Bill Commons

NY S 2081

in committee

Relates to payment of wages and certain costs and damages

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did NY S 2081 pass?

Not yet. NY S 2081 is in committee as of 2026-01-07 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-07): REFERRED TO LABOR

What is NY S 2081 about?

Removes the requirement that an employer has employed an average of one thousand or more persons in the past three years in order to pay less frequently than weekly, but not less frequently than semi-monthly; provides for damages for violations where the employer paid the employee wages on a regular payday, no less frequently than semi-monthly.

Who sponsors NY S 2081?

Jeremy Cooney is the primary sponsor of NY S 2081.

Description

Removes the requirement that an employer has employed an average of one thousand or more persons in the past three years in order to pay less frequently than weekly, but not less frequently than semi-monthly; provides for damages for violations where the employer paid the employee wages on a regular payday, no less frequently than semi-monthly.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-01-07 — REFERRED TO LABOR
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Jeremy Cooneyprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-15

    REFERRED TO LABOR

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO LABOR

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: S 9811not in this corpus

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/S2081?summary=&detail=

Attribution

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