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This bill modifies the workers' compensation law to exclude unpaid student interns from coverage. It directly affects students enrolled in secondary schools, charter schools, or cooperative educational services who participate in unpaid internship or externship programs. The legislation defines a "student intern" as someone whose primary purpose in the program is educational or training-related, and it removes them from the legal definition of "employment" for the purposes of this specific insurance law. By making this change, the bill ensures that these specific unpaid trainees are not considered employees under the workers' compensation system.
This bill exempts unpaid student interns from coverage under the state workers' compensation law. It directly affects students enrolled in secondary schools, charter schools, or cooperative educational services who participate in unpaid internship programs. The legislation defines a "student intern" as someone in an educational program whose work is primarily for training purposes and removes them from the legal definition of "employment" for compensation purposes. Consequently, these interns will not be eligible for workers' compensation benefits if they are injured while working, even though they are performing tasks for an employer. The change applies immediately upon enactment.
Relates to wage claims for manual workers; establishes an exception is provided from certain legal relief for instances of when payment is made within fourteen calendar days after the end of the week in which the wages were earned.
Exempts service as a farm laborer where such service is an internship granting college course credit from the definition of employee and employment for the purposes of certain workers' compensation benefits.
This bill (A 1700) amends New York Labor Law to clarify the definition of a "day student" for employment purposes. It specifies that employment does not include work performed during regular school hours by students in elementary or secondary school who are in regular attendance. The change removes outdated language ("during the day time") and explicitly states this exclusion applies to part-time student workers. This definition directly affects students working part-time jobs during school hours, clarifying they are not covered under certain labor law provisions related to "day student" employment. The amendment takes effect immediately upon enactment.
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.
S 3646 clarifies the legal definition of a "manual worker" in labor law to mean someone whose primary job involves physical labor. It specifically excludes minor league baseball players covered by collective bargaining agreements that set their pay and working conditions. The bill requires the labor commissioner to create regulations and publish a list of occupations presumed to meet this definition. This change takes effect immediately and applies to workers covered under the state's labor laws.
