S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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I N A S S E M B L Y
November 6, 2020
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Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Abbate) --
read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Employees
AN ACT to amend the civil service law, in relation to prohibiting public
employers from retaliating against employees for absences related to
COVID-19
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 75-b of the civil service law is
amended by adding a new paragraph (b) to read as follows:
(B) A PUBLIC EMPLOYER SHALL NOT DISMISS OR TAKE OTHER DISCIPLINARY OR
OTHER ADVERSE PERSONNEL ACTION AGAINST A PUBLIC EMPLOYEE REGARDING THE
EMPLOYEE'S EMPLOYMENT, INCLUDING DESIGNATING THE EMPLOYEE AS CHRONICALLY
ABSENT, BECAUSE THE EMPLOYEE USES SICK LEAVE OR COMPENSATORY TIME TO
QUARANTINE, CONVALESCE, SEEK MEDICAL TREATMENT, OR ENGAGE IN OTHER
ACTIVITIES RELATED TO A COVID-19 DIAGNOSIS OR CONTACT.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed to
have been in full force and effect on and after January 1, 2020.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD17548-02-0