NY A 5000

in committee

Clarifies that the statutory damages available for certain wage violations are not punitive in nature and are designed to compensate workers

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Description

Clarifies that the statutory damages available for certain wage violations are not punitive in nature and are designed to be liquidated damages rather than penalties or to compensate workers for the employer's failure to prevent wage theft and for the harm to employees that results from such failure.

Introduced: —
Status date: —
Latest action: 2026-06-04 — SUBSTITUTED BY S4473
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Committees

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Action timeline

2025-02-10
REFERRED TO LABOR
referral-committee
2026-01-07
REFERRED TO LABOR
referral-committee
2026-02-04
REPORTED REFERRED TO CODES
referral-committee
2026-05-28
REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES
referral-committee
2026-06-04
REPORTED
2026-06-04
RULES REPORT CAL.477
2026-06-04
ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.477
2026-06-04
SUBSTITUTED BY S4473

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Related bills

Prior session: A 9800not in this corpus
Companion bill: S 4473

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/A5000?summary=&detail=

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