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May 22, 2023 | advanced to third reading |
May 18, 2023 | 2nd report cal. |
May 17, 2023 | 1st report cal.1062 |
Feb 17, 2023 | referred to labor |
senate Bill S4982
Sponsored By
Jessica Ramos
(D, WF) 13th Senate District
Current Bill Status - On Floor Calendar
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- In Committee
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Neil D. Breslin
(D, WF) 46th Senate District
Cordell Cleare
(D) 30th Senate District
Leroy Comrie
(D) 14th Senate District
Andrew Gounardes
(D) 26th Senate District
S4982 (ACTIVE) - Details
S4982 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S4982 SPONSOR: RAMOS TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the labor law, in relation to protecting employee free- dom of speech and conscience SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1. Paragraphs d and e are added to define "political" and "reli- gious" matters. Section 2. Paragraph e is added to protect an employee's refusal to attend an employer-sponsored meeting, listen to employer speech, or view any other employer communication that has the primary purpose of expressing the employer's opinion concerning religious or political matters. Section 3. Subdivision 8 is added to reiterate that employers are not prohibited from communicating to employees any information that the employer is required by law to communicate; communicating any informa- tion about job duties; having any higher education institutions meet
S4982 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4982 2023-2024 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E February 17, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sen. RAMOS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Labor AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to protecting employee free- dom of speech and conscience THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Paragraph c of subdivision 1 of section 201-d of the labor law, as added by chapter 776 of the laws of 1992, is amended and two new paragraphs d and e are added to read as follows: c. "Work hours" shall mean, for purposes of this section, all time, including paid and unpaid breaks and meal periods, that the employee is suffered, permitted or expected to be engaged in work, and all time the employee is actually engaged in work. This definition shall not be referred to in determining hours worked for which an employee is enti- tled to compensation under any law including article nineteen of this chapter[.]; D. "POLITICAL MATTERS" SHALL MEAN MATTERS RELATING TO ELECTIONS FOR POLITICAL OFFICE, POLITICAL PARTIES, LEGISLATION, REGULATION AND THE DECISION TO JOIN OR SUPPORT ANY POLITICAL PARTY OR POLITICAL, CIVIC, COMMUNITY, FRATERNAL OR LABOR ORGANIZATION; E. "RELIGIOUS MATTERS" SHALL MEAN MATTERS RELATING TO RELIGIOUS AFFIL- IATION AND PRACTICE AND THE DECISION TO JOIN OR SUPPORT ANY RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATION OR ASSOCIATION. § 2. Paragraphs c and d of subdivision 2 of section 201-d of the labor law, paragraph c as amended by chapter 92 of the laws of 2021 and para- graph d as added by chapter 776 of the laws of 1992, are amended to read as follows: c. an individual's legal recreational activities, including cannabis in accordance with state law, outside work hours, off of the employer's premises and without use of the employer's equipment or other property; [or] EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD05636-01-3
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