Allows an employee to use paid sick leave for bereavement upon the death of a family member, or upon a miscarriage or still birth by the employee or the employee's spouse or domestic partner or upon a foster child leaving a foster family provided the foster child was in the care of the foster family for six months or longer.
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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9158
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
October 17, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. P. CARROLL -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Labor
AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to the use of paid sick leave
for bereavement purposes
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 4-b to read as follows:
4-B. (A) ON AND AFTER JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SEVEN AND
UPON THE ORAL OR WRITTEN REQUEST OF AN EMPLOYEE, AN EMPLOYER SHALL
PROVIDE ACCRUED SICK LEAVE FOR THE FOLLOWING PURPOSES:
(I) FOR BEREAVEMENT UPON THE DEATH OF A FAMILY MEMBER, OR UPON A
MISCARRIAGE OR STILL BIRTH BY THE EMPLOYEE OR THE EMPLOYEE'S SPOUSE OR
DOMESTIC PARTNER; OR
(II) UPON A FOSTER CHILD LEAVING A FOSTER FAMILY PROVIDED THE FOSTER
CHILD WAS IN THE CARE OF THE FOSTER FAMILY FOR SIX MONTHS OR LONGER.
(B) IF THE EMPLOYEE HAS USED THEIR ALLOTTED PAID SICK HOURS FOR THAT
CALENDAR YEAR, SUCH EMPLOYEE SHALL BE ALLOWED TO TAKE UNPAID SICK TIME
IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED FIVE DAYS.
§ 2. This act shall take effect January 1, 2027.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD13888-01-5
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