Assembly Bill A2003

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires employers to engage in a good faith cooperative dialogue with employees who request accommodation due to a religious practice or observance

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee


  • 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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2023-A2003 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §296, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A9942
2021-2022: A2598

2023-A2003 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires employers to engage in a good faith cooperative dialogue with employees who request accommodation due to a religious practice or observance.

2023-A2003 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2003
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 23, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. FALL -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Governmental Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to requiring employers to
   engage in a good faith cooperative dialogue with employees who request
   accommodation due to a religious practice or observance

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  10  of  section 296 of the executive law, as
 amended by chapter 166 of the laws of 2000, paragraph (a) as amended  by
 chapter  154 of the laws of 2019, and paragraph (b) as amended and para-
 graphs (c) and (d) as added by chapter 539  of  the  laws  of  2002,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   10.  (a)  It  shall  be  an  unlawful  discriminatory practice for any
 employer, or an employee or agent thereof, to impose upon a person as  a
 condition  of obtaining or retaining employment, including opportunities
 for promotion, advancement or transfers, any terms  or  conditions  that
 would require such person to violate or forego a sincerely held practice
 of  his  or her religion, including but not limited to the observance of
 any particular day or days or any portion thereof as a sabbath or  other
 holy day OR RELIGIOUS HOLIDAY in accordance with the requirements of his
 or  her  religion or the wearing of any attire, clothing, or facial hair
 in accordance with the requirements of  his  or  her  religion,  unless,
 after  engaging  in a bona fide effort WHICH SHALL INCLUDE A COOPERATIVE
 DIALOGUE, the employer demonstrates that  it  is  unable  to  reasonably
 accommodate  the  employee's  or  prospective  employee's sincerely held
 religious observance or practice without undue hardship on  the  conduct
 of  the  employer's business. Notwithstanding any other provision of law
 to the contrary, an employee shall not be entitled to premium  wages  or
 premium  benefits  for work performed during hours to which such premium
 wages or premium benefits would ordinarily be applicable, if the employ-
 ee is working during such hours only as an accommodation to his  or  her
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06626-01-3
              

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