Assembly Bill A2536

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Enacts parental involvement leave act requiring employers to grant employees up to 16 hours leave to attend school conferences or classroom activities

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2011-A2536 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1483
Current Committee:
Assembly Labor
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 21 ยงยง750 - 756, Lab L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A8207, S2453
2013-2014: A284, S1834
2015-2016: A2482, S674
2017-2018: A1797, S3749
2019-2020: A2195, S4815
2021-2022: A3107, S5205
2023-2024: A9639, S6393

2011-A2536 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the "Parental Involvement Leave Act" requiring employers to grant employees up to 16 hours leave during any school year to attend school conferences or classroom activities related to the employee's child if the conference or activity cannot be scheduled during nonwork hours; defines "employer" as "a state agency, officer, or department, a unit of local government, a school district, an individual, a corporation, a partnership, an association, or a nonprofit organization which employs 50 or more employees in NYS; provides that such leave may not be taken unless the employee has exhausted all accrued leave and any leave that may be granted (except sick leave and disability leave); provides that these provisions do not require that an employee receive compensation for such leave

2011-A2536 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  2536

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 19, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. MENG -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Labor

AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to the  parental  involvement
  leave act

  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 article 21 to read
as follows:
                               ARTICLE 21
                     PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT LEAVE ACT
SECTION 750. SHORT TITLE.
        751. DEFINITIONS.
        752. SCHOOL CONFERENCE AND ACTIVITY LEAVE.
        753. NOTIFICATION.
        754. VERIFICATION.
        755. EMPLOYEE RIGHTS.
        756. LIMITS ON LEAVE.
  S 750. SHORT TITLE. THIS ARTICLE SHALL BE KNOWN AND MAY  BE  CITED  AS
THE "PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT LEAVE ACT".
  S 751. DEFINITIONS. AS USED IN THIS ARTICLE:
  1.  THE  TERM "EMPLOYEE" MEANS A PERSON WHO PERFORMS SERVICES FOR HIRE
FOR AN EMPLOYER FOR:
  A. AT LEAST SIX CONSECUTIVE MONTHS IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING A REQUEST FOR
LEAVE UNDER THIS ARTICLE; AND
  B. AN AVERAGE NUMBER OF HOURS PER WEEK EQUAL TO AT LEAST ONE-HALF  THE
FULL-TIME  EQUIVALENT POSITIONS IN THE EMPLOYERS' JOB CLASSIFICATION, AS
DEFINED BY THE EMPLOYERS' PERSONNEL POLICIES OR PRACTICES OR IN  ACCORD-
ANCE WITH A COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT, DURING THOSE SIX MONTHS.
  2. THE TERM "EMPLOYEE" SHALL NOT INCLUDE AN INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR.
  3.  THE  TERM  "EMPLOYER"  MEANS ANY OF THE FOLLOWING: A STATE AGENCY,
OFFICER, OR DEPARTMENT, A UNIT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT, A  SCHOOL  DISTRICT,

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD02162-01-1
              

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