 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7649
 
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                      May 14, 2019
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by M. of A. SIMOTAS -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Labor
 
        AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to suitable seats for employ-
          ees
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1. Section 203-b of the labor law, as added by chapter 582 of
     2  the laws of 1962, is amended to read as follows:
     3    § 203-b. Seats for [female] employees. A sufficient number of suitable
     4  seats, with backs where practicable, shall be provided and maintained in
     5  every factory, mercantile establishment, freight or passenger  elevator,
     6  hotel  and restaurant for [female] employees who shall be allowed to use
     7  the seats to such an extent as may be reasonable for the preservation of
     8  their health. In factories, [female] employees shall be allowed  to  use
     9  such  seats  whenever  they  are  engaged  in work which can be properly
    10  performed in a sitting posture.  In mercantile establishments, at  least
    11  one seat shall be provided for every three [female] employees and if the
    12  duties  of  such employees are to be performed principally in front of a
    13  counter, table, desk or fixture, such seats shall  be  placed  in  front
    14  thereof,  or  if such duties are to be performed principally behind such
    15  counter, table, desk or fixture they shall be placed behind the same.
    16    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11477-01-9
Relates to suitable seats for employees

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