S 167: 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.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 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 
 S. 167 2 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 chairperson of the state liquor authority shall act in 19 accordance with sections one hundred eighteen and one hundred nineteen 20 of the alcoholic beverage control law; provided, however, that the 21 chairperson shall not reinstate a license suspended pursuant to subpara- 22 graph (i) of this paragraph until the chair receives written notice from 23 the commissioner that the employer whose license was suspended is in 24 compliance with article six (payment of wages), article nineteen (mini- 25 mum wage act), article nineteen-A (minimum wage standards and protective 26 labor practices for farm workers), section two hundred twelve-a, section 27 two hundred twelve-b, section one hundred sixty-one or section one 28 hundred sixty-two of this chapter, and any rule or regulation promulgat- 29 ed thereunder. 30 § 2. Section 119 of the alcoholic beverage control law is amended by 31 adding a new subdivision 6 to read as follows: 32 6. Where a licensee is found to be in violation of article six 33 (payment of wages), article nineteen (minimum wage act), article nine- 34 teen-A (minimum wage standards and protective labor practices for farm 35 workers), section two hundred twelve-a, section two hundred twelve-b, 36 section one hundred sixty-one or section one hundred sixty-two of the 37 labor law, or any rule or regulation promulgated thereunder, and such 38 aggregate amount exceeds one thousand dollars, as determined by the 39 department of labor and the chair of the authority is notified of such 40 violations, the authority shall suspend such license in accordance with 41 this section and the provisions of subdivision one of section two 42 hundred nineteen of the labor law. 43 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.