Assembly Bill A7886

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to flexible working arrangements for parents and legal guardians when day care centers and schools are closed during a state or local disaster emergency

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee


  • 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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2023-A7886 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1209
Current Committee:
Assembly Labor
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Add §202-n, Lab L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A8095, S5065

2023-A7886 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Allows parents and legal guardians to work from home; allows flexible working arrangements during a public health emergency or state or local disaster emergency which closes schools or day care centers; defines terms; creates a rebuttable presumption that an employee can work remotely if such employee has done so for two consecutive pay periods or two weeks

2023-A7886 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7886
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               July 19, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  CUNNINGHAM  -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Labor
 
 AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to flexible working  arrange-
   ments  for  parents  and  legal  guardians  when  day care centers and
   schools are closed during a state or local disaster emergency

   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 section 202-n to
 read as follows:
   § 202-N. FLEXIBLE WORKING ARRANGEMENTS FOR PARENTS AND LEGAL GUARDIANS
 DURING A STATE OR LOCAL DISASTER EMERGENCY.   1.  DEFINITIONS.  FOR  THE
 PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION:
   (A) "SCHOOL-AGED CHILD" SHALL MEAN A CHILD OR CHILDREN ENROLLED IN 3-K
 OR PRE-KINDERGARTEN THROUGH TWELFTH GRADE.
   (B)  "DAY  CARE-AGED  CHILD" SHALL MEAN A CHILD ENROLLED IN A DAY CARE
 CENTER.
   (C) "PARENT" SHALL MEAN A BIOLOGICAL, FOSTER, OR  ADOPTIVE  PARENT,  A
 LEGAL GUARDIAN, OR OTHER PERSON WHO STANDS IN LOCO PARENTIS TO A SCHOOL-
 AGED CHILD OR CHILDREN.
   (D) "EMPLOYER" SHALL MEAN ALL EMPLOYERS WITHIN THE STATE.
   (E)  "FLEXIBLE  WORKING ARRANGEMENT" SHALL MEAN SHORT-TERM, INTERMEDI-
 ATE, OR LONG-TERM CHANGES IN THE  EMPLOYEE'S  REGULAR  WORKING  ARRANGE-
 MENTS,  INCLUDING  BUT  NOT LIMITED TO, CHANGES IN THE NUMBER OF DAYS OR
 HOURS WORKED, CHANGES IN THE TIME THE EMPLOYEE  ARRIVES  AT  OR  DEPARTS
 FROM  WORK,  REMOTE WORK, OR JOB-SHARING. "FLEXIBLE WORKING ARRANGEMENT"
 SHALL NOT INCLUDE VACATION, ROUTINE SCHEDULING  OF  SHIFTS,  OR  ANOTHER
 FORM OF EMPLOYEE LEAVE.
   (F) "INCONSISTENT WITH BUSINESS OPERATIONS" SHALL MEAN A DETERMINATION
 BY THE EMPLOYER BASED ON THE FOLLOWING CONSIDERATIONS: (I) THE BURDEN ON
 AN  EMPLOYER  OF  UNDUE ADDITIONAL COSTS; (II) A LEGITIMATE OR PRACTICAL
 DETRIMENTAL EFFECT ON AGGREGATE EMPLOYEE MORALE UNRELATED  TO  DISCRIMI-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01751-01-3
              

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