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Senate Bill S9247

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Requires employers to provide a leave of absence for an employee to use for menopause

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2025-S9247 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A10296
Current Committee:
Senate Labor
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Add §202-m, Lab L

2025-S9247 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires employers to provide leave of absence of at least five days for every 12 month period for an employee to use for menopause symptoms; requires the commissioner of labor, in consultation with the commissioner of health, to develop workplace guidance relating to menopause.

2025-S9247 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S9247 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9247
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 18, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  CLEARE -- 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 a period of paid leave for
   menopause
 
   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 section 202-m to
 read as follows:
   § 202-M. LEAVE OF ABSENCE FOR MENOPAUSE GRANTED TO  EMPLOYEES.  1.  AN
 EMPLOYER  SHALL  GRANT NO LESS THAN FIVE DAYS OF LEAVE OF ABSENCE IN ANY
 TWELVE MONTH PERIOD TO AN EMPLOYEE WHO SUFFERS FROM MENOPAUSE SYMPTOMS.
   2. AN EMPLOYER SHALL NOT RETALIATE AGAINST AN EMPLOYEE FOR  REQUESTING
 OR OBTAINING A LEAVE OF ABSENCE UNDER THIS SECTION.
   3. THIS SECTION SHALL NOT PREVENT AN EMPLOYER FROM PROVIDING LEAVE FOR
 MENOPAUSE IN ADDITION TO LEAVE ALLOWED UNDER ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW.
 THIS  SECTION  SHALL NOT AFFECT AN EMPLOYEE'S RIGHTS WITH RESPECT TO ANY
 OTHER EMPLOYEE BENEFIT OTHERWISE PROVIDED BY LAW.
   4. THE COMMISSIONER IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED AND DIRECTED TO ESTABLISH ANY
 NECESSARY GUIDELINES, INCLUDING REQUIREMENTS  FOR  NOTICE,  REQUEST  AND
 APPROVAL  OF  LEAVE, AND DOCUMENTATION, FOR THE TIMELY IMPLEMENTATION OF
 THE PROGRAM.
   § 2. The commissioner of labor, in consultation with the  commissioner
 of health, shall develop workplace guidance for understanding and effec-
 tively  and  compassionately  managing menopause challenges in the work-
 place. Additionally, such commissioners shall create a public  awareness
 campaign normalizing menopause and its potential impact on workers.
   §  3. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14559-01-6

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