Senate Bill S6393

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Enacts the parental involvement leave act

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Labor 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-S6393 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9639
Current Committee:
Senate Labor
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 20-D §§750 - 757, Lab L; add §115, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S2453, A8207
2011-2012: S1483, A2536
2013-2014: S1834, A284
2015-2016: S674, A2482
2017-2018: S3749, A1797
2019-2020: S4815, A2195
2021-2022: S5205, A3107

2023-S6393 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the "parental involvement leave act" requiring employers to grant employees up to 24 hours leave during any school year to attend school conferences or classroom activities related to the employee's child if the conference or activity cannot be scheduled during non-work hours; defines "employer" as any person or entity employing any individual in any occupation, industry, trade or business or service including any of the following: a state agency, office or department, a unit of local government, a school district, an individual, a corporation, a partnership, an association, or a nonprofit organization; makes related provisions.

2023-S6393 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S6393 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6393
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 18, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sens. PARKER, MAYER -- read twice and ordered printed, and
   when printed to be committed to the Committee on Labor
 
 AN  ACT to amend the labor law and the education law, in relation to the
   parental involvement leave act
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The  labor law is amended by adding a new article 20-D to
 read as follows:
                               ARTICLE 20-D
                      PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT LEAVE ACT
 SECTION 750. SHORT TITLE.
         751. DEFINITIONS.
         752. SCHOOL-RELATED EVENT LEAVE.
         753. EMPLOYEE NOTICE.
         754. EMPLOYEE RIGHTS.
         755. NOTIFICATION.
         756. ADMINISTRATIVE ENFORCEMENT AND PENALTIES.
         757. EXISTING RIGHTS AND REMEDIES PRESERVED.
   § 750. SHORT TITLE. THIS ARTICLE SHALL BE KNOWN AND MAY  BE  CITED  AS
 THE "PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT LEAVE ACT".
   § 751. DEFINITIONS. AS USED IN THIS ARTICLE:
   1.  "EMPLOYEE"  SHALL MEAN ANY PERSON EMPLOYED FOR HIRE BY AN EMPLOYER
 IN ANY EMPLOYMENT UPON THE COMPLETION OF FOUR WEEKS OF EMPLOYMENT FOR  A
 FULL-TIME  EMPLOYEE  OR  TWENTY-FIVE  DAYS OF EMPLOYMENT FOR A PART-TIME
 EMPLOYEE;
   2. "EMPLOYER" SHALL MEAN ANY PERSON OR ENTITY EMPLOYING ANY INDIVIDUAL
 IN ANY OCCUPATION, INDUSTRY, TRADE, BUSINESS OR SERVICE  INCLUDING,  BUT
 NOT LIMITED TO, ANY OF THE FOLLOWING: A STATE AGENCY, OFFICER OR DEPART-
 MENT,  A  UNIT  OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT, A SCHOOL DISTRICT, AN INDIVIDUAL, A
 CORPORATION, A PARTNERSHIP, AN ASSOCIATION, OR  A  NON-PROFIT  ORGANIZA-
 TION;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02981-01-3
              

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