Assembly Actions -
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May 31, 2022 |
returned to assembly passed senate 3rd reading cal.384 substituted for s1958a |
May 31, 2022 |
substituted by a8092b |
May 23, 2022 |
amended on third reading (t) 1958a |
May 23, 2022 |
vote reconsidered - restored to third reading returned to senate recalled from assembly |
Mar 08, 2022 |
referred to governmental operations delivered to assembly passed senate |
Feb 03, 2022 |
advanced to third reading |
Feb 02, 2022 |
2nd report cal. |
Feb 01, 2022 |
1st report cal.384 |
Jan 05, 2022 |
referred to investigations and government operations returned to senate died in assembly |
May 12, 2021 |
referred to governmental operations delivered to assembly passed senate |
Mar 03, 2021 |
advanced to third reading |
Mar 02, 2021 |
2nd report cal. |
Mar 01, 2021 |
1st report cal.468 |
Jan 16, 2021 |
referred to investigations and government operations |
Senate Bill S1958A
2021-2022 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) 28th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status Via A8092 - Passed Senate
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
Bill Amendments
2021-S1958 - Details
2021-S1958 - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S1958 SPONSOR: KRUEGER TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the executive law, in relation to clarifying that work- ers shall not be punished or subjected to discipline by employers for lawful absences PURPOSE: To ensure that employers communicate the law clearly to their employees so they know their rights and that employees are granted a good faith interactive process before being subject to unwarranted disciplinary action. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Section 1 of this bill is the legislative intent. Section 2 amends the executive law to add a new subdivision 39 of
2021-S1958 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1958 2021-2022 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 16, 2021 ___________ Introduced by Sen. KRUEGER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern- ment Operations AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to clarifying that work- ers shall not be punished or subjected to discipline by employers for lawful absences THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Legislative intent. Too often, absence control, or "no-fault" attendance policies, violate workers' rights in New York state and discourage them from taking job-protected leave or time off to which they are entitled by law. Under such policies, workers are assessed points (sometimes referred to as "demerits" or "occurrences") for each absence - regardless of the reason - and those points subject them to discipline, often including termination. Employers ignore or interfere with these rights due to ambiguities in the law and their own policies and practices. By punishing workers for any absence, including absences protected by law, absence control policies frequently threaten public health and family economic security, and undermine New York state workplace rights. According to A Better Balance, which released a report detailing legal concerns with "no-fault" attendance policies in June 2020, some of the nation's largest employers maintain policies that "reliably fail to inform workers about their legal rights to take time off without punishment for certain illnesses, health conditions, or disabilities, or for the need to care for an ill loved one" under state, local, and federal civil rights laws. After surveying the policies of sixty-six U.S. employers impacting approximately eighteen million work- ers, A Better Balance found that more than 80% of those policies failed to make clear that employees would not receive points for disability-re- lated absences; many provided incomplete or misleading information to workers regarding their right to time off under the federal Family and EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
2021-S1958A (ACTIVE) - Details
2021-S1958A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S1958A SPONSOR: KRUEGER TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the labor law, in relation to clarifying that workers shall not be punished or subjected to discipline by employers for lawful absences PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: To ensure that it shall be retaliation for an employer to discipline workers by assessing point or deductions from a timebank when an employ- ee has used any legally protected absence. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 of this bill amends section 215 of the labor law to clarify that it is retaliation for an employer to discipline workers by assess- ing points or deductions from a timebank because an employee has used any legally protected absence.
2021-S1958A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1958--A Cal. No. 384 2021-2022 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 16, 2021 ___________ Introduced by Sen. KRUEGER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern- ment Operations -- recommitted to the Committee on Investigations and Government Operations in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- reported favorably from said committee, ordered to first and second report, ordered to a third reading, passed by Senate and delivered to the Assembly, recalled, vote reconsidered, restored to third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to clarifying that workers shall not be punished or subjected to discipline by employers for lawful absences THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 215 of the labor law, as amended by chapter 564 of the laws of 2010, the closing para- graph as added by chapter 126 of the laws of 2019, is amended as follows: (a) No employer or his or her agent, or the officer or agent of any corporation, partnership, or limited liability company, or any other person, shall discharge, threaten, penalize, or in any other manner discriminate or retaliate against any employee (i) because such employee has made a complaint to his or her employer, or to the commissioner or his or her authorized representative, or to the attorney general or any other person, that the employer has engaged in conduct that the employ- ee, reasonably and in good faith, believes violates any provision of this chapter, or any order issued by the commissioner (ii) because such employer or person believes that such employee has made a complaint to his or her employer, or to the commissioner or his or her authorized representative, or to the attorney general, or to any other person that the employer has violated any provision of this chapter, or any order EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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