 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          9159
 
                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    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 eligibility for paid  sick
          leave
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Subdivision 5 of section 196-b of the labor law is  amended
     2  by adding a new paragraph c to read as follows:
     3    c.  An  employer  may  not  exclude employees who telecommute from the
     4  provisions of the sick leave policy established  by  such  employer  for
     5  employees who physically commute to the employer's work site. An employ-
     6  ee  who  telecommutes shall accrue sick leave at the same rate and under
     7  the same conditions that a comparable employee present at the employer's
     8  work site would accrue it.
     9    § 2. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become  a
    10  law  and shall apply to the accrual of paid sick leave on and after such
    11  effective date. Effective immediately, the  addition,  amendment  and/or
    12  repeal  of  any  rule  or regulation necessary for the implementation of
    13  this act on its effective date are authorized to be made  and  completed
    14  on or before such effective date.
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13851-01-5
Relates to eligibility for paid sick leave

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