Senate Bill S8090

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to requirements for sick leave and the provision of certain employee benefits when such employee is subject to a mandatory or precautionary order of quarantine or isolation

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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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2019-S8090 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A10152
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Add §196-b, amd §195, Lab L

2019-S8090 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides requirements for sick leave and the provision of certain employee benefits when such employee is subject to a mandatory or precautionary order of quarantine or isolation due to COVID-19; provides for sick leave.

2019-S8090 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S8090 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8090
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 17, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. RAMOS -- (at request of the Governor) -- read twice
   and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee
   on Rules
 
 AN ACT providing requirements  for  sick  leave  and  the  provision  of
   certain employee benefits when such employee is subject to a mandatory
   or precautionary order of quarantine or isolation due to COVID-19; and
   to amend the labor law, in relation to requirements for sick leave
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. 1.(a) For employers with ten or fewer employees as of Janu-
 ary 1, 2020, each employee who is subject to a mandatory or  precaution-
 ary  order  of  quarantine or isolation issued by the state of New York,
 the department of health, local board of  health,  or  any  governmental
 entity  duly  authorized  to  issue such order due to COVID-19, shall be
 provided with unpaid sick leave until the termination of  any  mandatory
 or  precautionary  order  of quarantine or isolation due to COVID-19 and
 any other benefit as provided by any other provision of law.  During the
 period of mandatory or precautionary quarantine or isolation, an employ-
 ee shall be eligible for paid family leave  benefits  and  benefits  due
 pursuant  to  disability  pursuant to this act.  An employer with ten or
 fewer employees as of January 1, 2020, and that  has  a  net  income  of
 greater than one million dollars in the previous tax year, shall provide
 each  employee  who  is subject to a precautionary or mandatory order of
 quarantine or isolation issued by the state of New York, the  department
 of  health,  local  board  of  health,  or  any governmental entity duly
 authorized to issue such order due to COVID-19, at least  five  days  of
 paid  sick leave and unpaid leave until the termination of any mandatory
 or precautionary order of quarantine or isolation.  After such five days
 of paid sick leave, an employee shall be eligible for paid family  leave
 benefits and benefits due pursuant to disability pursuant to this act.
   (b)  For employers with between eleven and ninety-nine employees as of
 January 1, 2020, each employee who is subject to a mandatory or  precau-
 tionary  order  of  quarantine  or  isolation issued by the state of New
 York, the department of health, local board of health,  or  any  govern-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

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