A 5731: Establishes a training wage equal to eighty-five percent of the state minimum wage or one hundred percent of the federal minimum wage, whichever is greater, that may be paid to a youth who has no prior job experience; provides that no youth may be paid a training wage for more than one hundred eighty days.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5731 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY February 20, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BARCLAY, PALMESANO, DiPIETRO, LEMONDES, DeSTEFA- NO, BRABENEC -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. MANKTELOW -- read once and referred to the Committee on Labor AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to establishing a training wage 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. Training wage. (a) A training wage equal to eighty-five percent of 4 the state minimum wage or one hundred percent of the federal minimum 5 wage, whichever is less, may be paid to a youth who has no prior job 6 experience. 7 (b) Any youth who receives a training wage pursuant to paragraph (a) 8 of this subdivision and who did not work more than one hundred eighty 9 days in the preceding calendar year, shall receive, at a minimum, an 10 annual increase in wages equal to twenty-five percent of the difference 11 between the training wage pursuant to paragraph (a) of this subdivision 12 and the state minimum wage until such youth reaches the age of eighteen. 13 (c) For the purpose of this subdivision, youth is defined as a person 14 who has not yet reached the age of eighteen, and prior job experience is 15 defined as employment where an employee would have been accounted for on 16 an employer's payroll records. No youth will be paid a training wage for 17 more than one hundred eighty days. Employers are limited to twenty 18 percent of their workforce, or no more than six employees receiving a 19 training wage at any one particular location. At no time will a youth 20 receiving a training wage be used to displace an employee who is receiv- 21 ing a wage equal to or greater than the state minimum wage. 22 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD05099-01-5