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Assembly Bill A7649

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to suitable seats for employees

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2019-A7649 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Labor
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §203-b, Lab L

2019-A7649 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to suitable seats for employees; makes such provisions of law applicable to all employees.

2019-A7649 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7649
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 14, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. SIMOTAS -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Labor
 
 AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to suitable seats for employ-
   ees
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1. Section 203-b of the labor law, as added by chapter 582 of
 the laws of 1962, is amended to read as follows:
   § 203-b. Seats for [female] employees. A sufficient number of suitable
 seats, with backs where practicable, shall be provided and maintained in
 every factory, mercantile establishment, freight or passenger  elevator,
 hotel  and restaurant for [female] employees who shall be allowed to use
 the seats to such an extent as may be reasonable for the preservation of
 their health. In factories, [female] employees shall be allowed  to  use
 such  seats  whenever  they  are  engaged  in work which can be properly
 performed in a sitting posture.  In mercantile establishments, at  least
 one seat shall be provided for every three [female] employees and if the
 duties  of  such employees are to be performed principally in front of a
 counter, table, desk or fixture, such seats shall  be  placed  in  front
 thereof,  or  if such duties are to be performed principally behind such
 counter, table, desk or fixture they shall be placed behind the same.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11477-01-9

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