Requires employers to provide up to ten additional days of unpaid leave for absences when the employee or employee's family member has been the victim of domestic violence, a family offense, sexual offense, stalking or human trafficking upon the employee's request for reasons related to such offense or offenses.
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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1808
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
January 14, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. RAJKUMAR -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Labor
AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to requiring employers to
provide up to ten additional days of unpaid leave for absences due to
domestic violence, a family offense, sexual offense, stalking or human
trafficking
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 196-b of the labor law is amended by adding a new
subdivision 15 to read as follows:
15. IN CASES OF SICK LEAVE, PAID OR UNPAID, PROVIDED PURSUANT TO
SUBPARAGRAPH (III) OF PARAGRAPH A OF SUBDIVISION FOUR OF THIS SECTION,
AN EMPLOYEE SHALL BE PROVIDED UP TO AN ADDITIONAL TEN DAYS OF UNPAID
LEAVE UPON REQUEST FOR AN EXTENSION OF LEAVE BEYOND THE SICK LEAVE
PROVIDED TO SUCH EMPLOYEE PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION.
§ 2. This act shall take effect January 1, 2026.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD02395-01-5
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