Assembly Bill A8067

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Requires that employees laid off due to the COVID-19 state disaster emergency retain their salary, seniority and benefits once rehired

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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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2021-A8067 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7170
Current Committee:
Assembly Labor
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Add §219-d, Lab L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
S5006

2021-A8067 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires that employees laid off due to the COVID-19 state disaster emergency retain their salary, seniority and benefits once rehired.

2021-A8067 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8067
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               June 11, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. ANDERSON -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Labor
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the labor law, in relation to requiring that employees
   laid off due to the COVID-19 state  disaster  emergency  retain  their
   salary, seniority and benefits once rehired

   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 section  219-d  to
 read as follows:
   §  219-D. RIGHTS OF REHIRED EMPLOYEES. ANY EMPLOYEE WHO HAS HAD HIS OR
 HER EMPLOYMENT TERMINATED OTHER THAN A DISCHARGE  FOR  CAUSE,  VOLUNTARY
 DEPARTURE,  OR  RETIREMENT  DURING THE COVID-19 STATE DISASTER EMERGENCY
 PERIOD BEGINNING ON MARCH SEVENTH, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY DECLARED PURSUANT
 TO EXECUTIVE ORDER TWO HUNDRED TWO OF TWO THOUSAND TWENTY AND  HAS  BEEN
 REHIRED  BY  THE SAME PERSON, CORPORATION, LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, OR
 ASSOCIATION PREVIOUSLY EMPLOYING  SUCH  INDIVIDUAL  IN  ANY  OCCUPATION,
 INDUSTRY, TRADE, BUSINESS OR SERVICE SHALL RETAIN THE SALARY, SENIORITY,
 AND BENEFITS THAT SUCH EMPLOYEE HAD ACCRUED PRIOR TO SUCH TERMINATION OF
 EMPLOYMENT.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11785-02-1

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