STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7486 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY May 25, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Labor AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to the definition of manual worker The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 190 of the labor law, as added by 2 chapter 548 of the laws of 1966, is amended to read as follows: 3 4. "Manual worker" means a [mechanic, workingman or laborer] worker 4 whose primary duty is to engage in physical labor. The commissioner 5 shall adopt regulations establishing criteria for determining whether an 6 occupation meets the definition of "manual worker" and "physical labor", 7 and shall publish guidance listing specific occupations that are 8 presumed to meet this definition. 9 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD10559-01-3