Assembly Bill A5680

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Provides employees with paid time off to obtain a COVID-19 vaccine

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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-A5680 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Labor
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add §2183, Pub Health L

2021-A5680 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides employees with paid time off to obtain a COVID-19 vaccine if such employee or independent contractor is unable to obtain a COVID-19 vaccination outside of their scheduled working hours; prohibits retaliation.

2021-A5680 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5680
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 23, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  L. ROSENTHAL,  ABINANTI,  ANDERSON, BURDICK,
   GALLAGHER, LUNSFORD, McMAHON, SEAWRIGHT, SIMON, FORREST --  read  once
   and referred to the Committee on Labor
 
 AN  ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to providing employ-
   ees with paid time off to obtain a COVID-19 vaccine

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The  public health law is amended by adding a new section
 2183 to read as follows:
   § 2183. TIME ALLOWED EMPLOYEES FOR COVID-19 VACCINATION. IF AN EMPLOY-
 EE IS UNABLE TO OBTAIN A COVID-19 VACCINATION OUTSIDE OF THEIR SCHEDULED
 WORKING HOURS, SUCH EMPLOYEE SHALL BE PERMITTED, WITHOUT LOSS OF PAY, TO
 TAKE OFF THE NECESSARY WORKING TIME TO OBTAIN SUCH  VACCINATION.    TIME
 SHALL  BE  ALLOWED  FOR  EACH NECESSARY DOSE OF THE VACCINE. NO EMPLOYER
 SHALL DISCHARGE OR OTHERWISE RETALIATE  AGAINST  AN  EMPLOYEE  WHO  USES
 WORKING TIME TO OBTAIN A COVID-19 VACCINATION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08452-04-1

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