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A 2272: Limits the number of consecutive hours worked by certain employees of cities of one million or more; provides that employees of cities of one million or more who are subject to a collective bargaining agreement shall not work more than 17 consecutive hours in a work day.
What A 2272 does, verified September 9, 2025
The bill aims to limit the number of consecutive hours worked by certain employees in cities with a population of one million or more. It applies to employees subject to a collective bargaining agreement in these cities. The bill restricts employees from working more than seventeen hours in a single workday, except as agreed upon in their collective bargaining agreement. The changes will take effect immediately.
Bill journey
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2In CommitteePending
3First Chamber FloorPending
4Second ChamberPending
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: enacting clause stricken (2025-09-08)Alert me
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| Sep. 08, 2025 | enacting clause stricken |
| Jan. 16, 2025 | referred to labor |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 16, 2025 · 203 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2272 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 16, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. JONES -- read once and referred to the Committee on Labor AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to limiting the number of consecutive hours worked by certain employees of cities of one million or more The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The labor law is amended by adding a new section 168-a to 2 read as follows: 3 § 168-a. Hours of labor of employees of cities of one million or more. 4 1. This section shall apply to all employees subject to a collective 5 bargaining agreement of cities of one million or more. 6 2. No person to whom this section is applicable shall be required to 7 work in excess of seventeen hours in any given work day, except as 8 provided in an applicable collective bargaining agreement. 9 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD04610-01-5
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