LAB-43-10-00003-A Restrictions on the Consecutive Hours of Work for Nurses As Enacted in Section 167 of the Labor Law

10/12/11 N.Y. St. Reg. LAB-43-10-00003-A

NEW YORK STATE REGISTER

VOLUME XXXIII, ISSUE 41

October 12, 2011

RULE MAKING ACTIVITIES

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

NOTICE OF ADOPTION

 

I.D No. LAB-43-10-00003-A

Filing No. 855

Filing Date. Sept. 27, 2011

Effective Date. Oct. 12, 2011

Restrictions on the Consecutive Hours of Work for Nurses As Enacted in Section 167 of the Labor Law

PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE State Administrative Procedure Act, NOTICE is hereby given of the following action:

Action taken:

Addition of Part 177 to Title 12 NYCRR.

Statutory authority:

Labor Law, section 21

Subject:

Restrictions on the consecutive hours of work for nurses as enacted in Section 167 of the Labor Law.

Purpose:

To clarify the emergency circumstances under which an employer may require overtime for nurses.

Text or summary was published

in the October 27, 2010 issue of the Register, I.D. No. LAB-43-10-00003-EP.

Final rule as compared with last published rule:

No changes.

Text of rule and any required statements and analyses may be obtained from:

Joan Connell, Esq., New York State Department of Labor, State Office Campus, Building 12, Room 509, Albany, NY 12240, [phone], email: [e-mail]

Assessment of Public Comment

The agency received no public comment.