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Jan 07, 2015 |
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Assembly Bill A769
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
CAHILL
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2015-A769 (ACTIVE) - Details
2015-A769 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Enacts the Telework 2015 Act; provides for a task force and demonstration program on teleworking to study the benefits and other impacts thereof; provides that the task force shall consist of departments of environmental conservation, transportation, and civil service, the workers' compensation board, the office of general services, and the office of advocate for persons with disabilities, and legislative liaisons; authorizes the following five state agencies to participate in a demonstration program: the departments of banking, health, insurance, transportation and the division of housing and community renewal
2015-A769 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 769 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 7, 2015 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. CAHILL -- read once and referred to the Committee on Labor AN ACT to create a demonstration program and task force on teleworking THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Telework 2015 Act". S 2. Legislative intent. The legislature takes notice of the growing practice of the use of telework as a future form of work away from the principal place of employment. Telecommuting is being used more and more by businesses as a way to save money for employers by reducing real estate costs, reducing contributions to workers' compensation premiums, allowing more freedom for a balance between work and family life for employees, reducing air pollution and traffic congestion, reducing absenteeism, and accommodating those who are disabled. For these reasons, telework has a very promising future as a form of out of the office work. Teleworking warrants further research to enable the state to move a step closer to using it as a way to save taxpayer's money, while also benefiting the state and its employees. S 3. Definitions. As used in this act, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (a) "Remote work center (telework center)" means a workspace typically close to employees' homes used part-time by remote workers in full-time or part-time employment. (b) "Satellite office" means a workspace typically used full-time by employees who live near them. (c) "Telecommuter" means an employee who has a primary office in his or her employer's office, but has the training, permission, and telecom- puting technology to work on an as-needed basis in a remote location, typically in the employee's home. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD06150-01-5
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