Assembly Bill A11099

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to prohibiting public employers from retaliating against employees for absences related to COVID-19

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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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2019-A11099 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S9087
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Employees
Law Section:
Civil Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §75-b, Civ Serv L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A4063, S4201

2019-A11099 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits public employers from taking retaliatory adverse personnel actions against employees who use sick leave or compensatory time to quarantine, seek medical treatment, or for other absences related to COVID-19.

2019-A11099 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   11099
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             November 6, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Abbate) --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Employees
 
 AN ACT to amend the civil service law, in relation to prohibiting public
   employers from retaliating against employees for absences  related  to
   COVID-19
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 75-b of the civil service  law  is
 amended by adding a new paragraph (b) to read as follows:
   (B)  A PUBLIC EMPLOYER SHALL NOT DISMISS OR TAKE OTHER DISCIPLINARY OR
 OTHER ADVERSE PERSONNEL ACTION AGAINST A PUBLIC EMPLOYEE  REGARDING  THE
 EMPLOYEE'S EMPLOYMENT, INCLUDING DESIGNATING THE EMPLOYEE AS CHRONICALLY
 ABSENT,  BECAUSE  THE  EMPLOYEE  USES SICK LEAVE OR COMPENSATORY TIME TO
 QUARANTINE, CONVALESCE, SEEK  MEDICAL  TREATMENT,  OR  ENGAGE  IN  OTHER
 ACTIVITIES RELATED TO A COVID-19 DIAGNOSIS OR CONTACT.
   §  2.  This  act  shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed to
 have been in full force and effect on and after January 1, 2020.
 
 
 
 
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD17548-02-0

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