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Assembly Bill A1666

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to a leave of absence for military spouses

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2017-A1666 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1155
Current Committee:
Assembly Labor
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §202-i, Lab L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A9081, S7095
2019-2020: A1978, S678
2021-2022: A3506, S3205
2023-2024: A1832, S689
2025-2026: S2095

2017-A1666 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to a leave of absence for military spouses; removes the requirement that leave be used when a person's spouse is on leave while deployed to a combat theater or combat zone of operations.

2017-A1666 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1666
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 12, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. HAWLEY, BUTLER, CURRAN, DiPIETRO, GRAF, LUPINAC-
   CI, McDONOUGH, PALMESANO, RAIA, SKOUFIS, STEC, STECK, SALADINO,  FINCH
   --  Multi-Sponsored  by -- M. of A. CROUCH, GIGLIO, McKEVITT, McLAUGH-
   LIN, OAKS, SIMANOWITZ -- read once and referred to  the  Committee  on
   Labor

 AN  ACT  to  amend  the labor law, in relation to a leave of absence for
   military spouses
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section 202-i of the labor law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 5 to read as follows:
   5. THE SPOUSE OF A MEMBER OF THE ARMED FORCES OF  THE  UNITED  STATES,
 NATIONAL GUARD OR RESERVES WHO HAS BEEN DEPLOYED, SHALL BE ALLOWED UP TO
 TEN  DAYS  UNPAID LEAVE BY THEIR EMPLOYER. SUCH LEAVE SHALL ONLY BE USED
 WHEN SUCH PERSON'S SPOUSE IS ON LEAVE  FROM  THE  ARMED  FORCES  OF  THE
 UNITED  STATES,  NATIONAL  GUARD, OR RESERVES AFTER HAVING BEEN DEPLOYED
 FOR A PERIOD OF NO LESS THAN ONE HUNDRED TWENTY DAYS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02285-01-7

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