Senate Bill S2453

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Enacts parental involvement leave act requiring employers to grant employees up to 16 hours leave to attend school conferences or classroom activities

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2009-S2453 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8207
Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 21 §§750 - 756, Lab L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S1483, A2536
2013-2014: S1834, A284
2015-2016: S674, A2482
2017-2018: S3749, A1797
2019-2020: S4815, A2195
2021-2022: S5205, A3107
2023-2024: S6393, A9639

2009-S2453 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the "Parental Involvement Leave Act" requiring employers to grant employees up to 16 hours leave during any school year to attend school conferences or classroom activities related to the employee's child if the conference or activity cannot be scheduled during nonwork hours; defines "employer" as "a state agency, officer, or department, a unit of local government, a school district, an individual, a corporation, a partnership, an association, or a nonprofit organization which employs 50 or more employees in NYS; provides that such leave may not be taken unless the employee has exhausted all accrued leave and any leave that may be granted (except sick leave and disability leave); provides that these provisions do not require that an employee receive compensation for such leave

2009-S2453 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S2453 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  2453

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 20, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by Sens. PARKER, DIAZ, DILAN, DUANE, HASSELL-THOMPSON, KRUEG-
  ER,  MONTGOMERY,  ONORATO,  SAMPSON,  SCHNEIDERMAN  --  read twice and
  ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on
  Labor

AN  ACT  to amend the labor law, in relation to the parental involvement
  leave act

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. The labor law is amended by adding a new article 21 to read
as follows:
                               ARTICLE 21
                     PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT LEAVE ACT
SECTION 750. SHORT TITLE.
        751. DEFINITIONS.
        752. SCHOOL CONFERENCE AND ACTIVITY LEAVE.
        753. NOTIFICATION.
        754. VERIFICATION.
        755. EMPLOYEE RIGHTS.
        756. LIMITS ON LEAVE.
  S  750.  SHORT  TITLE. THIS ARTICLE SHALL BE KNOWN AND MAY BE CITED AS
THE "PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT LEAVE ACT".
  S 751. DEFINITIONS. AS USED IN THIS ARTICLE:
  1. THE TERM "EMPLOYEE" MEANS A PERSON WHO PERFORMS SERVICES  FOR  HIRE
FOR AN EMPLOYER FOR:
  A. AT LEAST SIX CONSECUTIVE MONTHS IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING A REQUEST FOR
LEAVE UNDER THIS ARTICLE; AND
  B.  AN AVERAGE NUMBER OF HOURS PER WEEK EQUAL TO AT LEAST ONE-HALF THE
FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT POSITIONS IN THE EMPLOYERS' JOB CLASSIFICATION,  AS
DEFINED  BY THE EMPLOYERS' PERSONNEL POLICIES OR PRACTICES OR IN ACCORD-
ANCE WITH A COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT, DURING THOSE SIX MONTHS.
  2. THE TERM "EMPLOYEE" SHALL NOT INCLUDE AN INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD02332-01-9
              

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