "farm labor" shall include all services performed in
 20 agricultural employment in connection with cultivating the soil, or in
 21 connection with raising or harvesting of agricultural commodities,
 22 including the raising, shearing, caring for and management of livestock,
 23 poultry or dairy. The day of rest authorized under this subdivision
 24 should, whenever possible, coincide with the traditional day reserved by
 25 the farm laborer for religious worship.
 26 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03529-01-5

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