Assembly Bill A10697

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Enacts the "standing is tiring (sit) act"

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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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2021-A10697 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7519
Current Committee:
Assembly Labor
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Add §203-f, Lab L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A5642, S1997

2021-A10697 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the "standing is tiring (sit) act"; requires employers to provide suitable seats to all employees where the nature of such employees' work reasonably permits seated work; prohibits employers from artificially designing a work space to require standing; requires the department of labor to determine whether the nature of work reasonably permits seated work

2021-A10697 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10697
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             September 9, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  COMMITTEE  ON  RULES  --  (at request of M. of A. Reyes,
   Kelles, Cruz) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Labor
 
 AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to enacting the "standing  is
   tiring (sit) act"
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1.  This act shall be known and may be cited as the  "standing
 is tiring (sit) act".
   § 2. The labor law is amended by adding a new section 203-f to read as
 follows:
   §  203-F.  EMPLOYEE RIGHT TO SIT. 1.  AN EMPLOYER SHALL BE REQUIRED TO
 PROVIDE SUITABLE SEATS TO ALL EMPLOYEES WHERE THE NATURE OF SUCH EMPLOY-
 EES' WORK REASONABLY PERMITS SEATED WORK.
   2. AN EMPLOYER SHALL BE PROHIBITED FROM  DESIGNING  A  WORK  SPACE  TO
 REQUIRE  STANDING  WHERE SUCH WORK SPACE COULD REASONABLY BE DESIGNED TO
 PERMIT SEATED WORK.
   3. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL PROMULGATE RULES AND/OR REGULATIONS FOR DETER-
 MINING WHETHER THE NATURE OF AN EMPLOYEE'S WORK REASONABLY PERMITS SEAT-
 ED WORK UNDER SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION, BASED ON THE TOTALITY  OF
 THE  CIRCUMSTANCES  FOR  EACH  EMPLOYEE,  INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
 WHETHER:
   (A) AN EMPLOYEE'S TASKS CAN BE PERFORMED FROM A CHAIR;
   (B) SEATING AN EMPLOYEE WOULD INTERFERE WITH JOB PERFORMANCE; AND
   (C) THE PHYSICAL LAYOUT OF A WORK SPACE IS CONDUCIVE TO SEATING.
   4. AN EMPLOYEE SHALL HAVE  A  PRIVATE  RIGHT  OF  ACTION  FOR  DAMAGES
 AGAINST  ANY  EMPLOYER  WHO  FAILS  TO  PROVIDE SUITABLE SEATING TO SUCH
 EMPLOYEE IN VIOLATION OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION.
   § 3. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become  a
 law.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13544-01-1

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