Assembly Bill A2059

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Establishes light duty during pregnancy and parental leave for railroad employees

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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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2023-A2059 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Railroad Law
Laws Affected:
Add §§64-a & 64-b, Rail L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A7571

2023-A2059 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes light duty during pregnancy and parental leave for railroad employees.

2023-A2059 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2059
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 23, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. JOYNER -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the railroad law, in relation to establishing light duty
   during pregnancy and parental leave for railroad employees
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. The railroad law is amended by adding two new sections 64-a
 and 64-b to read as follows:
   § 64-A. LIGHT DUTY FOR EMPLOYEES. 1. SHOULD ANY  EMPLOYEE  ENGAGED  IN
 THE  SERVICE  OF  ANY  RAILROAD, INCLUDING ANY COMMUTER RAIL SERVICE, AS
 DEFINED BY SECTION NINETY-SEVEN-A OF THIS ARTICLE, OWNED OR OPERATED  BY
 A  STATE  AUTHORITY  OR ITS SUBSIDIARY, AS DEFINED BY SECTION TWO OF THE
 PUBLIC AUTHORITIES LAW, WHO IS PREGNANT BE PREVENTED BY  SUCH  PREGNANCY
 FROM  PERFORMING  THE ACTIVITIES INVOLVED IN HER REGULAR ASSIGNED DUTIES
 DUE, BUT IS ABLE, AS DETERMINED BY THE EMPLOYEE'S MEDICAL  PROVIDER,  TO
 PERFORM SPECIFIED TYPES OF LIGHT DUTY, THE EMPLOYER SHALL MAKE AVAILABLE
 SUCH LIGHT DUTY TO THE EMPLOYEE, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT SUCH LIGHT DUTY
 SHALL ENABLE HER TO CONTINUE TO BE ENTITLED TO HER CONCURRENT ASSIGNMENT
 EARNINGS,  INCLUDING INCREASES THEREOF AND FRINGE BENEFITS, TO WHICH SHE
 WOULD HAVE BEEN ENTITLED  IF  SHE  WERE  ABLE  TO  PERFORM  HER  REGULAR
 ASSIGNED DUTIES.
   2.  NOTHING  IN  THIS  SECTION SHALL BE DEEMED TO DIMINISH THE RIGHTS,
 PRIVILEGES, OR REMEDIES OF ANY EMPLOYEE UNDER ANY COLLECTIVE  BARGAINING
 AGREEMENT OR EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT.
   § 64-B. PARENTAL LEAVE FOR RAILROAD EMPLOYEES. 1. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS
 SECTION,  "PARENTAL  LEAVE" SHALL MEAN ANY LEAVE TAKEN BY AN EMPLOYEE OF
 ANY RAILROAD, INCLUDING ANY COMMUTER RAIL SERVICE, AS DEFINED BY SECTION
 NINETY-SEVEN-A OF THIS ARTICLE, OWNED OR OPERATED BY A  STATE  AUTHORITY
 OR  ITS  SUBSIDIARY, AS DEFINED BY SECTION TWO OF THE PUBLIC AUTHORITIES
 LAW, FROM WORK TO BOND WITH THE EMPLOYEE'S CHILD DURING THE FIRST TWELVE
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06868-01-3
 A. 2059                             2
              

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