Assembly Bill A4063A

Signed By Governor
2021-2022 Legislative Session

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

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Archive: Last Bill Status Via S4201 - Signed by Governor

  • 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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2021-A4063 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4201
Law Section:
Civil Service Law
Laws Affected:
Add §159-c, Civ Serv L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
A11099, S9087

2021-A4063 - 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.

2021-A4063 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4063
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 1, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by 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.
                                                            LBD08048-01-1

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2021-A4063A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4201
Law Section:
Civil Service Law
Laws Affected:
Add §159-c, Civ Serv L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
A11099, S9087

2021-A4063A (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.

2021-A4063A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  4063--A
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 1, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. ABBATE -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on  Governmental  Employees  --  committee  discharged,  bill amended,
   ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 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. The civil service law is amended by adding  a  new  section
 159-c to read as follows:
   §  159-C.  PROHIBITION  OF  RETALIATION  FOR  USE OF SICK LEAVE DUE TO
 COVID-19; PUBLIC EMPLOYERS. 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 March 1, 2020.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08048-03-1

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