Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Oct 21, 2015 |
signed chap.369 |
Oct 20, 2015 |
delivered to governor |
May 05, 2015 |
returned to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading rules cal.31 substituted for a4272 |
Jan 12, 2015 |
referred to codes delivered to assembly passed senate ordered to third reading cal.8 |
Jan 07, 2015 |
referred to rules |
Senate Bill S8
Signed By Governor2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - Signed by Governor
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
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co-Sponsors
(D) Senate District
(R, C, IP) Senate District
(D) Senate District
(D, WF) Senate District
2015-S8 (ACTIVE) - Details
2015-S8 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S8 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the executive law, in relation to reasonable accommodation PURPOSE: End pregnancy discrimination in the workplace. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Sections one and two amend Exec. Law Sections 292 and 296 to clarify that employers must perform a reasonable accommodation analysis for employees with pregnancy-related conditions. A pregnancy-related condition is defined as a medical condition related to pregnancy or childbirth limited to conditions which, upon the provision of reasonable accommodation do not prevent reasonable performance of the occupation held. A reasonable accommodation would not have to be granted if it imposed an undue hardship on an employer. A pregnancy-related condition would be treated as a temporary disability for the purposes of current Division of Human Rights regulations regarding reasonable accommodations. Additionally, it would codify in law a requirement currently in regulation that an employee must cooperate in providing medical or other information to verify the existence of a disability or pregnancy-related condition.
2015-S8 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 8 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 9, 2015 ___________ Introduced by Sens. HANNON, CARLUCCI, ROBACH -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to reasonable accommo- dation THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 21-e of section 292 of the executive law, as added by chapter 269 of the laws of 1997, is amended and a new subdivi- sion 21-f is added to read as follows: 21-e. The term "reasonable accommodation" means actions taken which permit an employee, prospective employee or member with a disability, OR A PREGNANCY-RELATED CONDITION, to perform in a reasonable manner the activities involved in the job or occupation sought or held and include, but are not limited to, provision of an accessible worksite, acquisition or modification of equipment, support services for persons with impaired hearing or vision, job restructuring and modified work schedules; provided, however, that such actions do not impose an undue hardship on the business, program or enterprise of the entity from which action is requested. 21-F. THE TERM "PREGNANCY-RELATED CONDITION" MEANS A MEDICAL CONDITION RELATED TO PREGNANCY OR CHILDBIRTH THAT INHIBITS THE EXERCISE OF A NORMAL BODILY FUNCTION OR IS DEMONSTRABLE BY MEDICALLY ACCEPTED CLINICAL OR LABORATORY DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT IN ALL PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE DEALING WITH EMPLOYMENT, THE TERM SHALL BE LIMITED TO CONDITIONS WHICH, UPON THE PROVISION OF REASONABLE ACCOMMO- DATIONS, DO NOT PREVENT THE COMPLAINANT FROM PERFORMING IN A REASONABLE MANNER THE ACTIVITIES INVOLVED IN THE JOB OR OCCUPATION SOUGHT OR HELD; AND PROVIDED FURTHER, HOWEVER, THAT PREGNANCY-RELATED CONDITIONS SHALL BE TREATED AS TEMPORARY DISABILITIES FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS ARTICLE. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD01025-01-5 S. 8 2
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