Assembly Bill A5147

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Entitles employees 45 years of age or older to take one day every ten years to undergo a colonoscopy

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • 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-A5147 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Labor
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Add §202-n, Lab L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A5958
2023-2024: A2438
2025-2026: A479

2021-A5147 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Entitles employees 45 years of age or older to take one day off every ten years to undergo a colonoscopy.

2021-A5147 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5147
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 11, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. PAULIN, BRONSON, COLTON, CRUZ, M. MILLER, SIMON,
   GRIFFIN, GOTTFRIED, SAYEGH, ASHBY, STECK, NIOU --  Multi-Sponsored  by
   -- M. of A.  COOK -- read once and referred to the Committee on Labor
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the labor law, in relation to providing employees with
   one day off every ten years to undergo a colonoscopy

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  This  act  shall  be  known and may be cited as "45 saves
 lives".
   § 2. The labor law is amended by adding a new section 202-n to read as
 follows:
   § 202-N. LEAVE OF ABSENCE FOR COLONOSCOPIES. 1. FOR  THE  PURPOSES  OF
 THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   (A)  "EMPLOYEE"  MEANS  A PERSON WHO PERFORMS SERVICES FOR HIRE FOR AN
 EMPLOYER, FOR AN AVERAGE OF TWENTY OR MORE HOURS PER WEEK, AND  INCLUDES
 ALL  INDIVIDUALS  EMPLOYED  AT ANY SITE OWNED OR OPERATED BY AN EMPLOYER
 BUT SHALL NOT INCLUDE AN INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR.
   (B) "EMPLOYER" MEANS A PERSON OR ENTITY THAT EMPLOYS  TWENTY  OR  MORE
 EMPLOYEES  AT AT LEAST ONE SITE AND INCLUDES AN INDIVIDUAL, CORPORATION,
 PARTNERSHIP, ASSOCIATION,  NONPROFIT  ORGANIZATION,  GROUP  OF  PERSONS,
 STATE,  COUNTY,  TOWN,  CITY, SCHOOL DISTRICT, PUBLIC AUTHORITY OR OTHER
 GOVERNMENTAL SUBDIVISION OF ANY KIND.
   2. AN EMPLOYER SHALL GRANT ONE DAY OF LEAVE OF ABSENCE EVERY TEN YEARS
 TO ALL EMPLOYEES FORTY-FIVE YEARS OF AGE OR  OLDER  IN  ORDER  FOR  SUCH
 EMPLOYEE TO UNDERGO A COLONOSCOPY.
   3.  AN EMPLOYER SHALL NOT RETALIATE AGAINST AN EMPLOYEE FOR REQUESTING
 OR OBTAINING A LEAVE OF ABSENCE AUTHORIZED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION.
   4. THIS SECTION SHALL NOT AFFECT AN EMPLOYEE'S RIGHTS WITH RESPECT  TO
 ANY OTHER EMPLOYEE BENEFIT OTHERWISE PROVIDED BY LAW.
   §  3.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 become a law.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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