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History
- Print number 6525b
- Amend and recommit to finance
- Print number 6525a
- Amend and recommit to finance
- Reported and committed to finance
- Referred to civil service and pensions
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Relates to transfer of sick time
In Assembly Committee · Governmental Employees · Sponsor Peter Abbate
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Title of bill
An act to amend the civil service law, in relation to transfer of sick time
Purpose
To establish that every public employee shall be entitled to transfer sick time to fellow employees.
Summary of provisions
Section 1 amends the civil service law by adding a new section 159-d providing public employees can transfer sick time to fellow employees. An employee under the jurisdiction of the state civil service commission shall only be permitted to receive donated sick time from a fellow employee under the jurisdiction of the state commission; an employee under the jurisdiction of a municipal civil service commission shall only be permitted to receive donated sick time from a fellow employee under the jurisdiction of the same municipal commission; and an employee under the jurisdiction of a school district shall only be permitted to receive donated sick time from a fellow employee under the jurisdiction of the same school district. A recipient shall only be permitted to receive and use donated sick time after exhausting all personal sick time. The employer may reserve the right to require a written referral from a physician or health care provider or proof of familial emergency. The terms, rights, privileges or remedies of any employee under any collective bargaining agreement or employment contract are not to be superseded or diminished by this act.
Section 2 provides this act shall take effect immediately.
Existing law
New law
Justification
Many employees do not receive ample sick time, while others do not need to use all of the sick time they've accrued. Guaranteeing the transfer of sick time provides a method for allowing employees who need it to take more time off while ensuring those additional hours are covered by healthy colleagues. This is policy that will strengthen the rights of workers, increasing productivity and generating positive employment outcomes, with no significant cost.
Legislative history
New bill
Fiscal implications
None significant
Local fiscal implications
None significant
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately.
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